"Swamp The Dress" session in the swamps on Louisiana!

That's right!

Only open to 10 people, as per airboat capacity.
I was lucky enough to be one of those 10.

What an amazing experience! Surrounded by the beauty that is the swampy area of louisiana, just outside of New Orleans. Also surrounded by amazing photographers who took on the bride by storm! :)

The model (bride) is our friend and fellow photographer from Atlanta, Shari Zellers.
She married the love of her life last month and volunteered to "Trash The Dress" ("Swamp The Dress" - as all of us are calling it) for the entertainment of all of us. We had such a great time!

The other amazing photographers who were involved were all friends of ours, part of our amazing Pictage family. Some of us had never met in person before, though we had been talking and collaborating online for many years.

Photography conferences like PartnerCon are amazing opportunities to get to know other fellow photographers in person and to shoot alongside them and to participate in talks to better our businesses and approach to our work. There is always something to learn and there are so many people who inspire us to be better and to grow as a business entity.

This past week spent in New Orleans was a week to remember. Every year, it happens, and every year, Josh and I will be attending. We can't wait for PartnerCon 2011!! :)

THANK YOU Chris Williams, Chris Pike, Shari Zellers, Monty Jessop, Jessica Del Vecchio, Alex Abercrombie, Kelly Segre and Mike (our airboat captain, who was willing to do anything possible for us so we may have the perfect locations and light for photographing Shari!).

The Portland Perfect Wedding Guide wedding show was a huge success!

Portland Perfect Wedding Guide and The Heathman Hotel make such a great team!
Our friends at Event Team Entertainment provided the music and the MC-ing for the entire show.

Thank you so much for all of the beautiful and wonderful brides who came by our table to chit chat with us about they wedding day's photography!

We are looking forward to meeting more privately with you... can't wait!

Together with us of MoscaPhoto, there were so many other wonderful vendors showcasing their art and talents.

I was asked by the Guide to take photos of the show and of the bridal gown fashion show put together for brides to see.

If the wedding show hadn't been as busy as it was, I would have been able to take so many more photos! Its a great thing, though, that I was constantly called back to my table to talk to brides... we LOVE our job!

:)

Here are a handful of some of the vendors at the show.
Thank you to ALL who put the whole experience together and for letting me take photos :)

Cupcake Jones. YUM!


The lovely ladies of Moda Floral & Event Designs.










Another great group of ladies: Panache Weddings & Events with the large floral arrangement by Old Town Florist.


Events By Gather really impressed me with this beautiful table set up! Flower arrangements provided by Petalos Floral Design.




Gorgeous bridal bouquet by Petalos Floral Design!


And of course, AniA Collection was there too, providing beautiful gowns for brides to see and enjoy. The models' bouquets provided by Petalos Floral Design.

{Engagement!} Inside the Rose Garden shoot with Rachael & Matthew!

This is SO exciting!

Rachael and Matthew got engaged during a Trailblazrs' game, jumbotron and everything!

So it was only obvious to us to see if we could coordinate permission to get inside the Rose Garden, privately, to shoot their engagement session :)

Well, that's exactly what happened last night. We met up at the loading zone of the Rose Garden and were then invited in by their awesome season ticket guy, Joe.

We had two hours to walk around from the court to the seats at the very top. It was amazing!

We are not allowed to post all of the images here, unfortunately, so here is one Sneak Peek for now, while I work of editing a few more to show. We can't have any NBA logos showing, nor any advertisement banners, so there's quite a bit of editing work ahead of us :)

More to come!

{Engagement} Washington Park Rose Garden roses and light rain engagement session!

Patricia and Tim are sweethearts!

They will not be getting married here in Portland, but they did get engaged here, and at the Rose Garden to boot!

What better place to take their engagement photos but in the very place where their wedding story officially began? They'll have so many colorful and memorable images to take back with them to their family and friends in the Midwest!

The day was lovely! A light rain, umbrellas, blooming roses and some autumn leaves too...

Yay for Oregon fall weather! :)

Finao and Willowbook Album Designs

These books are beautiful!

We are slowly updating our printed portfolio with new, more current, material (its that time of year!) and here are two albums that we are super proud of.


Specs for Red Book:

• - Album makers: Willowbook
• - Print makers: Pictage
• - Layout design: me :)
• - 10x10 inches
• - red leather with black spine accent
• - one 5x5 photo insert on cover
• - 2 lines of embossed imprinting

Specs for the "Purple" Book:

• - Album makers: Finao
• - Print makers: Finao
• - Layout design: me :)
• - 10x10 inches
• - one large metallic print coated in acrylic on the cover
• - purple velvet-like super soft material for spine and back cover (chosen by my friend and company appointed "print police" Karen, from Finao! She surprised us with the accent material and color! LOVE YOU!)

Both books are beautiful to touch and feel and are sure to make the perfect addition to your wedding photography products. They are archival and guaranteed to "stand the test of time" as Finao puts it. 

The Willowbook album is our standard one, which is included in our top "packages".

The Finao album is our upgraded album, available to order by request.

Make an appointment with us, so see them in person and for you to see their costs. It all depends on size and number of images within it. Oh we love them so much!