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Elopement Photography
This tiny church is one of my favorite places in Portland for a tiny wedding. It’s super small and intimate, but the stained glass, big chandeliers, and beautiful light streaming through the big windows make it feel very stately and grand. And Sellwood Park, only a short block away, always provides beautiful opportunities for lovely photos with the happy couple. So I was delighted when Aaron and Kacie called about photography for their small autumn wedding. . .
Man, did I miss spending time with people on their wedding days! Emily and Fred came to Portland to get married a few weeks ago with their closest friends in attendance. After a few false starts (damn you, Portland bridges!), we got together on the waterfront to take some pictures beforehand, and then headed to the Nines for their small ceremony with the lovely Rev. Cathy Hume. . .
Sally and Ben had one of the most intimate wedding ceremonies I’ve ever been a part of - I was not only the photographer, but one of their two witnesses as well. And that was it - two witnesses, the happy couple, and their officiant, my lovely friend Maureen Haley. Like me, Sally and Ben love how simultaneously grand and intimate Oaks Pioneer Church in Sellwood is, so they made plans to have their elopement ceremony there on a lovely Tuesday evening. After a very heartfelt ceremony, we took some portraits in the church and in Sellwood Park, just down the street. It was a really lovely and special event, and I was so happy to be a part of it!
Perhaps the highest compliment you could possibly pay me is contacting me to photograph your wedding before you even have a date for your wedding. That’s what John and Paulina did - I got an email from them back in 2018 when they were in the very early stages of their wedding planning and we’ve been in touch ever since. We had a beautiful engagement session last summer at Cape Kiwanda (one of my favorite spots on the Oregon Coast), but plans for the big day remained in flux. And then, as if by providence, the plan for this lovely intimate elopement came flying together at the end of February - they wanted to get married on Leap Day. . .
Maybe the best part of being a wedding photographer is when I get to be there for weddings of friends who are otherwise not really inviting friends. Mieke and Tymon eloped in Bend a few weekends ago with just family and their officiant present, and I was so happy to be a part of it! I’ve known Mieke since her twins were just babies. . .
There's something so special about a very intimate wedding. Kat and Kealan traveled all the way from Philly to have a very tiny wedding ceremony here in beautiful Portland, Oregon, and it felt really special to be a part of it. It was just the bride and groom, the lovely Maureen Haley officiating, and me and my assistant . . .
I was so excited to be a part of Amity + John's intimiate springtime wedding at the lovely Elder Hall (Ned Ludd's event space) in N Portland, Oregon. I especially love working with out-of-town brides and grooms as they put together their wedding plans, and as I scoped out their Airbnb and the neighborhood surrounding their venue so that I could make suggestions for photo locations and offer guidance about their schedule, I was already thrilled about the possibilities. As they planned their big day, a sort of bright floral theme appeared, with a gorgeous floral sash on the mantle behind their ceremony, a lovely flower crown headpiece for the bride, amazing acrylic flower earrings, and lots of other pops of springtime color
Bethanie and Daniel are an Army couple, so they planned their Cape Horn Estate wedding remotely. Bethanie also folded over one thousand origami paper cranes and strung them together on threads with beads to decorate the wedding venue, which sounds a little crazy, until you see them. Then you say, wow – that was totally worth it. In the end, they had a beautiful, intimate wedding ceremony officiated by an Army Chaplain friend, with their friends and family looking on. Such a great day! Congratulations, you two!
