Powells and The Pearl. Amy & Danielle in the city!

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WHEW! We have so many fun and loving photos of Amy and Danielle, it't not even funny! ;) Starting off the photoshoot inside of a portland iconic place called Powells City of Books was Amy's idea and we JUMPED on it when she suggested it! The rows of books, the tall ceilings and the dim, warm light all around us, made for a great place to shoot. We had a blast in there! It was a Sunday, however, so we decided to quickly get out before disturbing the natural flow of regular visitors... then, we stepped outside into The Pearl. 

Walking around the neighborhood, stopping whenever we saw something that inspired us, sharing stories along the way... was truly priceless. Unfortunately, it started raining pretty heavily, so we decided to stop by the Pearl Bakery for a latte and a bloddy mary. Yep! It was awesome! We kept taking a few photos here and there, but mainly, we chit-chatted even more. 

These two are inspiring, fun, in love with each other and super excited about their wedding day, which we understood to be suuuuper DIY, since Amy is the queen of crafts! We are SO excited to see them unite in front of 175 people, this coming October at the West End Theater. We are equally as excited to meet up with them again for a part-2-engagement-session SOON, when the weather gets more dry and much warmer. We have a little surprise in store for them and can't wait to reveal it! For now, here are a handful of their In The City engagement shoot. <3

Fairy wings and lots of love at this wedding < 3

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Amy and Ryan are two peas in a pod. He is high ranking in the Army while she has had to live with the fact that he gets shipped overseas on a moment's notice. In fact, he has been called once again to Afganistan a little under one month from their wedding day. So, their wedding day, this past Saturday March 26th 2011, was even more touching than usual.

They were surrounded by friends and family, lots of whimsical fairytale details and high emotions. The Crown Ballroom made their day perfect with all of its decor and elegance. Geranium Lake Flowers did a beautiful job with Amy's bouquet. Amy's elf ears and fairy wings added a spark of "her" to the whole day. All in all, there were tears of joy, great dancing and singing, and lots of love. It was obvious to us that their day was going to be special from the moment we had the opportunity to spend hours chit chatting and photographing them during their engagement session (see the Black Hawk helicopter and the Mima Mounds here), but once the wedding day came and went, we realize how truly beautiful the two of them are.

Have fun on your cruise in the Mediterranean guys!! We're totally envious!! ;)

Beautiful spring-day engagement session!

We were so lucky today! The weather has been gloomy and rainy, but we have managed to pick the right days for our couples... WHEW! :) Today was one such perfect day! We met up with Heidi & Marty (and Heidi's mom!) at the entrance to Sauvie Island. We purchased our day-passes to visit the island and set off for the shoot. We reached the park and immediately the clouds parted just enough to offer us an ultimate sunlight diffuser :) Even light, warmish temperatures, a great setting and a super sweet couple, to boot! Here are a few images for you to enjoy, with more to come. We can't wait for their wedding this coming July 30th 2011!

Amy & Danielle. A Portland love story.

This is just a quick little sneak peek! Many more images from their fun engagement session shoot coming later on today :) We decided to meet up at Powell's Books here in Portland and then to walk around the Pearl District, all the way to the bright red and beautiful Broadway Bridge. Well... rain stopped us in our tracks as we were inching our way to the top of the bridge. So close! So we ended up having a Bloody Mary and a cappuccino at the Pearl Bakery before calling it a day. Awesome! hehe :)

More details and more images coming soon!

SSHHH... a little secret is about to be revealed ;)

I wanted to share a little Sneak Peek of a project that will, for certain, take Portland by storm. The talented and creative Misty Damico of Luxe Event Productions has asked us to collaborate on this project. I cannot reveal too much until the web site is up and more information and content becomes available... but know that it has everything to do with an Ultimate Bachelorette Party Night! A group of ladies will be showered with VIP treatments, which include mini-boudoir sessions... and oh so much more! Stay tuned for more details... in the meantime, become a fan of Hush Sessions' page on facebook to be kept up to date ;)

A bit about the images below, taken Sunday March 19th:

Host: Hotel deLuxe
Direction: Misty of Luxe Event Productions
Purpose: Hush Sessions
Photography: Alice of MoscaPhoto
Hair & makeup: sisters Kimmie and Yen


The ladies photographed (in the images below) are the fabulous Tasha and Samantha. Thank you ladies for being such great sports and so beautiful! <3

A Luxe Bridal Event in the Pearl - the recap!

All we can way is: WOW. What an amazing time Josh and I had at this wedding show... We had the pleasure of hanging out with friends in the wedding industry, meet new fabulous ones, talk with newly engaged brides and photograph the goodness that was set up all around us!

Misty and Ashley of Luxe Event Productions organized this magical show and it will become a favorite, once-a-year event, with lots of success. It was such a hit, that I KNOW people are already planning on visiting next year! :)

I will let the photos speak for themselves, so I won't "bother" you with many more words :)

Below the images you'll see many relevant links associated with the show (in no particular order - the list if partial, so be sure to visit Luxe's official site for more!). Please be sure to bookmark them and to see what they are all about, 'cause there is an AWESOME family of wedding vendors here in Portland that will be sure to make your wedding day a great success!

Thank You to all who came by our humble booth to chit chat with us and Thank You to all of the vendors who made the day and night a blast! <3 <3

~ Alice & Josh

Overview of the Urban Studio from the Wedding Dress Loft area.

MoscaPhoto's fun booth! :)

Magnifique Boutique's table of goodness.

The beautiful unique jewelry of Grayling.

Our friends of the swanky Hotel deLuxe.

Marigold vintage rentals!

The amazing floral designs by Francoise Weeks!

The fun little area upstairs where gorgeous dresses were on display.

The Candy Buffet.

Event Cosmetics making guest brides even more beautiful than they already are! PS: this bride is Amy. She inquired and was super excited to book us as her photographers, only to find out we were already booked on her date :( It was SO nice to finally meet her in person, though! :)

As the event turns! :)

Look at how many swag bags we had to give away! WOW!

The super sweet ladies of Creations By Ly and Wish Upon a Wedding.

Urchin Redesigned. WOW! LOVE their clothes!!

New Deal Vodka. Made in Portland! 

More of "as the event turns" :) Here is Ashley and friends watching and reacting to they're friends' wedding video made by Focal Point Digital Media.

Betsey & Iya jewelry.

San Damian's fabulous cufflinks!

Rafati's catering.

The Party Place!

• Luxe Bridal Event: www.luxebridalevent.com/
• Luxe Event Productions: www.luxeproductionsnw.com/
• MoscaPhoto: www.Moscaphoto.com
• Urban Studio: www.pearlcateringpdx.com/urbanstudio/
• The Party Place: www.thepartyplacepdx.com/
• Focal Point Digital Media: www.focalpointvideo.biz/Main/Welcome.html
• Oregon Bride Magazine: www.orbridemag.com/
• Pearl Catering: www.pearlcateringpdx.com/
• Bravo Wedding Guide: www.bravowedding.com/
• Grayling Jewelry: www.graylingjewelry.com/
• Betsey & Iya: betsyandiya.myshopify.com/
• Jessica Hill: www.jessicahillphotography.com/
• EmilyG: www.emilygphotography.com/blog/
• Magnifique Boutique: www.magnifiqueboutique.net/
• Hotel deLuxe: www.hoteldeluxeportland.com/
• Event Cosmetics: www.eventcosmetics.com/
• The Groom's List: www.thegroomslist.com/
• Hush Sessions: www.hushsessions.com/
• Francoise Weeks European Florals: www.francoiseweeks.com/
• Serephine: www.serephine.com/
• Urchin Redesign: www.urchinredesign.com/
• Wish Upon a Wedding: www.wishuponawedding.org/
• The Candy Buffet: www.thecandyanddessertbuffet.com/
• The English Department: www.theenglishdept.com/
• San Damian: www.sandamianline.com/staging/001/usa/index.php
• New Deal Distillery: www.newdealdistillery.com/
• Portland City Grill: www.portlandcitygrill.com/page/home
• Creations by Ly: www.creationsbyly.com/

PS VENDORS: many MORE photos (individual ones, versus the mini collages i've created here) are on our Flickr Stream and ready for you to grab and use for your web purposes :) Just PLEASE do not remove our logo and give credit to us as well :) If you'd like larger files for prints, contact me directly. I can email them to you! :) Alice@MoscaPhoto.com THANK YOU!!