Wedding day on the Oregon coast.

Grace & Neal are married! The day was yesterday, Saturday April 30th 2011. The day after the famous Royal Wedding. Grace (along with her friends and family) thought of her own day as a royal one. Why? Because her married name will be: Grace Kelly! ;)

Westminster Abbey or not, Grace & Neal's wedding day was perfect. Small enough to allow for every single guest to have great contact with the bride and groom, yet large enough to have it be a true party. The Oregon Coast was perfect too. Sunny and warm, bright and practically deserted. From the beaches of Gearhart, everyone followed Grace & Neal up the street, all the way to McMenamin's Sandtrap, for the reception.

Having gotten to know them during their engagement session (red balloons and hollow picture frames in Portland) we knew they would be fun to see and play with again. Sure enough! Right before sunset, the four of us went back to the beach to take more romantic, fun and artful photographs of the two of them, away from the crowd. We had a blast and love the resulting images. We are so excited to show them! :)

One of the highlights of the day was to see our previous bride (and Grace's maid of honor) Katie, who got married at McMenamin's Edgefield this past September 2010. We love keeping our shoots in the family and love that ours keeps growing! YAY!

Here are details about the vendors involved. Everyone worked flawlessly together. What a great day!

Wedding Gown: W TOO, Charlotte's Weddings, Portland OR
Flowers: Basketcase, Cannon Beach OR
Hair: Shear Pleasures, Seaside OR
Makeup: Grace's friend
Coordination: Sarah Carlson, The Red Hare, Portland OR
Cake: Cannon Beach Bakery, Cannon Beach OR
Ceremony location: the beach! off of the town of Gearhart OR
Reception location: McMenamin's Sandtrap, Gearhart OR

A beautiful Oregon beach wedding preview!

Just a quick single image to prepare for the much more detailed blog post coming up! This is one of the images we took yesterday (April 30th 2011), on the Oregon Coast, in Gearhart, at sunset, with Grace & Neal. A perfect day with a beautiful couple! <3 More to come ;)

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!