HushSessions: boudoir & bachelorette parties in Portland!

Hush Session's web site is now live and well! Misty Damico of Luxe Event Productions is the mastermind behind this one of a kind service, here in Portland, and she has teamed up with us here at MoscaPhoto! She asked me if I could be the photographer and I more than happily accepted. I understood immediately how unique and essential this service is to our tight little community here in Portland and I am looking forward to working with her AND YOU on more shoots!

Hush Sessions is a full-service bachelorette (or just because!) party organizer. Misty is the director and the one who will put the entire day, or afternoon, or night, or weekend, together flawlessly. All of the vendors involved (from hotel room, to makeup and hair, to limo rides, to VIP seating in local clubs, to photography) will be coordinated to work together to make the party seamless and fun.

I (Alice) am honored to be the photographer! Depending on which "package" the group of friends chooses, I will be there to shoot getting ready images, mini boudoir sessions, and party scenes at the local clubs where the party will end up. Essentially, a whole night's worth of festivities of a group of ladies who want to get away and just plain have fun!

If this is something you or anyone you know is interested in doing, please feel free to contact Misty (events@HushSessions.com)! She can help you organize the party and coordinate all of the fun-ness ;)

Here are the wonderful vendors involved in this service, without whom, Hush Session would not be able to be as successful as it already is!

Host Hotel: Hotel deLuxe
Make Up & Hair: sisters Kimmie and Yen
Photography: Alice of MoscaPhoto
The Art Director: Misty of Luxe Event Productions
Club/Party Spot: Candy Ultra Lounge

We are also honored to have been accepted to the coveted Style Me Pretty Little Black Book! They are very exclusive when choosing who to showcase on their listings, so having been accepted is great news! Click to see the listing with information and sample images too! :)

Here are some images I took during our first Hush Sessions event a month or so ago. The vendors involved  are the same as I have listed above. The ladies photographed are the beautiful Tasha, Sam and Morriah. <3

An engagement in Astoria and Ft Stevens!

What do a shipwreck, a World War II fort, the Goonies and love have in common? Jodie & Stoney, that's what! ;)

The four of us spent yesterday afternoon (April 23rd, 2011) in Astoria Oregon. It was their engagement session day AND Stoney's birthday too! Lots of fun was had all afternoon long, from the pier in town, to the famous Astoria Column, to the Peter Iredale shipwreck near high tide, and finally, to Fort Stevens. A few minor changes in clothes and lots of adventures later, we ended up at Fort George Brewery for dinner and a beer to end the fun day!

The sun was out, the sky was blue and the temperature... not bad at all! A super nice spring day in Oregon with yet another awesome Mosca couple. How lucky are we to have such adventurous and ready-for-anything brides and grooms?! As you scroll down through the photos, notice what a TROOPER Josh was too! When it came time for Jodie & Stoney to climb on the ship, Josh ventured IN the freezing water in his flip flops, just so he could be sure to get great closeup shots of them... I love this man <3 Oh what he wouldn't do for a great shot! ;)

Here is a sneak peek of the day. Jodie & Stoney are sweet, smart, fun and in love. We want to personally thank eHarmony for bringing these two love-birds together. They are so perfect for one another! We can't wait to hang with them again and to shoot their wedding, next August, at Mt Hood Bed & Breakfast, near Hood River. YAY!

Dreaming of Hawaii ~ Full Post!

Thank you for looking through our "Dreaming of Hawaii Sneak Peek post"! We have edited and organized the rest of the images we took on our trip and are happy to share them with you here. As a recap, Josh and I went for 8 days to Hawaii. Specifically, to Oahu. We stayed in Waikiki and took trips to the surrounding beaches with our new friends Krystal & Nate, who are in some of the images below ;)

This trip came at the perfect time for us wedding photographers... Even though we have already started our wedding season with a wedding in March and one in early April and one coming up at the end of April, we are still in the slow time of the year. When June comes, we will start working no-stop until the autumn, so leaving when we did and for as long as we did, was perfect. We are now recharged, tan, warm, happy and ready to start the season!

Hawaii was beautiful. We could have done more touristy activities, but decided to keep it slow and relaxed instead. We did spend a day on the bus and Pearl Harbor and then back to Waikiki. That day was special and moving and we feel honored to have been able to visit that National Park. We also took a kayaking trip with Krystal & Nate off of Kailua Beach, which is about 35 minutes away from Waikiki, on the eastern side of the island. The day started off sunny and warm, but then, on our way back from kayaking to a small island off the coast, a typical Hawaiian tropical storm hit us and we were forced to hurry back to the car. Regardless, the temperature was warm and our big camera was protected by the underwater housing we had rented that morning, so we had fun anyway! ;)

The next morning we all  set off for North Shore, to Sharks Cove. We arrived there at 7:30am and were done snorkeling by 9:30am! an early day, but perfect for having the cove all to ourselves and having a beautiful morning light for more underwater photography. Among all of the colorful fish swimming all around us, including a super cute yellow one that kept following us as we were moving around (see photo below ;) we ran into two different turtles! What a sight to see... there's a photo of me swimming with one of them below! :)

Krystal & Nate are in love and absolutely some of the most genuine and fun people we have met to date. we ended up spending most of the 8 days with them and it was perfect! We even got to do a little bit of a lifestyle shoot with the two of them and can't wait to see them again here in Portland. That is one of the aspects of travel that I have always loved most. The meeting with other fellow travelers, sharing stories, becoming friends and organizing future trips together. Love it!

Ok, enough words... here are the photos! Thank you for reading, looking and for your support! <3

~ Alice (& Josh)