3.10.2008

portland classical chinese garden delights!

if you live in portland or have ever visited portland before i hope you have had the chance to experience the lovely portland classical chinese garden! these are just some of the delights that you can see there this month... these were taken 2 years ago around this time.
although the garden is only one city block, plan some time to take it all in and sip tea in the calming teahouse :)



3.05.2008

i've had this idea for a longtime...

...to dedicate a section on my website to showcase my friends photography works! i thought i could just post one new persons work per month, but how do i choose who goes first? well i decided to start now, with my long time friend ahna! whos birthday happens to be today! and so i will start with my dear pisces friends and go on to aries after this month... janda and zeyneb im going to be contacting you soon! eventually i hope this will transpire to my website... but for now this will do!

So here's to ahna, my friend since 7th grade, and college roommate of 4 plus years! she went on 2 more years to be a marine biologist, and fulfilled my once childhood dream! she currently lives with a beautiful view of the ocean in newport, or. and i see her occasionally as her and matt stop in town before heading out to some snowy cold mountain to do fast dangerous sports:)
she sent me some beautiful photos of her various travels from around the greater north west. true to her pisces nature she loves to be around water, and you'll see these pics reflect that- even if it is frozen :)
enjoy!

some snowy river in oregon..


water hole on the oregon coast


trail to glacier in alsaka!


whale making baitball in alaska.. click to enlarge


ahna gazing over beautiful crater lake a few weekends ago...


i call this moonset over crater lake :)
i love this image!


igloo! ok, so i have to give matt some props here since he really took the pic, but ahna was there! isnt that amazing!


ok, so i had to dig for this pic, i have tons of pics of ahna and i- but most of those were before my digital camera came and therefor stored away in some book, jeff took this one probably 5 years ago? in shasta- obviously we were still into wearing out u of o gear :)



i have another wonderful pisces friend... cori! cori is an amazing painter who i met in eugene, some 5 years ago or so.. she taught me and ahna how to make and bind our own books and she has continued to inspire me as she makes and sells her art for a living in san pancho, mexico... since she paints the most amazing paintings, im going to posta few of my favorites, which is really just the tip of the iceberg of my list of favorites. you must check out her website to see all!
www.corijacobs.com

llevo el mar conmigo


love


inside the sea we transform into mermaids


me and cori at her dad's retirement party last summer...

looking forward to seeing you soon cori!

2.28.2008

sonia & mark's wedding :: february 9th

this wedding was filled with so much love and peace, it was a joy just to be there! sonia and mark had a buddhist ceremony at the daharma rain zen center in se portland, i love the flowers in her hair...






after the ceremony we walked down the street to the lighthouse intentional community, where friends, family, a pot luck dinner, music and dancing was waiting...







i think this shot is so sweet... the lensbaby makes that awesome blur all around them.



congratulations sonia & mark!

2.21.2008

with love from february

last weekend we went to see rig & pants in thedallas
on our way home we took the scenic waterfall route up
to crown point, didn't stop at any falls, but saw a nice
sunset down the gorge...
we saw a bald eagle too!







The cat so cool, she even has her own flickr account!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theprone/
although this is the most recent photo you'll find :)



isn't she cute!!

2.08.2008

happy birthday to 2 of my most favorite people!!!

02-08 ! marks the birthday of jeff and jamie! coincidence.....? i think not!
these aquarians are going to put their stamp on this world, and i will be right there with them :)






happy birthday!

2.07.2008

bienvineto a miami !!!

ahhh... i miss this scene...


sunset with miami skyline...




dawn moon light...


"miami ink"


16 floors up ::

2.04.2008

trash the dress?!

yes! trash your dress! i know the sound of that has some people bitting their nails, but really as the official website points out "it's about creation, not destruction..." and that's what i set out to do when i met up with the fabulous emily sixx and the lovely connie mae while i was in miami last week with jeff. they are fellow photographers who volunteered their time to engage in this fun project and i am soo lucky i met them! thanks craiglist!

i met with emily last thursday at beautiful key biscayne. thanks emily for being so easy and kind to work with!







view more of this fabulous session at morganpace.com!

attention oregon & washington brides :: if you'd like to get together and trash your dress and create amazing photos and memories, please contact me at morganpace.@gmail.com