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Tonya & Brian {Tanner Springs Park Engagement Photographers}

04.25.12

Tonya & Brian were contestants in our wedding photography giveaway contest who, as the voting had it, didn’t take the big win, but they did opt for an engagement session with us!  We had the most beautiful weather of the year, clocking in around 80 degrees with sunny skies.  Perfect!

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Tonya suggested that we start at Tanner Springs Park in the Pearl District of Portland.  I’d heard that it is a really popular place for portraits in the city, but I’d only passed by it a few times driving around, so of course I was up for it!

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I thought the color scheme of their outfits worked especially well against the rust and blue…

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Such a great looking couple!!!

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So sweet…

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Brian and Tonya love love love to bike, as you may remember from their contest entry.  When I suggested that we incorporate biking into the session, they loved the idea and requested some bike shots by the waterfront along Natio Parkway.  Love these next few!

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Michelle Dority Kroll - SO cute Tonya Nikitin! Love the last one!

Tonya Nikitin - Thank you for the compliment! The bike ones were really fun….there is one that she took while Brian was steering and I was on back and the look on my face is priceless!

Gail McNamara - These are BRILLIANT! Looks like you guys had a lot of fun doing the shoot. Such a cute couple! xx

Rose Mayer - These are wonderful and looked like alot of fun! Can’t wait to see them all..love Mom.

Tonya Nikitin - Thanks Gail!!!!!! Hugs

Tonya Nikitin - Thanks Mom, luv you

Judy Quinn - me too Tonya…….some of those pictures look like you might like each other alittle bit!!!! cute couple you two are…..

Tonya Nikitin - Thanks judy hope u can come to our shower july 22 and wedding sept 9!

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Happy Anniversary Sabrina & Wille!

04.23.12

This time last year, we were enjoying the beautiful island that is Puerto Rico and photographing the wedding of Sabrina & Wille!  They were married at the Hacienda Siesta Alegre in Rio Grande, and the morning after we scoured the streets of Old San Juan for some pictures of the two of them:)  Hope you two have a fabulous day celebrating your first anniversary!

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Click here to see their wedding preview from last April 2011, and be sure to leave them some Anniversary love in the comments below!

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We are wedding photographers based in both Portland, OR and Wilmington, NC.  We travel worldwide!  Contact us today for more information and click here to visit our website!

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Matt & Rachel – Married! {Clackamas Portland OR Wedding Photographers}

04.17.12

Click here to see Rachel & Matt’s Wedding Slideshow!

Well, our wedding season has officially begun!  We kicked it off this weekend with our first wedding in Portland!  Rachel and Matt were married at Eastridge Church in Clackamas, and they had the most beautiful weather the entire day.  We so enjoyed spending the day with Rachel and Matt and we know they are going to have a beautiful life together!

I love it.  I’ve yet to meet a guy who knew what to do with his boutineer on his own:)  I watched them suffer for a few minutes and then helped out until someone else came to the rescue!

Such a pretty bride!

I love first looks with dad:)  This one was no exception!

And of course dad can’t get teary eyed without mom getting teary eyed…

My friend Ruthie came along to assist for the day… love this capture she got of mom…

And then the real first look…  I love that Rachel wanted her wedding party to be a part of it, so we had them all in the background watching on!

Though it’s usually too much for the guys to handle:)

Matt gave all his groomsmen superhero tees, so of course they put them on under their dress shirts for a little fun!

Save us, save us!  …  Superheroes to the rescue!

The fun thing about this wedding party was that each couple was a married pair!  Perfect.

Lady bugs + Wedding Day = Good luck forever

The couple had lights strung overhead in the ceremony/reception space.  It was definitely one of my favorite details.

Everything was focused around Springtime… during the ceremony, they sat down on the stage and potted a new tree together.  It was so sweet!

One unique thing about the decor for Matt & Rachel’s wedding was the reception centerpieces.  Different people were assigned tables before the wedding and it was their job to decorate it on the day of.  It was awesome how beautifully they all came together, even though they were all so very different!  Here were a couple of my favorites…

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We are international wedding and portrait photographers based in Portland Oregon & Wilmington North Carolina, click here to view our website!  We love to travel and we’d love to photograph your wedding!

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Deborah Ross Berck - Looking forward to seeing all the pictures. Great job you guys!

Alycia Arent Parlee - Gorgeous!

Scott Christensen - great job with the photos….I would love to see the ones you took of me dancing with Rachel. and one with me and the couple. I was wearing a blue shirt holding a camera.

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Photographing for fun {Glamour, Fashion & Body Paint}

04.13.12

I’ve been trying to step out there a little more now that I’m in a new city and meet people, attend events and gatherings, join groups, and take all that Portland has to offer.  It is so easy to get comfortable in a routine… and for me that usually means being a homebody.  I love staying indoors.  But I also enjoy going out and doing things.  The problem is, if I don’t keep it up, I forget how to go out!  I don’t want to be the girl who lives in Portland for 10 years and has never been to see the famous landmark (any of them… I’ve already seen them all!  I kid, I kid…)!

So when I was invited recently to a photographers cookout and shootout just over the bridge in Vancouver Washington, I decided to go have a good time photographing something completely different from my day to day shoots.  Originally the forecast had called for steady rain all day… so the organizers had come up with the theme of rain and body paint and maybe even some mud.  Well, of course leave it to the Pacific Northwest to give you a 70% chance of rain on the hourly forecast for the entire day, but for the actual forecast to be clear, bright, and sunny!

Several models came to participate in the craziness, and had their hair and makeup styled by the fabulous Korie Nicole

And after several hours of waiting for the sun to turn to rain, everyone gave up and decided to drag out the paints anyway!

 

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Tori – High School Senior Photos {Lake Norman & Davidson NC Portrait Photographers}

04.11.12

Wow, I just found this post buried in the drafts folder!  I thought I had shared it with you all months ago, ooops!  Without further ado, meet the beautiful Tori.   Tori’s a senior this year!  We met up with her and her mom in the Lake Norman area and visited pretty a park, the Peninsula Club, and the Davidson College Campus.  Despite the stormy weather that came up just as we were getting started, we got some awesome shots!  And the rain blew over soon enough and left us with some pretty soft light.  Right at the end of the session the sun even peeked out for a few shots!

 

 

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Melisa Hilton - Crystal you take wonderful pictures

crystalgenes - Thank you Melisa :)

Melisa Hilton - Beautiful pictures & very beautiful young lady!

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