Lindsay and Keith – Wedding at the Lodge at Mountain Park – Lake Oswego, Oregon Wedding
Lindsay and Keith were married on a foggy winter evening last week at the Lodge at Mountain Park. The chandelier that they hung from the wedding arbor was a perfect compliment to the candles and strings of lights around the venue and created a beautiful and romantic feel to the room where they were married. Lindsay had a really lovely hand-made fabric bouquet (as did all of her bridesmaids), and each centerpiece carried on that vintage feel (I really loved the use of older books for centerpieces). The dessert table was really hard to resist and the white fondant cake looked amazing in front of the fireplace. The newly-married couple made their exit at the end of the evening under the dim light of many many sparklers held by friends and family. It was a beautiful wedding and I was so lucky to be there.
Ellilea and Rick – Lake Oswego Wedding – LDS Temple and Tumwater Room
I met Ellilea and Rick right after their ceremony at the LDS temple in Lake Oswego to take some wedding portraits. Although it was a bit foggy that morning, we managed to get some great wide shots that showed the beautiful (and very tall!) structure behind them as they stood in front of the reflecting pool outside the temple. I loved how beautiful Ellilea’s hair looked against the marble of the building, and compared with the white and cream colors of her wedding dress and decor. After photos, I followed them to the Tumwater Room in Oregon City for a ring ceremony in front of lots of their friends and family. Since it was December, there were many beautiful Christmas trees up at the venue, the dark greens in those trees looked really lovely with the gold and white centerpieces. It was such a joy to be a part of their wedding day, some of my favorites are below.
My Fabric Flower Wedding Bouquet – Portland, OR
When my fiancé (now husband) and I were planning our wedding, the one detail I knew I wanted was to make my bouquet out of fabric flowers. I’d seen fabric bouquets online and just fallen in love with them. I knew I wanted a mix of flower types and a mix of cream and white colored fabrics. The process began months before our wedding day; we made countless trips to the fabric store looking at remnants, and I spent many nights and weekends cooped up with a hot glue gun watching shows on Netflix (and a couple group sessions with all of the wonderful ladies in my life making massive quantities of flowers). Although making the fabric bouquets might be a cheaper way to go when you think about the actual dollars spent – it can definitely be time intensive – so my recommendation to anyone considering it would be to plan ahead and start really early! In the end, I was so happy with the way they turned out – below are a couple pictures that I snapped on our wedding day of my own bouquet and of one of my bridesmaids holding hers (yep, I brought my camera to my own wedding – but it only came out for about ten minutes).
Marissa and Ben – Hood River Wedding – Crag Rats Hut
As I was enjoying the lovely clear sky this afternoon and was reminded of the absolutely gorgeous day that Marissa and Ben got married, I realized that I never posted photos from their wedding in Hood River this June. Â They were married on one of those unusually hot June days (I think the temperature got close to 100 degrees), but luckily the wedding took place at the Crag Rats Hut in Hood River, and the ground floor of the venue stayed nice and cool all day, plus the outdoor space was full of trees and provided them with some shade to help escape the heat. Â Â The ceremony took place outside with a perfect view of Mt. Hood in the background, and during the reception guests were able to enjoy the wonderful weather with some lawn games, or wander around the property and take in the views of all the orchards nearby. Â I really loved Marissa’s dress, and her lavender bouquet was just beautiful. Â When I saw their dessert was a bit jealous that I hadn’t thought of having a giant pie at my own wedding (and it was very tasty!) . I loved getting to work with this pair and their friends and family!
Wendy and Skylar – Lincoln City Oregon Beach Wedding
Wendy and Skylar were married this March on the beach in Lincoln City, and I’m just finally blogging it. I have to admit, when they first told me they were planning a sunset beach wedding that early in the year (in Oregon!) I figured we’d be dealing with rain, but when I arrived in Lincoln City that weekend, we were so lucky to experience unseasonably great weather, and, although it was a bit windy, the skies were sunny and clear on their wedding day. The ceremony took place on the beach, but the reception was held at the beautiful rental home Gables by the Sea.  I loved that Wendy had her bridesmaids dress in their choice of dress or skirt, and just kept them to the same purple, grey, and sea foam green color palate. Most of the food and decor was put together by a friend of the bride and groom (a VERY impressive feat), and some of the bridesmaids helped assemble the bouquets of beautiful cream roses with purple flower accents. I really liked the starfish cake topper, and the brown sugar that was used as a garnish on the cake plates to mimic sand. Wendy made a great choice in wearing a satin pair of cream Toms shoes for the wedding (much easier to walk on the beach in than heels), and the bridesmaids all wore Toms as well in their choice of colors. The evening moved on to some dancing (you’ll see an impressive toe touch by a friend in one of the pictures below) and I was able to steal the couple away during the reception for some sunset photos. I also loved the paper lanterns that they lit and released at the end of the reception, a really beautiful end to such a wonderful day!
   
   
     
    
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Angela and Aaron – Sherwood Wedding – St. Francis Church
Anglea and Aaron were married in Sherwood Oregon a couple weeks ago. I was watching the leaves outside the week before their wedding, and hoping that some would stick around for their big day – and when I arrived at the beautiful St. Francis Church I was happy to see it was surrounded by lots of beautiful orange and red leaves – as well as deep evergreens. I thought the fall coloring really complimented the reds chosen by the couple for their wedding flowers (by Bella Bloom Florals) and bridal party outfits. The wedding was full of beautiful details, Angela made chair back signs for each member of the bridal party, and the groomsmen had custom sneakers made for the wedding that had their initials on the heels and then hid their nick names on the inside of the tongues. We were lucky enough to have almost no rain that day and Angela was a great sport about going into the wooded and grassy areas in her white dress for pictures (she looked just beautiful). It was so wonderful to get to work with these two and their friends and family!
Andrea and Jeff – Multnomah Athletic Club Reception
Andrea and Jeff were married this summer in beautiful St. Thomas, I got to photograph their stateside reception this past weekend at the Multnomah Athletic Club. Since the couple doesn’t live in Portland, I didn’t get a chance to meet them until the day of, but they could not have been more friendly and welcoming to my constant presence as they visited with friends and family. Andrea looked absolutely stunning in her lace wedding gown, and the ballroom at the MAC had been decorated in pink and white centerpieces that coordinated with Jeff’s tie and the bridesmaid’s beautiful pink dresses. While guests arrived, Andrea and Jeff spent some time together at MACtinis (a small bar in the club), and then made their grand entrance into the ballroom and walked straight onto the dance floor for their first dance.   The guests were all smiles throughout the night, it was the perfect atmosphere for celebration, and I was very happy to get to be a part of it.
Kelly and Kyle’s Wedding – Jenkins Estate – Beaverton Oregon
Kelly and Kyle were married at the Jenkins Estate in Beaverton on a sunny August Morning. Since I had already had lots of fun getting to know kelly and kyle during their engagement session in Seattle last February, it was exciting for me to get to see them again on their wedding day. The grassy meadow at the Jenkins Estate was an absolutely beautiful spot for their ceremony, and the outdoor porches around the main house made for a great spot for guests to eat and visit. Some of my favorite parts of this wedding included the giant donut they shared in lieu of a cake (and I’m still kicking myself for not grabbing a donut while I was there), and the gorgeous wedding dress kelly picked to wear (look for the tiny polka dot details in the fabric), the wedding party was full of energy and fun, and the groomsmen even had some suggestions of their own for picture poses (you’ll notice one below of them showing off kelly’s strength), I loved that they brought in a few gold fish (as a tribute to the last name that the couple now shares), and the song that Kyle’s sister wrote and sang for them was really touching and beautiful (and left very few dry eyes in the room). I loved the sporty little car they used as their getaway, and the bubbles that guests blew for them as they left the reception! I had a great time spending the day with these two! Below are some of my favorite photos.
Jennifer and Josh – Wedding at a Private Home in Portland, OR
Jenn and Josh were married at his parent’s beautiful property just outside of Portland, OR. There were so many lovely details to photograph in this wedding, the coconut and pineapple cupcakes, the custom tropical drinks, the centerpieces on each table that were a different from one another, the home-made jars of jam for guests to take home, the pig that the groomsmen had spent all day cooking for the reception, and much more. I loved the beautiful matching fabric that made up Jenn’s halter dress and also Josh’s shirt (not to mention the matching orange flowered fabric that was used for the bridal party and close family outfits). And the flowers in all the girls’ hair smelled amazing (and looked absolutely stunning in Jenn’s beautiful curly hair). I’m told that the groomsmen spent the few days leading up to the wedding camped out at this beautiful site and getting everything ready for the wedding (they even converted the barn on site into an area for dancing and for another bar during the reception). It was a lovely and very intimate setting for their celebration (and because we were surrounded by trees, it stayed the perfect temperature even though it was a warm summer day). I had a wonderful time photographing these two, and below are some of my favorite pictures from the day.
Sarah and Michael Marriage Celebration at Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
I was lucky to get to spend the day with Sarah and Michael for the second half of their wedding celebrations. The two actually were married in Sydney, Australia and were in Portland to have another party! They had a blessing service at First United Methodist Church followed by a lovely reception at Blue Sky Photography Gallery in downtown Portland (my first time at Blue Sky for a private event!). Both spaces were perfect for the occasion, filled with light and lots of smiles and laughter from friends and family. Sarah and Michael were just a delight and I was so happy to get to be a part of their day. There were a lot of hand-made details that made the day memorable to me, I really loved the bouquets and flower arrangements, put together by friends with flowers picked up just that morning at the farmer’s market, and the jars of curry powder Sarah put together for guests to take home were made using Michael’s secret family recipe, the cloth that was at the front of the blessing ceremony and on the guest book table was also hand embroidered. It was so wonderful to see this group of friends and family gather together (from all over the country, and all over the world as well) and share in the love and marriage of these two.
  
