Ordinary Moments {Portland Photography}

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Recently, photographer Chase Jarvis, created a book, iphone app, and online community called The Best Camera. You can visit his site for more details but in summary it's based on the idea that the best camera is the one that is on you. This morning, I was standing at the counter eating a cheesy egg on wheat. My daughter took the cat food bowl on her lap, kneeling down, and our visiting … [Read more...]

The moments in between {Oregon Wedding Photography}

Portland Oregon Wedding Photography at The Aerie

As I'm going through Shelby & Tim's wedding photos, processing the images, I found one that is just precious. We were in the middle of formals, and about to photography Shelby, Tim, and Sydney together. Tim started to fix his bride's dress, while she shared a moment with her daughter. … [Read more...]

Father of the Bride {Portland Wedding Photography}

Portland Oregon Weddings - Father of the Bride

The expression on Jennifer's dad's face just says it all. This is one of those shots, where at first I look at and say "oh but I should have opened up the lens more for background blur" or such. Then I just look at the moment, and realize it just doesn't matter. No one else was around this corner, where he was sitting. It's a chance for the bride to see her dad looking so happy and yet … [Read more...]

Wedding Photography – Capturing Moments

I just love the expression on the bride's face here. The wedding ceremony had just ended and we went upstairs to the bridal lounge. It was just the bride, groom, maid of honor, best man, and me. All the tension of earlier (good tension, maybe anticipation is a better word) was gone and everyone was laughing. I do not remember what happened here, but hopefully this picture brings back the … [Read more...]