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{portland family photographer} – The Lee’s

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:45:27 +0000

As an Oregon photographer, there’s maybe nothing more frustrating than trying to work a photoshoot around the erratic rain. I know that some Pacific Northwest photographers can rock it out in the rain but I spent the majority of my childhood in Southern California and do. not. like. the. rain. The weather lately — while kind of crazy and unexpected — has been INCREDIBLE! There’s nothing quite like Oregon on a beautiful day. The weekend I met with the Lee family was one of the first days with gorgeous sun! We met in the Pearl District and adventured around a little bit. Poor little Parker was running a fever so we kept things short — part II from our second session coming soon!

Side note: how do we feel about the new blog watermarks/logos?

{portland family photography} a sneak peek

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:17:06 +0000

I hate only giving you guys a sneak peek but I’m too busy for a full post and want you to know what I’m up to! The full post will be coming as soon as possible.

This is from a family session I did in the Pearl District of Portland a couple days ago. I hope you all enjoyed that outrageous stretch of sun as much as I did.

{portland family photographer} – The Nguyens

admin — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:23:18 +0000

Before a get to an overdue post, I want to tell you a story. Ahem,

Once upon a time, I was at __________ and _________ walked up to me and said, “You know, I love your blog and look at it every _____. But I have a deep fear against…well…commenting…”. Then _________ sighed and I sighed.

When did this story happen? ALMOST EVERY DAY. Okay, maybe not every day. But so often it’s making me wonder — how many of you out there are afraid of the comment box? Moral of the story: If that’s you, just know that a single comment literally makes my day. Whenever someone comments I talk about it all day to anyone who doesn’t shut me up first. But let’s get to the important stuff…

There is just something about sisters. Especially two grown-up sisters that have impeccable style and gracious hearts. When the younger Nguyen sister e-mailed me about her idea for their session, I immediately knew it was going to be great. The girls grew up in Portland and wanted to take some sister pictures around downtown, meaning this was my very first session in Portland! Hopefully it won’t be my last because it was a total blast adventuring around downtown.

We started the day off at Powell’s, the most beautiful bookstore in the whole entire world.

how wonderful are these book covers?

the wind had a mind of its own when it came to hair

Mom and Dad joined us at the end of the shoot for some downtown family pictures

we went into the girl’s nearby hair salon to hide from the cold wind for a bit

my favorite