Location, Location, Location

This is for all you engaged couples out there who have pictures coming up! We’ve been collecting little brainstorms for a while now and tucking them away for just the right couple. You’ve heard it in real estate and it turns out to be true for engagement pictures too: location matters.

Here are some ideas to ponder. If you want dibs on one of these places, shoot Bryan an email. Or just use these to get your own creative juices flowing! The most important thing is to pick a place where you can really have fun together and show the unique side of your relationship.

1) Rambling back country: We’ve found a little route in the small towns of wine country. This would include an old gnarly tree, blackberry brambles, and some very cool crumbling buildings. If you like old rural charm and vintage/antique stuff, this could be for you!

3) Picnic: I’ve always wanted to do a picnic engagement session, complete with a checkered blanket. We’ve got a picnic basket too!

4) Tree house: I don’t know of one, but I bet there has to be a good tree house somewhere in the Portland area. This would be too much fun!

5) Porch swing: Does anybody have grandparents with an awesome old fashioned porch swing? Add some lemonade and this could be awesome.

6) Green house: I’m picture lots of rambling, growing things and beautiful sunlight.

7) Red Ridge Farms: This is a beautiful nursery in wine country (I think around Forest Grove) with lots of lavender plants.

8 ) Mississippi Ave: in Portland. If you like the city, but want something different from downtown, this neighborhood has lots of fun possibilities.

9) Beach with Sand Castles: This is pretty self explanatory, but would definitely have to involve plastic pails and shovels. Maybe even some of those cool sand molds and hopefully a hermit crab!

10) Camp fire: This could happen at the beach too, or somewhere else. Marshmallows should probably be involved.

11) U-Pick: Apples, strawberries, etc. This would have to be in the right season, but could be really adorable.

12) Secret Beach: We can’t tell you because ummm…well, it’s a secret! But if you want to have your picture taken here we will lead you there with blindfolds. Kidding. But seriously, this is an awesome place.

13) Antique Store or Flea Market: This could be really fun in the city or out. Western Oregon has tons of little treasure stores where we could find some great old furniture, picture frames, signs, bath tubs, who knows what!

Here is a picture from Emily and David’s engagement pictures last year. They did a great job of choosing a location. Emily wanted to do them at her grandparents farm where she had a lot of memories. Very cool. Click here to see the rest.

Ready, set, plan!
Sunny spring days fill up fast so be sure to work with Bryan to set a time if you haven’t already. I’d love to hear other ideas that you have in the comments. Even if you’re not planning a photo session, but have an idea for someone else to use. Share your brilliance.
P.S. These are also up for grabs for families!

Leah

Lauryn & Brenton | Engagement

Last week I met up with Lauryn and Brenton for their engagement session. We had fun exploring a little canyon in Newberg. There was one wild animal (a creepy Nutria!), a tractor and lots of laughter, all things that make for a wonderful engagement session. Thanks so much Lauryn and Brenton!

Bryan

Hey….I Guess We’re in a Contest!

If you’ve been following us for a while you remember Jordan and Luke’s beautiful wedding at Willamete Valley Vineyards. (and if you don’t remember click their names and it will take you to the post.) They recently submitted the below photo into a photo competition on the Bliss Blog in the category “Around the World” and it’s in the top eleven! Voting continues until Sunday so stop by here to vote on whichever photo you like the best. We’re so excited that Jordan and Luke submitted this photo! Thanks guys!

Happy Friday everyone!

Bryan

B e t h a n n e & L u k e | Part Two & Slideshow

I’m just putting the finishing touches on all of Bethanne and Luke’s Wedding photos and I wanted to post the slideshow and a few more photos. Click here to see the slideshow from their wedding. I’m really loving doing these slideshows from every wedding and think it’s such a fun way to tell the story of each couple’s wedding day.

I love these interactions…

The wedding party getting crazy…

I do like this photo in and of itself, but what makes it really meaningful is that Bethanne’s grandpa planted this tree decades ago. I love these types of stories.

I love little Ella the flower girl here in the rush of things, with her oldest relative her great grandpa walking in the background.

Ella is so cute and I have to admit she holds a special place in my heart because we took photos of her every two months for her first year, so I’ve watched her grow a lot. Here’s a link to the last session we did with her, click here.

Hope everyone is having a great Wednesday!

Bryan

A l b u m s | K i s s W e d d i n g B o o k s

When we started looking for an album company to use, we had one qualification: AWESOME. We looked into several different companies before finding Kiss Wedding Books. We love the simplicity and quality of their albums. The albums are made from high quality materials and are archival to make sure that they will be around for ages. Their printing quality is top notch and the pages are really thick with the pictures printed right onto them. We custom design all of our albums.

Your wedding is a beautiful and meaningful day and we want to make sure your album that tells the story well. We also have smaller parent albums available that make really great gifts.

They come in lots of colors. This is a white one that we made for Shanna and Casey.

Each album includes an awesome cloth cover.

Happy Monday!

Bryan