The After Party

After the freezing cold temple grounds, we meandered over to the Deveraux Mansion downtown and took a few more pictures in the gorgeous bride's room, and then partied!

This cake topper was on our Grandparents wedding cake 60+ years ago.

Finally getting something to eat!

My family in the kitchen working (and/or eating, Grandpa...)

Team Cupcake! My sisters made 300 cupcakes - if you want to see the craziest video ever of their production, check it out here. The funniest part is about 1:27 into it, you can see my whiny little girl.

Cutest nephew ever.

Josh & Kendall had present duty.

No more money, baby.

*NOT STAGED* even one little bit. I found my sister's/mom's/aunt's/grandma's coat hanging just like this.

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Rachel and Chad's Big Day

Rachel has these breathtaking eyes, you may remember them from her engagement shoot. I'm proud to be related, (but can't claim to have anything in common with her eyes.) Her wedding day was breathtaking; such a beautiful bride and handsome groom. Welcome to the family, Chad. This first picture is my favorite - what a kiss!

It was really, really cold by the end, and this beautiful bride walked 4 blocks with me toward the reception hall before we gave up and waited for a ride. She playfully posed for me - don't worry, we were in good spirits :)

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Happy New Year!

My first shoot of the New Year, and I was sooo excited to get back at it! More updates on why I've been MIA in a little bit, but for now enjoy this darling little family who was so good as to do an outdoor shoot with a new little baby. I just love outdoor lighting.

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Computer Problems

When it rains, it pours, right? Not only am I in the midst of packing & moving with one week's notice, but my photoshop quit working, necessitating some intervention, and in re-installing it I lost a whole lot of my shortcuts and recipes. PLUS Camera Raw, the #1 program I use, has disappeared entirely. Mechanical help is on its way. Thanks to Raquel who let me borrow her setup for a few hours.

What this means:

1) No sneak peeks for now. (Sorry! I'll try to play catchup later.)
2) My Portland shoots are getting their discs mailed first thing tomorrow.

What's the good news? Well, I'm getting married. Here's the lucky guy with my little one. My heart swells a size or two every time I look at it.

Happy Holidays!!!

Oregon Beauty - Take Two

I'm still working on gettin' the hang of the lighting in Portland - thanks to this darling family for giving me a try again! We caught this little beauty about a year ago, see how big she's getting!

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Rewarding Patience

"Rewarding Patience" has two meanings: 1) Two active little kids makes for a LOT of throwaway photos in an effort to get a good one, and 2) Taryn has been oh-so-patient in waiting for these photos she's so excited for. One more day, baby. Here's a little reward until then:

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Fabulous Fall Colors

Two wiggly-er little boys you'll never meet! We had fun playing around on this gorgeous day of fall - right before all these leaves fell to the ground for good. I'm so in love with the colors, these photos are pretty dang natural, minimal photoshop. I'm lucky to have such gorgeous friends.

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