Weddings

Melissa and Surya’s Left Bank Annex Wedding with a Marching Band!

What a unique and fun couple Melissa and Surya are. Even after shooting 500 weddings, I found and experienced a bunch of new, unique things that day! Let’s start with the highlight – bride and groom’s friends secretly hired MarchFourth marching band to come in marching during the wedding at Left Bank Annex, surprising the couple. Marchfourh is an amazing, internationally acknowledged marching band with  20 musicians, …

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Kelley and Jeff’s Snowy Timberline Wedding!

Timberline Lodge Wedding

This is the second snow covered wedding this year for us. Though it was a snow storm outside at Timberline Lodge (ceremony and reception at Raven’s Nest) and Mt Hood only made very few appearances, and here were giant icicles, the couple and their guests had a fantastic time, thanks to wonderful food and service from Timberline Lodge, and great music from Dancehall Days band. The …

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Kyla and DeVon’s New Year’s Eve Wedding at Playa Fiesta, Puerto Vallarta

We have photographed a Puerto Vallarta wedding at Playa Fiesta, a gorgeous hotel dedicated to weddings run by Lindsay and Adam before, and have been looking forward to returning. The staff and owners do a wonderful job for intimite weddings, and Puerto Vallarta is one of our favorite Mexico wedding destinations. Even though it was a bit rainy on this New Year’s Eve day, Kyla and DeVon …

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Laura and Steve’s Intimate Fall Wedding at Plaza Del Toro

We had a great time photographing Laura and Steve’s intimate backyard ceremony, followed by a night of dancing and delicious food at eastside space Plaza del Toro. Friends and family gathered before the ceremony to share drinks and small snacks. Two adorable flower girls started the procession and local musician John Wayland Harr played the guitar as Laura’s mother walked her down the aisle. The …

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May and Elman’s Portland Art Museum Wedding

May and Elman had an elegant wedding at one of our favorite wedding venues in town, the Portland Art Museum. It was the kind of wedding you want to relive over and over again. May is Chinese and Elman is Azerbaijani which made for a very eclectic evening with some incredible cultural touches! Before the ceremony, the bride got ready at the Paramount Hotel in Downtown …

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Beata and Ryan’s Portland Summer Wedding at Hotel Eastlund

Hotel Eastlund Wedding

We had such an incredible time photographing Beata and Ryan’s beautiful summer Portland wedding at Hotel Eastlund, a new wedding venue in Northeast Portland. The reception was held in their Cosmopolitan Grand Ballroom, a luxurious space with magnificent, sweeping views of downtown Portland. Everything was so perfectly organized and ran smoothly thanks to wedding planner Jenn Reyes of Awe Productions. The day was chock-full of so many …

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