Nicole & Ron

Nicole and Ron's wedding was incredible. We started out in Rockaway Beach at a beautiful old church right on the coast. The skies were blue, and the perfect different combination's of seagulls were sitting on the lightpost (see photos below!). We drove to Cannon Beach for the reception at the SurfSand Resort, stopping along the way for some great photo ops. After I spend a wedding day with a couple, I really feel like I know them quite well. I get to spend time alone with the couple as well as watching them interact with all of their friends and family. I love this about my job and consider it something really special. At the end of the day, I knew that Nicole and Ron were really loving, caring people, and that they're fantastic together, they make a great team.

I shot alongside Scott and Amanda of Ambient Sky Studios. I've worked with Scott and Amanda before they are a great husband and wife videography team (I guess the theme of this blog post is teams?), click here for a link to video footage from the day.

Nicole and Ron, thank you so so much for having us capture your wedding day! We had such a wonderful time and were honored to be there.

Happy Thursday! Western Oregonians, get outside and enjoy that sunshine, that's where I'm headed!

Bryan

The Espana Family

Heather and Mike are awesome, and we're so grateful to be friends with them. We were neighbors with them when we lived in our teeny tiny apartment and since Heather is a photographer, we have lots in common. Between that and Heather and Mike being utterly hilarious, they make for wonderful friends. This fall I got to do a session with Heather's family, and it was so much fun. I see why Heather is such a fun, hilarious person, because her entire family, including her grandparents are all people who love to laugh and make others laugh. Whenever I'm around older people that are really lighthearted and fun, I'm inspired as to what I'm going to be as a grandparent, I hope I'm like Heather's grandparents.

Espana's thank you so much for having me do this session! I had such a great time hanging out with you guys! Happy Monday!

Bryan

Christina & Chris

I knew Christina and Chris were really kind from the moment I met them, but after their wedding I was blown away. Their wedding had one of the most moving toasts time I'd ever heard, they actually had to put an end to people giving toasts because so many people were speaking about these two. Basically everyone in the place was crying, it was beautiful. There was a line from their ceremony that I really loved, sitting here right now I can't remember it exactly, but basically it was something like, "You're the one that I want to fight with." I thought it was beautiful, because after nearly five years of marriage, I know there's lots of disagreements along the way, but it's all part of the journey and it's an incredible, wonderful journey, even though it's not always easy.

Christina and Chris had their wedding in Auburn California, which meant, YES!, Hannah and I got to travel! I love traveling and I love photography, so it was a wonderful combination. They had their wedding at The Ridge Golf Course. Looking out at the course, their was beautiful long brown grass with green trees places among it, which I couldn't wait to photograph the couple in, until the wedding coordinator warned me about rattlesnakes. Apparently there's lots and lots of them there, so we just went into the grass a little where I could easily see that their weren't any little dangerous friends waiting for us.

Here's the story of their wedding day....

Christina and Chris, thanks so much for having us photograph your wedding! It's been so much fun getting to know you both, and we had such a great time at your wedding!

Bryan