I love this couple and this wedding. (I love it so much that I just ordered a new sample wedding album for my studio using these photos.) It was the first time I saw rain on an August wedding in Portland Oregon in my photography career (despite our wet reputation, it never rains in August here!) — and with another couple, this might have spelled disaster or at the very least, caused a few tears. Not these two. Neon and John stood in the rain to say their vows with smiles on their faces, and enjoyed every bit of it, as far as I could tell. Really, the drizzle lasted just long enough to break the humidity from earlier in the day and give everything a bit of a glow for the photos, so I enjoyed it immensely. And when it was done there was delicious dinner from ¿Por Que No? Taqueria, heartfelt speeches, homemade pies and lots of dancing. As a wedding photographer, there wasn’t much more I could ask for.
As promised, Rob and Anna’s beautiful Mt. Tabor wedding ceremony! I’m not sure dear friends Rob and Anna could’ve made this any easier on me — in addition to being one of the most photogenic couples around (I can’t look at these pictures of Anna without thinking of old Hollywood Glamour), they chose to have their ceremony atop Mt Tabor. For those of you who aren’t familiar, Mt. Tabor is a volcano in Southeast Portland with views of the city and beautiful, mottled light. Add in a host of beautiful, thoughtful details, like a simple, classic fabric banner to mark their ceremony site, a hand fasting ceremony using her grandmother’s lace and his family’s tartan, and lovely coils of paper containing their vows, and you have a photographer’s dream wedding. . .
Tim and Sylvie are friends from Portland who traveled to Sylvie’s hometown near Minneapolis, Minnesota for their wedding. Beforehand, while they were making plans, Tim and I were chatting and he said, “I wish you could shoot my wedding!” And I responded, “me too! Wait… why couldn’t I?’ So we made it work, and I’m so glad we did, as these pictures are some of my all-time wedding favorites. A vintage tandem Schwinn bicycle for the lovely bride and groom to ride into the reception? Come on! Not to mention beautiful little St. Albert’s Church with the gorgeous light where the ceremony was held, the striking multi-colored flowered dresses on the bridesmaids, the amazing rustic decorations in Sylvie’s family’s yard, the super cute kids, the lawn games, and the amazingly fun Contra dance at the end of the night… The list goes on, but you should just see the cuteness for yourself.
Ali and Josh have big, boisterous personalities, and lucky for me, they’re not afraid to show them to the camera (or the world!) That, combined with scads of thoughtful details and lots of warm, lovely friends made shooting their summer wedding great fun for me. Oh, and the delicious barbeque from Reo’s Ribs helped too!
Lisa and Marc had a lovely, mellow, pot-luck style wedding at the absolutely gorgeous Silver Falls State Park. My favorite part of the day was the thirty minutes they set aside for us to walk around and take photos with just the two of them. There was plenty of warm, beautiful, dappled sunshine – basically a photographer’s playground. Specially- made homebrews and huge amounts of delicious food followed (and let me be honest, I enjoyed that part too!) – then instead of a first dance, the happy couple had a ceremonial first badminton game. What could be cuter?
