{Engagement!} Andrea & Omar, Eastbank Esplanade & Downtown Portland.

Loved working with them!
Andrea and Omar are funny, in love, fun to talk to and be around... we totally bonded on our 2 and a half hour trek around Portland's prime locations!

We were scheduled to photograph their engagement session at the Eastbank Esplanade and then Downtown Portland, around noon. The day turned out to be rainy and gloomy, we almost had to cancel and re-schedule! Good thing we simply postponed it to 6pm! The sky cleared up, the sun began to shine AND we met at the perfect time of day... at the end of our Portland walkabout, the silhouette of the city skyline was GORGEOUS all lit up with lights and up against the dark blue of the beginning of night. Perfect! :)

They are one of our 2011 couples and we can't wait for their wedding day to come!

Wedding Date: July 9th 2011
Wedding Location: Private Residence in Corvallis, OR

Here is a Sneak Peek of the day! :)

{Engagement!} Karen & James (and Rex-Dog too!) at the base of Mt Hood!

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Karen and James (and Red-Dog) were awesome to hang out with and work with!

They JUST moved to Oregon (where Karen grew up) from NYC via cross country road trip, hauling all of their belongings and their best friend Rex and a travelling gnome. :)

Local Pacific Northwesterners may have noticed how LONG our winter was this year... all the way to June, we were in the rain! Well... as soon as Karen & James got here, sunshine! So we say THANK YOU for bringing us the sun! :)

Speaking of sun... we picked the perfect day to be at Trillium Lake! They were looking for a great view of Mt Hood, in the woods... I think we nailed the location! The sun was shining, the temperature was just right, and the two of them were super fun to hike with and chit chat with too. Karen's dad James came along for the hike as well, so we got to meet him and totally bonded, even way before their wedding! We love what we do... so many great new people in our lives!

Here is a preview of our excursion on the 2 mile hike around Trillium Lake. Including Josh being made fun of by the bride... LOL!!! :) LOVE!

~ Alice & Josh

Wedding Date: September 18th 2010
Ceremony: Oaks Pioneer Church, Portland OR
Reception: Avalon Hotel, Portland OR

{Wedding!} Amelia & Doug - 7.17.10 - After 10 years, they marry at Mt Hood Organic Farms, Oregon!

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Another gorgeous day in the isolation and beauty of Mt Hood Organic Farms!


Bradi (the owner) and Cassandra (the on-site wedding coordinator) once again, did a fantastic job hosting the wedding this past Saturday. The weather was perfect, to the point in which there was no need for the big large white tent... tables and dance floor were out in the open air on the grass... How cozy! 


Warm and sunny, a light breeze and a fun atmosphere. Amelia & Doug's friends and family were young and fun and party goers! As soon as it was time for the reception music, the dancing began and it continued all night long! Coincidentally, two of their friends, Josh and I had just photographed as part of a promotional shoot with Portland based Jupiter Hotel! What a small world... familiar faces everywhere we look! Fun!

To recap the day, I need to include a link to our blog post where Amelia & Doug's Mt Tabor engagement session is. That was the first time we had ever met and totally hit it off, making it so much more comfortable for everyone at the wedding!

Amelia wore a simple off-white JCrew dress with pale blue glass beads as her necklace accent. Doug, believe it or not, found his entire attire at thrift stores in Portland! Such great finds... The ceremony was performed by their childhood friend. Instead of a unity candle, Amelia & Doug chose to plant an evergreen tree together, which they plan to give it a home in the forest and to visit for years to come. The reception music was a mix of Jack Johnson and the Grateful Dead. The table decorations were simple and fun containers filled with a variety of succulents... a very home made, simple, tasteful and relaxed wedding day. We loved every minute of it!

Here is a sneak peek of the day. As I gather names and links to all of the vendors who made the day possible, I will add them here :)

Wedding Day: Saturday July 17th 2010
Location: Mt Hood Organic Farms, Mt Hood, OR
Dress: JCrew
Flowers: Lucy's Informal Flowers, Hood River, OR
Catering: Ginger Power Orchard House, Hood River, OR

Jen & Iyad - A Full Day's Wedding Celebration (June 2010)

Its not every day that someone's profession lets he/she into a person's family and its culture, quite like wedding photography does. Traditions and their importance, are what professionals like us need to be able to anticipate, respect, capture and clearly portray with the end result. 


Josh and I spent a whole day with Jen and Iyad, starting in the morning. Josh at Iyad and his family's home in Troutdale, I with Jen and her family in Happy Valley. Hours later, we all met up at the church. A moving celebration; a wave of portraits (that I would have not easily been able to coordinate, weren't it for awesome helpers - part of Jen's family... thank you!); then a trip with the Bride and Groom to Laurelhurst Park in a classic Rolls Royce; then the reception at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. All in all, we spend 12 and a half of the most involved and active and moving hours ever.


Jen & Iyad have a family with an immense and open heart. Josh and I felt right at home with everyone, and felt as if we had known them all for much longer than just that day. I've shed a few tears here and there at the most memorable weddings I've photographed, but NOTHING like at this one. Both Josh and I literally started gushing tears out of both our eyes while trying to shoot the initial, emotional, first entry and first family dance at the reception. That's right, we're admitting it: we lost it!

The raw energy and emotion of the celebration got the best of us! We had an amazing time, we truly did!

We've never taken this many photographs of a wedding day before, so bear with us as we try to summarize all that happened in a short little Sneak Peek! ;)

We love you, Jen & Iyad!

- Jen & Iyad's Engagement Session at Timberline Lodge and Trillium Lake, Mt Hood, OR
- Wedding day: Saturday June 26th, 2010
- Videographers: Beyond The Eye Films; Robert G Pallotta (and his awesome team!)
- Ceremony: Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church; Portland OR
- Reception: Crowne Plaza Hotel; Portland OR