The Blair + Rich Wedding Project

08.10.08
Blair and Rich had a beautiful ceremony at the Dharma Rain Zen Center in SE Portland and then took a stroll up to the Edge of Belmont for their reception. I love the funky SE Portland feel of these images below...
click here to view all their images! and don't forget to check out the sideshow below!

Honeymooned!

everyone keeps asking... "what was your favorite part of your honeymoon travels?" i wish there was a quick answer to this, but the best we can come up with is "it was all wonderful!" Amsterdam, Paris, and Barcelona were all amazing to us! but while looking back through the pictures... i do have a favorite memory from each city...

Amsterdam is a great walking city, we walked many miles trying to figure our way around the city, laughing at the funny street names, if we got tired we would just stop for a snack and find a bench along a canal. we spent plenty of time walking around at night too (mostly cause the jet lag hit us hard and we were awake at night) it's too bad you can't take pictures much in the red light district...



next stop... Paris!
Paris was also a great walking town, but the blocks are much longer! luckily the metro was easy enough to navigate and the people were all very nice to us. we happened to be in Paris on Bastille Day which was quite a treat! everyone comes out to see the military jets fly over head and all the heavy tanks and what not parade Champs-Élysées avenue. later in the evening everyone gathers at the Eiffel Tower park for a huge free concert and fireworks... we managed our way in amongst everyone and had an amazing show... they blasted music with the timing of the fireworks... spectacular!


The Louvre gave us no love :( it's closed tuesdays- fyi.

our hotel was about 3 blocks from the Arc de Triomphe so we got to pay our respects many times... and by that i mean- ooh and ahh over it. and i cant leave out Notre Dame!
i liked this view better (away from the gobs of tourists :)


bienvenido a Barcelona! these last 4 pics were taken with my Holga camera and scanned in for maximum viewing pleasure...
this is a house that Gaudi built called Casa Batlló it is simple amazing!

this was taken at Park Guell, where Gaudi created amazing mosaics!

ahh... Barcelona beaches... they take their beaching seriously and i love it! they also take their tapas seriously and for that i will return!

last but not least, one shot with the holga that Nicole Wickens took during our photo session back in Paris. this day was so fun! we spent about 6 hours walking around paris taking photos, people were so sweet and gave us their "félicitations" constantly. we posed for pictures with random children and were even given a bottle of wine while on the metro going home. simply unforgettable.

summer fun!

the lovely Erika contacted me to do a fun natural photoshoot to help her remember this monumental time in her life. we did the shoot in her park like backyard and it was just perfect!
here are a few pics from the session...








her twin sis jumped in for a few photos and it was magical to see the bond they share :)


hope to see you gals around soon!

back in action!

well, i am now officially married and honeymooned and less then a week away from being done with our wedding! i say that it the best way possible of course :) still we are headed to iowa for a second reception and jeff's family reunion this weekend.
i'll be posting some images from our wedding and honeymoon here of course, but might stick to using our wedding blog for the majority of our wedding stuff...
http://morganandjeff.wordpress.com/

i am stoked to be so lucky this year and cant wait to get to work on other peoples weddings and other photography projects i have in mind this summer. stay tuned for those...

on another exciting front i finally purchased my first Totally Rad Action set, i bought their brand new set- The Revenge and am loving all of it!
i played around with some of Jamie & Todd's wedding images and here are the results... still have lots to learn... let me know what you think?
before: these images are lovely as is, but the TRA2 really add that punch that conveys more emotion and interest to the shots, they stand alone and would make beautiful art!

wedding collages!

thought i would do up a little collage full of jenny and patricks wonderful wedding images... this collage is 30x30 inches and has about 300 images in it, the small images are about .5-1.5 inches, so pretty small, but fun to get lost in when looking up close!
most people stick with a black background and less images, but i thought i'd spice this one up a bit with their accent color :)
these collages are great for showing off all your favorite images and memories... they can be custom designed in many ways!

fireworks = fireworks

guess you could say there were fire works at jenny & patricks wedding! to say the least! after witnessing these fireworks and seeing the pictures, i knew i wanted them at our wedding... sadly i checked and we cant have fireworks, not even sparklers :( boo...
oh well, at least i can enjoy jen and pat's images :) more on the way soon you guys!


wedding highlights slideshow! this one is about 16 mins long, so grab some popcorn and enjoy!

Jenny & Patrick's pre wedding sneak peak!

first off, thank you jenny and pat for the wonderful memories in puerto vallarta! i had a great time running around with you and meeting your family and friends! since jenny and pat live down in PV they had the chance to scope out some outstanding places for their wedding, which you will soon see, for now enjoy a few pics from their pre wedding shoot, they had a special place in mind, on the grounds of their favorite restaurant down the road...






after their pre wedding shoot we headed to their ceremony site for the rehearsal run-through and then rehearsal dinner at the villa they rented for the week of their wedding and for their reception, just up the road from their favorite beach/ceremony site. ... note their oh so cute mexican dog, coco :)