wedding photography at mcmennamin's edgefield

for the very first time i covered an outside wedding ceremony where ... and i know this is surprising cause we live in oregon... but it rained. umbrella worthy rain. and despite the heroic effort of a gentleman who followed me around with an umbrella the whole ceremony, my cameras got so wet! thankfully they dried just fine and i got some great shots because the guests and bride and groom smiled through the whole thing. it was really beautiful! and actually made the whole day more fun! who doesn't like a little rain on their wedding day? congratulations mallika and aaron! xoxo sara

family portraits in portland

here are some mother-son shots of my friend, coca, and her rambunctious and adorably sweet 2 year old, MAX. :) !que dulce familia son!

twin twin boys boys

 oh oh oh this is my favorite portrait session i've done all year. identical honey suckle, monkey pumpkins. i could just eat them up.   there were moments while editing out almost 100 photos where one of them is looking weird or horribly confused or angry while the other one cooed at me, when i questioned whether twins were really my bag. (and cursed ann geddes, see below)  but, yes.  i'm in.  bring on the multiples.    thank you and congratulations liz and travis!  :)  sv

screw ann geddes

mother's day girl love

erin and her mom flew to oregon to visit portlander sister, deidra, for her birthday/mother's day and i was the lucky one they hired for some sweet mother daughter love and giggles shots.

romantic portland wedding

jared and jessica had a fabulous portland city wedding.  we took pictures at their paramount hotel suite, the park blocks, and of course their beautiful venue: the adrianna ballroom on 9th and yamhill.  i wanted to come with them to maui but they, alas, objected.

massive fashion show at the crown room

decidedly outside of my typical work i branched out into the portland fashion scene recently.  i'm not a fashion photographer, although i do love shopping and have an overflowing closet, but when i was approached to do this shoot i couldn't resist.   amy, owner/designer of lux jewelry, asked me to capture the flare of this line that was featured at the crown room's monthly Massive fashion show/dance party.  Amy's theme for the feather and metal clad pieces was "maria antoinette goes 80's punk".  

she's really cool.  and so is her jewelry.  here are my favorite shots.

engagement photos

we shot this engagement session at the japanese gardens on one of those summer days that april gave us this year.  these two were lots of fun and kept cracking me up.  it was easy for me to catch them having a good time and the gardens were so beautiful it really wasn't too much work for me!  in order to have some portraits with their dog we walked around the rose garden beforehand.  their wedding is planned for this summer at a vineyard outside of mcminnville.  i'm looking forward to that wedding for sure!  :)