October 2008 - Portland Wedding Photography Blog of Evrim Icoz

Sarah and Tony’s Wedding at the Resort at the Mountain (Associate Coverage)

Portland Wedding Photographer - October 30, 2008

Sarah and Tony were married at The Resort at the Mountain in Welches, Oregon. The Resort at the Mountain is a gorgeous golf resort at the base of Mt. Hood boasting breathtaking views of the surrounding mountains, and the Zig Zag river. Their ceremony was a top a hill overlooking the golf course. Sarah’s brother and Tony’s sister both delivered heart warming performances during the …

Sarah and Patrick at McMenamins Edgefield Blackberry Hall

Portland Wedding Photographer - October 27, 2008

Sarah and Patrick had a lovely wedding at the beautiful Blackberry Hall. The day started with a little oops when Patrick, on his quest for some pear brandy and whiskey broke some glasses at the McMenamins store, but that was the only misstep during the whole day. Everything ran smoothly, there were lots of dancing and everybody enjoyed the good times! I also have to …

Ada and Brad at the Governor Hotel

Portland Wedding Photographer - October 24, 2008

Ada and Brad had a very unique wedding, starting at the First Baptists Church in Portland, and then moving to Governor Hotel Heritage Ballroom. They had around 400 fun guests. Ada had three dresses for the various events, such as the tea ceremony – a traditional white dress, a red dress and a pink dress. Their wedding place cards were golf themed. The table decorations …

Lindsay and John at McMenamins Blackberry Hall

Portland Wedding Photographer - October 23, 2008

I love weddings at McMenamins Edgefield – beautiful murals and paintings, great light and a lot of fun couples! Lindsay and John were such a couple with lots of great friends and family. One of the fun parts of the wedding was at the end – all the boys got together and serenaded Lindsay. Everybody danced to the music of King Pins. Lots of fun! …

Mary and Chris’ Wedding at Wine Country Farms

Portland Wedding Photographer - October 14, 2008

Mary and Chris’s tied the knot at beautiful Wine Country Farms in Dayton, middle of Oregon wine country! Their ceremony was at St. Peter Catholic Church at Newberg. The weather was gorgeous, and lots of friends, old and new attended the wedding. Their wedding planner was Amy from Blush Bridal and thanks to her team, everything ran smoothly. The couple traveled between Wine Country Farm …

Associate Coverage: Jessica and Cory’s Elegant Vineyard Wedding

Portland Wedding Photographer - October 9, 2008

Jessica started her day off at Hotel Lucia Boutique Hotel in downtown Portland getting ready with her girlfriends for her big day. She then met up with Cory at the gorgeous Garden Vineyards in Hillsboro, decked out with beautiful flowers from Tommy Luke, later in the afternoon. They both looked great! Many of their guests were from back East, so it was fun to see …

Associate Coverage: Erin and Jeremy’s Wedding at Garden Vineyards

Portland Wedding Photographer - October 9, 2008

Erin and Jeremy were married at the extraordinary Garden Vineyards in Hillsboro, Oregon, which is becoming one of our favorite ever places to shoot. It was also probably the hottest day of the summer! Everything looked amazing and things ran perfectly thanks to Soiree wedding planners – the flowers by Geranium Lake were beautiful, the Oregon Ducks themed wedding cake looked amazing, and the guests …

Shannon and Eric’s Garden Vineyard Wedding

Portland Wedding Photographer - October 9, 2008

Shannon and Eric held their wedding ceremony in the very beautiful St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in NW Portland. After the touching ceremony, they were whisked away in an amazing vintage metallic blue Rolls Royce limousine headed to Hillsboro’s Garden Vineyards. Upon arriving to the scenic vineyard, the staff of Art of Catering greeted Shannon and Eric with delicious cosmopolitans. Every one of their friends and …

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Microloans

Portland Wedding Photographer - October 7, 2008

Heads up, this has nothing to do with photography. Professor Muhammad Yusuf won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for his effort in alleviating poverty through micro-loans to the poor in this home in Bangladesh. “Micro-loans” imply loans that are not significant in amount. A lot of the loans we get are large amounts, and from commercial banks. Yusuf’s bank, Grameen Bank, in contrast, lends …

Vanessa and Ozgur’s Wedding at Timberline Lodge

Portland Wedding Photographer - October 4, 2008

Ozgur and Vanessa met at a snowboarding trip and they got married at Timberline Lodge. How perfect! Ozgur’s family came all the way from Turkey to attend this beautiful reception with some Turkish wedding touches. The ceremony featured mixing of the sands – originally the sand was going to be coming in from Turkish beach but due to some customs mishap, they used beautifully colored …