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TIFFANY + MCKENZIE | SCOTTISH RITE CENTER PDX WEDDING

Time is a funny thing. Some days I review past jobs and envy my own creativity. It’s also easy to look back and have an overly critical view of your work, forgetting to take into account the learning curve. Sometimes it gives me additional perspective, and other times I find myself idealizing the past… the “good ole days syndrome.” I’ve decided it would be fun to go back through weddings past and start blogging them, like I do now. I anticipate experiencing all of the responses above, and maybe some new ones… who knows. It’s a learning exercise for myself, hoping to hone storytelling skills, look for images that are repeated too often, to just have a better awareness of what I do at weddings. Just some real talk folks. New Year, new outlook. That’s the plan 🙂

I love Tiffany and McKenzie’s wedding at the Scottish Rite Center in Portland. Seeing as how they are both artists, they went to great lengths to make their day unique, and just the way they wanted it… which is always the best. The hair, the makeup, the clothes, the music McKenzie composed for the wedding, even the way the ceremony was structured… everything was uniquely “them.” This includes the 5 and a half hours of portraits we did the day of, which any of you who know me get how much of a dream that is for me, personally. Enjoy their day, in all its unique glory.

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FELICIA + RANDY | PENDARVIS FARMS WEDDING

Marriage is a shared journey that, if you’re lucky, ends exactly where it begins, though it lasts a lifetime. Those are the words that popped into my head as I watched Felicia and Randy walk the labyrinth at The Grotto in Portland. I was already feeling reflective, with my own 13 year anniversary coming up, but something about these two walking the meditative labryrinth really stuck with me. The best marriages end where they begin… two people in love. Walk in circles or go a thousand miles, live in the same town your whole life or travel the world; as long as you are together, it’s a journey worth taking.

We had fun every minute of the engagement and wedding. The wedding was one giant party, and I mean, how do you beat lechon baboy (whole roasted pig) and a live funk band?? Felicia and Randy, you are fantastic… I wish you the longest of happy marriages, whether you journey far or stay close to home, I hope you end up right where you started.

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CATERER – CRAVE
CAKE – LA JACONDE
ENGAGEMENT VENUE – THE GROTTO, PORTLAND
WEDDING & RECEPTION VENUE – PENDARVIS FARM/ GALAXY BARN
TENT, LIGHTS, SOUND – PORTLAND PRODUCTIONS
LIVE BAND – PHILLY’S PHUNKESTRA
VIOLIN & CELLO DUO – COLLAGE MUSIC

 

 

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