An intimate World Forestry Center wedding in spring.

This must be a record blog post / sneak peek for us... Wendi & Danny's wedding was this morning! At the beautiful and historic World Forestry Center, near the Oregon Zoo, here in Portland. The day turned out to be on the warm side, with some fluffy clouds and a bit of sunshine as well. A perfect spring day for the Pacific Northwest with trees in bloom too!

We started at 9AM and ended around 3:30PM. In all of that time, we covered the entire wedding, from preparations to the goodbyes. What we were excited about the most, was how much time we had to spend, one on one, with Wendi & Danny! We walked to the Veteran's Memorial and then back down to the Peggy (the locomotive) and all around inside of the museum itself. This blog post is a collection of [mainly] Wendi & Danny artful/classy/fun photos ;)

One thing you might want to notice in detail is a photo of the two of them with their moms and dads... from WAY UP ABOVE! That, friends, is part of what MoscaPhoto is all about ;) We go the extra mile and LOVE to do it. Josh took a ride up the firefighters' harness seat, from the first floor of the museum, all the way to the ceiling. that's close to 100 feet up, harnessed in with feet dangling and camera gear in hand. It was SO worth it! Looking down on the smiling faces and taking the photo, was priceless :)

All of the little frames and papers and cake cutters and flowers, were hand made by Wendi and her family. She kept the process of coming up with wedding decor to a crafty self. The gifts that they gave their family members were framed images of them at the Ice Cave engagement session we photographed last January. Lots of personal touches and such a cozy small wedding too! The last photo is the WHOLE GROUP! 38 wonderful people who made Josh and I feel as if we were a part of the family.

Have fun in Antigua, you two!! ;) <3

~ Alice (& Josh)

On the train at the World Forestry Center.

A super quick Sneak Peek of Wendi & Danny's wedding day! We started early this morning, around 9am. The whole day went by quickly, yet, so much went on! We had a great time and can't wait to show you more, which will be something later today ;) And here is a link to their AWESOME engagement session at the Ice Caves at the base of Mt Adams in Washington. YAY :)

Wedding date: Saturday April 9th, 2011
Wedding location: World Forestry Center, Mt Hood Room, Portland OR
Dress: David's Bridal
Flowers: hand made by family

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

Fairy wings and lots of love at this wedding < 3

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Amy and Ryan are two peas in a pod. He is high ranking in the Army while she has had to live with the fact that he gets shipped overseas on a moment's notice. In fact, he has been called once again to Afganistan a little under one month from their wedding day. So, their wedding day, this past Saturday March 26th 2011, was even more touching than usual.

They were surrounded by friends and family, lots of whimsical fairytale details and high emotions. The Crown Ballroom made their day perfect with all of its decor and elegance. Geranium Lake Flowers did a beautiful job with Amy's bouquet. Amy's elf ears and fairy wings added a spark of "her" to the whole day. All in all, there were tears of joy, great dancing and singing, and lots of love. It was obvious to us that their day was going to be special from the moment we had the opportunity to spend hours chit chatting and photographing them during their engagement session (see the Black Hawk helicopter and the Mima Mounds here), but once the wedding day came and went, we realize how truly beautiful the two of them are.

Have fun on your cruise in the Mediterranean guys!! We're totally envious!! ;)

Beautiful spring-day engagement session!

We were so lucky today! The weather has been gloomy and rainy, but we have managed to pick the right days for our couples... WHEW! :) Today was one such perfect day! We met up with Heidi & Marty (and Heidi's mom!) at the entrance to Sauvie Island. We purchased our day-passes to visit the island and set off for the shoot. We reached the park and immediately the clouds parted just enough to offer us an ultimate sunlight diffuser :) Even light, warmish temperatures, a great setting and a super sweet couple, to boot! Here are a few images for you to enjoy, with more to come. We can't wait for their wedding this coming July 30th 2011!

Amy & Danielle. A Portland love story.

This is just a quick little sneak peek! Many more images from their fun engagement session shoot coming later on today :) We decided to meet up at Powell's Books here in Portland and then to walk around the Pearl District, all the way to the bright red and beautiful Broadway Bridge. Well... rain stopped us in our tracks as we were inching our way to the top of the bridge. So close! So we ended up having a Bloody Mary and a cappuccino at the Pearl Bakery before calling it a day. Awesome! hehe :)

More details and more images coming soon!

SSHHH... a little secret is about to be revealed ;)

I wanted to share a little Sneak Peek of a project that will, for certain, take Portland by storm. The talented and creative Misty Damico of Luxe Event Productions has asked us to collaborate on this project. I cannot reveal too much until the web site is up and more information and content becomes available... but know that it has everything to do with an Ultimate Bachelorette Party Night! A group of ladies will be showered with VIP treatments, which include mini-boudoir sessions... and oh so much more! Stay tuned for more details... in the meantime, become a fan of Hush Sessions' page on facebook to be kept up to date ;)

A bit about the images below, taken Sunday March 19th:

Host: Hotel deLuxe
Direction: Misty of Luxe Event Productions
Purpose: Hush Sessions
Photography: Alice of MoscaPhoto
Hair & makeup: sisters Kimmie and Yen


The ladies photographed (in the images below) are the fabulous Tasha and Samantha. Thank you ladies for being such great sports and so beautiful! <3