I’ve been meeting with Amanda and her mom, Donna for quite some time now.  We’ve been going over wedding preparations, scheduling, photographs, everything.  I remember saying, plan for extra time because unexpected things will always come up – they always do.  That’s exactly what happened yesterday.  The makeup appointment was mis-scheduled by the beautician and they were stuck in Portland traffic which led to 1.5 hours behind schedule.  Needless to say I was getting a bit nervous but luckily we had a lot of extra time planned in to everything.  Let that be a lesson to anyone planning a wedding!  Anyways, working with Amanda, Seth, and the whole crew was a blast.  The guys were awesome, I heard about 5 “that’s what she said” jokes, a lot of them seemed to know my brother, Jason, and they all seemed pretty down to earth.  The ladies rocked and gave me kudos for knowing to smile with the eyes (thanks Tyra Banks).  Once they made that reference I knew they would be down for a little bit of a wedding/runway/fashion show.  That’s what we did during some of the girls’ group shots.

Needless to say, I had a blast, my feet were dead tired and had sores, but I survived off of my double shot of Spark.  Well anyways, take a look at the sneak peek.  Some of these photos you have to had been there to appreciate but you’ll get the idea.

 

One of the things people say a lot about my photography (wedding especially) is my use of color.  For this wedding I was on cloud nine when it came to their color choice – bright yellow.  All day the color just popped out and so did all the fun times.  From puddle jumping with the bridesmaids to an impromptu “America’s Next Top (bride) Model” fashion walk the day was packed with awesomeness.  I would have to say that this wedding is an example of the weather playing tricks on an unfortunate couple.  Their original reception location got rained out the night before and they booked their new reception location, the Pierson Air Museum. All things considered, the timing was a Godsend as the clouds parted ways RIGHT before the ceremony.  It was almost angelic.  Take a look at this fun day:

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One of the questions I like to ask potential clients when I meet them for a wedding photography consult (usually at Starbucks) is, “How did you propose?”  When Dale told me how he proposed to Christina, I have to say that I became a fan of Dale’s forthrightness.  Christina came in to the AT&T store for a phone.  Shortly after she received a few texts from Dale asking how the phone was working.  These texts were quickly followed by a “will you go to dinner with me?” text!  Dale has no fear when it comes to getting what he wants and he definitly chose a very beautiful bride.

Anyways, this outdoor wedding was small but filled with a lot of energy and good times.  I hope you can see that through the preview photos here:

 

Keven had been planning a special 5 year anniversary for Andrea for about 2 months. He made sure to discreetly contact me pretty far in advance to be able to photograph this very special time for him and Andrea. The great thing about it was the fact that I was able to keep it all a secret for so long. Even on the carride up to the Cascade Locks she had no idea! Keven had basically planned a trip on the Portland Spirit (The Columbia Gorge Sternwheeler) where I would tag along and be their personal paparazzi for the day.  I actually enjoy being a paparazzo for people – and I especially love capturing moments like these:

 

One of the main reasons I love weddings is because of all the cool new people I get to meet.  I met the coolest guy, Kevin Freimuth (who was the DJ) a little girl who wanted to be a Basset Hound, met up with old buddies I knew from college, and hung out with all the kids blowing bubbles.  I honestly dont think I could love any part of my job better than the people I get to work with.  Tyler and Courtney’s wedding was located in a beautiful backyard setting which I’m hoping to do more weddings at in the future.  I don’t think that this couple had intended on using their backyard for a wedding location but it ended up working beautifully and I encouraged them to open it up to other couples.  If you’d like information on how to book this location shoot me an email.  Enough talking, let me get you to what you are here to see… the images.

As usual:  ALL of the images can be viewed/purchased HERE and for every dollar that a guest spends on photos I will give Tyler and Courtney two dollars towards professional prints.