Lake Kachess Ridge Resort Wedding

So excited that this Mountain Wedding started off as a quick courthouse elopement & ended up as one of the most intimate & emotional Wedding I've shot to date. Only a handful of guests attended ensuring it would be short, sweet & full of laughter & memories with everyone tearing up during the ceremony & after each toast. Congratulations to these two & their life together.  More photos to come.

Darylann + Randy

VIDEOGRAPHY: Dawn Alderman Design​

DECOR: John loves June Event Rentals & Design​

CATERING: Crave Culinary Arts-Chef Monique​

VENUE: Kachess Ridge Resort

Oregon Wedding Photographer: Enchanted Meadows Forest Wedding

This was a lovely day that began with one of my dearest friends, Dawn Alderman, owner of John loves June. She offers Wedding planning and has some of the most beautiful wedding rentals you'll find in the pacific northwest.

We rose early to allow time for foraging wild flowers (a first for me) prior to the Wedding.  Available throughout the hillsides were abundant patches of queen ann's lace & fern. Afterwards several hours of flower arranging began which was also another first! And while I don't see myself becoming a full time florist, I'll admit that selecting the flowers and placing them with thought into the vases was a lot of fun.  Throughout the entire process the ability to appreciate nature and have some thoughtful mediation was quite nice.

After the flowers were arranged it was back to my camera as usual. Lukily, the rain decided not to impose itself upon the wedding and gave us some beautiful soft light instead through the clouds. Had I brought better shoes for trampling throught the dewy grass, the day would have been perfect.

The bride and groom were gracious and wonderful people. Their families and friends equally as wonderful as we spent the day photographing and being a temporary part of their family.

That's always my favorite part of shooting weddings. Im greatful to share in such close and precious moments. 

Venue: Enchanted Meadows

Wedding Planning, Decor & Flowers: John loves June

Another Fashion Shoot in a Skate Park

Here's some from a recent fashion shoot shot in the skate park. And that is all there is to say other than that Im on my way out the door to go to a pirate party in the middle of summer dressed as a gypsy & its way too hot out today & I forgot to eat breakfast this morning. Hope your life is so full of excitement too. 

Learning to Shoot Film: a comparison of digital & film

Yes. The allure of film got me. The promise of the perfect exposure, of harmony between light & dark, with exquisite colors straight out of camera like never before seen....it sounded too amazing not to experience it for myself. 

So after having only bought a Mark III for the price of a kidney I felt guilty wanting to now buy a Film camera at a similar price tag. But luckily I came across a Hasselblad that a friend sold to me for an excellent and then ended up doing some trade work a Mimiya. And now, to learn.

Here is a shoot where we went out and shot on film.

Film was Fuji 400h and it was developed by Richard Photo Lab.

Unedited film scan where you can see the way the blurred area has movement to it

(Left) unedited film scan, (Right) film scan developed with a Fuji 400h Lightroom Preset

Fuji 400h film scan edited with a Fuji 400h Lightroom preset

Fuji 400h film scan's edited with a Fuji 400h Lightroom preset

And as a comparison, I shot the following images on my Canon Mark III.

They were processed with film emulating presets that you can find here. 

Chic Critique Magazine Cover

We had so much fun shooting this for Chic Critiques (click the name to check out their site) contest & almost killed a couple bikers in the process with our scattered gear but no one did crash & anyways beauty is pain right? Taking inspiration from Ralph Laurens classic & romantic style & blending it with Chic Magazine's more feminine & softer vibe along with the fact that it's a Fall issue & their theme was couture, we set off.  I knew I wanted darker lips to tie in the deep reds you see during Fall & a black dress to lend a nod to a more couture darker vibe & that it had to balance being a little more fierce with still being soft. Nalina Belefonte & I have some big Fashion projects coming up so it was also the perfect opportunity to go out & get used to one another. There were so many good ones from this shoot making it impossible to narrow it down to one for a submission but somehow I managed. For now I included one more shot below just for show & Ill post the rest later next week as I find time to finish the editing. So check back if you want to see more from this shoot.

In other news Im going to start shooting a lot more Fashion, have some awesome projects coming up I can't wait to share! This last year was a lot of commercial Photography & Weddings & not enough Fashion which got me thinking that it was un-acceptable. Ill allow myself to shoot other things but only if I leave room for what makes my heart sing. Glossy magazine covers & vogue editorials were my inspiration all those years ago for buying my first camera, my little Rebel. RIP little guy. Not sure what happened to that camera but it prompted me to get a 7D & later a Mark III & now Im working to learn Film, so needless to say lots of new adventures started from there.  

Also on a side note I've been working on creating some fun tutorials with my girlfriends which will be know as The Pinterest Housewives...we will put our little aprons on, drink some wine & burn food in the kitchen as well as test makeup tutorials & whatever else catches our fancy. Prompted by the constant irritation I feel after being duped by beautiful imagery of food on Pinterest that hardly ever tastes as good as it looks or by me wanting to try to get a little more creative with makeup by watching tutorials which never looks as good on my face as it does on the hot girl doing the tutorial. 

Anyways, I don't spend enough time with friends these days & so a little wine & some good times, why not? And might as well bring you guys along on the adventures. If you want to see the videos check out the channel here. We will begin posting end of Sept. 

Here's the image I shot for the cover with some text on there....had to make sure it would line up right & Im thinking that looks pretty rockstar what about you:

And a little teaser of what the rest of the shoot looks like. Gorgeous gorgeous. I want her stunning looks & captivating eyes, she is too much. Seriously though god, you went a little extra on her :  )