Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. -Marcel Proust Samara + Brett classic, beautiful, and intimate wedding at The Ainsworth House & Garden outside Portland was everything they’d dreamed it would be. They each spent the morning with their respective bridesmaids and…

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There’s nothing that will make you feel more connected to your family on your wedding day than incorporating their love and spirit into your day. That’s what Mida + Phil did a few weeks ago at their beautiful wedding at Lumos Winery in Kings Valley, Oregon in the coast range foothills. Family and friends put…

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I’ve been wanting to start an AMA – Ask Me Anything – series on this blog. So… let’s start with a very common question that I hear from pretty much everyone. What’s the deal with engagement sessions? First a story: Once, while getting a manicure, I over-heard a very disgruntled woman talking to her friends…

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The end of May was …turbulent. The weather was swinging randomly between wonderful sunny days and torrential downpours. I met Mida + Phillip at Willamette Park in Corvallis, hoping that we would get mostly dry weather for our morning session. It was still wet on the ground from previous rains, but we really lucked out…

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I’ve always said that I’m good luck for wedding weather. I’ve only had one wedding get rained on, and they actually kind of liked/planned on it. It’s true that it did rain on Allison & Derek’s wedding day, but I maintain that I’m still good luck because it let up whenever I needed it to…

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I don’t even know where to start with these two. One of the benefits of being from a small community is that you know everyone, and even if you don’t know everyone personally you’re only a degree or two away from them. Such was the case with Sarah. Our Moms went to school together and…

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We were hoping for snow. We had been planning for snow. We got no snow. As many of you know Oregon has had a very warm and dry winter/early spring. Most of our Cascade Mountains are severely lacking their regular snow pack …even Mt. Hood has been suffering this year. We had planned a romantic…

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I recently got to work with Lauren [LewLew] at a summer day camp while I was teaching some photography classes. She the kind of person that everyone is drawn to; with her bright personality and “gettin’ it done so we can go play” attitude. So then it’s no wonder that her bf wanted her all…

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As someone who attends A LOT of weddings I’m starting to feel like a bit of an authority on what is realistic to expect from your big day. There are lots of different styles and ways to celebrate your new commitment and life together, but those differences don’t stop certain inevitable truths from rearing their…

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