ashley and patrick's downtown portland wedding

a super fun, fall portland wedding with enough clear skies to keep me happy and close friends who really knew how to ham it up for me.  

 the holy rosary church is a beautiful catholic church great for weddings in downtown portland.

i kept trying to get this little one to smile at me.  nope.  he never did! and his mom, behind him, thought it was hilarious.  but i love the way this turned out.

i couldn't have come up with this if i tried.  these guys were awesome!

patrick is just adorable. 

thanks, you two, for a great time.  i hope all is settled after your move to texas.  happy holidays! xoxo

all photos taken by me, sara. :)

i love my kitty cat

my little moxie girl.

images from ecuador 2010

i studied spanish in ecuador back in my college days and my friend, lauren, had the bright idea that we needed to take a reunion trip this year.  she's so smart.  she left her two kiddos with her amazing husband for almost 2 weeks an we tromped around with our backpacks like we were 21 again. i don't post personal photos very often on this blog but travel is a big part of who i am and why i love photography so much. i hope you like them.

even my camera takes bad photos when you hand it to some tourist on the top of a mountain! geeez.

photos taken in march 2010 in quito, cuenca and the beaches of canoa ecuador.

fall family portraits : three generations

aren't they just adorable!?

rainy engagement photos at the forestry center

jen and dan are engaged and here's some of my favorites from our portrait session at the forestry center.  when i met them it was pouring buckets but we waited under our umbrellas and in true oregon style the sun peaked out just in time.  :)  i can't wait to see how these two stylies throw a wedding!

 all photos by www.saravandepasphotography.com taken at the forestry center.

5 year anniversary portraits: sweet

heather and jeremy hired me to celebrate their 5 year wedding anniversary with some portraits.  

congrats you guys!

lake oswego family portraits: little piper

happy first birthday, chiquita!

vista hills vineyard wedding photography: tawnya and rian

ryan had a thing for the cute, checker girl at his grocery store.  he found himself going in every day to buy something new just so he could see her.  i'm not sure just how many packs of gum it took but... she fell for him, he fell for her.  and this is their wedding.  :)   so sweet.  xoxo

all photos taken at www.vistahillsvineyard.com by sara vandepas