This lovely couple drove all the way up to Portland from Eugene for a little engagement photography session in NoPo’s beautiful Cathedral Park, and I’m so glad they did! One of the things Signe and I had chatted about before the shoot was that she and Aaron are big readers, so they wanted to incorporate some books into the session. They brought along some beautifully-bound copies of a couple of their favorites and we had a little fun. The shots of them reading beneath the St. John’s Bridge are some of my favorites! Congratulations, you two, on your engagement and your graduations — best of luck with the big move and starting your life together! It sounds like it’s going to be epic.
I can’t get enough of the gorgeous golden-hour light from this recent Portland Waterfront engagement session. Liz and Zachary were so much fun to walk around and shoot with on the Eastbank Esplanade – not at all shy about being love-y or goofy or downright adorable – and even more dog-crazy than I am (I wasn’t sure it was possible, but it is). I can’t wait to photograph their wedding later this month!
I’ve been spending a lot of time lately in beautiful Cathedral Park, under the iconic St. John’s Bridge in North Portland, and I can’t say I’m tired of it yet. Maybe it’s because every time I go there, there’s a beautiful new spot in bloom, or that I somehow hadn’t noticed before (like the lovely white flowers in the photo above), or maybe it’s because every time I visit I get to spend time with new lovely photography clients. It could also be the great light and that handsome bridge. At any rate, Meagan and Cody drove down from Seattle to visit their venue, taste some cake, and spend a couple hours with me and my camera in the lovely golden-hour light. I hope they had as much fun in their visit as I had shooting with them!
I’m still calling this an “engagement session,” even though it happened the evening before Audrey and Brandon’s wedding. It was the end of the first of two marathon days, after their welcome brunch and rehearsal, but before the wedding. These two were troopers though, even after we encountered the biggest rattlesnake that any of us had ever seen. Not only did we live to tell the tale, we got some beautiful photos of the two of them to show for it. Win!
