Pearl District Portland engagement session

Katie and Nick! They are originally not from Oregon, so this engagement session doubled as a little bit of a walking tour of part of our Northwest neighborhood :) We started off in the Alphabet District, walked all the way to the Industrial NW area under the Fremont Bridge and then circled back around to The Pearl. It was a beautiful sunny and warm-ish autumn day and it was fun! We had a blast getting to know them and are excited for the new friendship!!

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

Grace + Neal: balloons, picture frames, Portland bridges and lots of LOVE!

Once again, Josh and I feel that we are the luckiest wedding photographers in the world! Just look at how fun and happy and goofy and in love and willing to play, our couple Grace & Neal is... LOVE them!

Grace loves bridges. Living in Portland (ie: Bridge City) was fortuitous for their shoot, since BOY do we have some gorgeous and accessible bridges to play around for photos! Plus, this day was gorgeous! Sunny and bright and perfect for their personalities.

Here are a handful of the hundreds of photos we took of them, yesterday. With all of the fun props they brought along, we couldn't stop shooting! It was difficult to choose the ones to summarize the whole session, but here they are! :)

Grace and Neal will marry [soon!] on April 30th 2011.
The wedding's location is in Gearhart, OR on the beach and then at McMenamin's Sandtrap.
Grace was a bridesmaid for Katie (& Mark), who we photographed back in September 2010.
Katie is the little sister of Matthew (& Kristina), who we photographed in May of 2009.

WHEW! :)

We love the relationships we gain from one wedding day to the next... seeing old couples at new weddings and continuing to expand our MoscaPhoto Family is what we live for. We can't wait for your wedding G+N!! And to see you again too, Katie!! [She will be Grace's bridesmaid ;)]