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Wednesday, November 23, 2011

A handful of wonderful Portland Wedding Vendors who we are thankful for!

In no particular order, we have had the opportunity to work with each and every one of these fabulous vendors. This year has been amazing and we got to work alongside many of them more than once (we can't wait for more opportunities!). I know I will post this and then remember more vendors... I just know it! So forgive me in advance for appearing as if i've neglected you... it's not my intention! I'll be updating this multiple times, I know it! ;)

Knowing who to choose as your vendors for your wedding (or other event) is important. All we can do is suggest those people who we know and love, personally. Use us as a reliable and non-biased reference; we will suggest who we know will help make your day perfect! The rest will be up to you ;)

THANK YOU to all of the following vendors for being in MoscaPhoto's life!
Happy Turkey Day 2011!




































































































What we are thankful for is YOU!

Josh and I could not possibly be where we are today if it weren't for MANY aspects of life (in no particular order):

  • - YOU our client friends
  • - YOU our wedding vendor peers
  • - YOU our personal friends
  • - YOU mom and dad
Let me break it down even further... ;)

This 2011 wedding season has been the best yet. We keep getting more and more requests for photo shoots; collaboration inspiration ones with peers, as well as true client ones. Not only that, this 2011 wedding season has been an even better commercial photography (mostly restaurant related) year AND a great personal and work travel year as well. OH! I can't forget to mention the fact that this 2011 year has also been the year during which we were:

  • - voted by YOU to be runner up, Best Wedding Photographers in Portland via Oregon Bride Magazine (number 2 never felt so good!) ;)
  • - voted by 20 photography peers to be a part of My Portland Photographer which is a selective and successful group of 20 strong local photographers who stick together to collaborate and make our presence known

We are thankful for all of this and can't wait to see what the future will bring. Bring it ON! We are here and ready for it... we are eager to know more wonderful new clients, more wonderful new networking buddies, more wonderful locations in the world, and more wonderful techniques and ideas and products to offer through our business. We are always growing and never static. We always have the wellbeing of our business in mind, which in turn, reflects on how we, as a human couple, are able to live too. Everything is intermingled and intertwined and codependent. 

So you see, without each and everyone of YOU, we would not be able to do what we do, do it well, and do it consistently. 

<3 THANK YOU! <3

A fun tradition that we started back in 2008 with our bride Sarah, is to have Josh pose with our brides with their thumbs up. That signals the last moment of our time at the wedding AND the end of the editing process in post too. It's a fun little game we play that, when we forget to do it, we are even asked about it by our brides, on our way out. LOVE IT! :) Below if our 2011 year in review, with some brides missing (not sure what happened there! BOO!) and with a few added images of some great people in the business :) I'll be more specific with which of the vendors we work with, whom we especially love, in my next blog post :)


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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

MoscaPhoto Product : A beautiful cream-colored, full leather, Sequoia Wedding Album!

We're so proud of our printed products! It's the reason why we always include them in any of our packages. Photographs deserve to be printed, touched, passed around AND passed ON, from generation to generation. Whenever I find myself back in Rome, I always make it a point to look through my parents' wedding album from their wedding in the '70s and I LOVE IT! :)

This particular book, below, is a beautiful, real leather, cream colored, silver embossed, 4x6 image opening, 10x10 inch wedding album -- I know! Lots of words there ;) But I'm super descriptive, right? ;)

This is an exclusive line of albums that are only offered to photographers who have Pictage as a business partner; you won't find these books around the web as "consumer" products. These are Willow Book books and are made just for professionals. They are high quality, hand made, and always stunning. We are never disappointed and just wait 'till you see the new line they will soon be offering us! At the beginning of November, we were at a photography conference in San Diego where we had the pleasure of being a part of a panel of photographers who's input was used to better this new line and we are SO excited for them to come out!

The design within the book is meticulously made by me, Alice, while the images were chosen by our couple, Heidi & Marty. This is actually THEIR personal book! We just received it in the mail and wanted to take these images of it for you all to see. Heidi & Marty chose the image on the cover and the leather color too. They did a great job with their choices! This book is truly stunning and I can't wait to hear from them once they receive it in a few days ;)

Here is a breakdown of their cost. Think of this as an investment! As I have said before, photographs are meant to be enjoyed and loved for years to come, and there is no better what to do this than by having them printed... either loosely as regular 'ol prints, or within a gorgeous archival book like this one. Also as mentioned above, many of our packages come with a book like this. And if your package doesn't, it can certainly be added on as a bonus product!

(These prices are current 2011 and 2012 prices. We reserve the right to increase them as our own costs increase year to year. We try our best to keep prices constant for at least 2 wedding seasons, but are obligated to shape their price according to our own changing costs. Please inquire with us about current pricing. Thank you for understanding!)

10x10 inch magazine style, custom designed album :

  • “classic” style has leather cover with 1 insert cover image & 80 of your favorite images { $950 }
  • “signature” style has acrylic image cover + leather spine & 80 of your favorite images { $1050 }
12x12 inch magazine style, custom designed album :

  • “classic” style has leather cover with 1 insert cover image & 80 of your favorite images { $1250 }
  • “signature” style has acrylic image cover + leather spine & 80 of your favorite images { $1450 }
More than 80 images are allowed and are custom priced. Just ask! :)

  



    





    




Sunday, November 13, 2011

You are beautiful! Give yourself (or your loved one!) the gift of boudoir photography...

A quick reminder of the possibilities being endless when it comes to boudoir... Contact me (Alice@MoscaPhoto.com) if you have any questions or concerns. I'll make sure you will be pampered, immortalized and having lots of fun ;) <3 And let your friends know too! We can even do a fun group rate for 3 or more ladies at once! The more you refer to us, the more incentives you get... Why? Because it'll mean that we can reserve a beautiful hotel room for a longer period of time and not be rushed out AND I love to thank my referrers with gifts ;) I LOVE photographing Portland Boudoir Sessions... such a personal and private time that I get to be a part of, knowing full well that the resulting images will be the perfect visual reminder of how beautiful you truly are. It can be a gift to yourself or to your loved one. Regardless... trust me! It's super fun! XO!





Wednesday, November 2, 2011

FEATURED on Style Me Pretty! MoscaPhoto + Luxe Event Productions + Black Label Films and more!

What a great surprise to wake up to today! Style Me Pretty (click it! :) has featured our styled shoot of Sam, a REAL bride who was styled and art directed by Misty of Luxe Event Productions, photographed by me of Mosca Photo and filmed by Karyn of Black Label Films. A huge thank you to the rest of the wonderful vendors involved in this shoot too! I've listed them all and they rock!

I say... why not spend more time in front of the camera, all dolled up, before your wedding day?! Or after! Why not? ;) Sometimes weddings can be hectic and us photographers may only have a little bit of time scheduled for a bridal shoot... but if we can organize to meet up another time, for some one-on-one  sessions, everyone wins! :)

Art director: Misty, Luxe Event Productions
Model: Real Bride Samantha, assistant editor at Oregon Bride Magazine (click to see this shoot featured on Oregon Bride Magazine's blog too!)
Photography: Alice, MoscaPhoto
Video: Karyn, Black Label Films
Flowers: Hailey, Zest Floral 
Make up and hair: Kimmie (Bouffant Salon) and Yen (Bel Amici Salon)
Sam's dress: Charlotte's Weddings and More

Screenshot of the Style Me Pretty feature! :)




















Black Label Films' video truly captured the essence of the day. 
And this was "just" a bridal shoot! Imagine how her wedding work is! 
Wonderful <3