I’d forgotten to post last summer about my wonderful afternoon with Coal and Layla.  This one was a surprise for one of their owners so I had been waiting to post, and then it just slipped through the cracks.

What sweet dogs!

I’ve been meaning to post some of the photos from my engagement session with karah and jerod in seattle  last september, and since the actual wedding is this weekend I figured this was my last chance!  We had a great time wandering around the city in the Olympic Sculpture Park and at Ballard Market and even ventured into the Pike Market area for a bit and did some wine tasting.  Their dog Lily even came along for a few of the shots in the beginning and was quite a good little model.  I’m very excited to get to photograph the wedding this weekend!

I spent the afternoon in Oregon City a few weekends ago taking pictures with baby Hudson and his parents Colleen and Patrick. 16-week-old Hudson was a great sport during the photo session, and even let some of his stuffed animal friends hop in a few pictures with him.  One of my favorites is a picture of Hudson yawning while being held by Partick, and I loved the series of him holding his Christmas stocking.

Full gallery linked here.  Some of my favorites are below.

Steph, Matt and I took advantage of the break from the rain a couple weekends ago and did a quick engagement session in Laurelhurst park and at a few spots nearby.  I met the two of them a couple years ago through the Penny Jam (you may even recognize Matt in some of my pictures from earlier Penny Jam shoots), and I always have a great time hanging with them or watching them play music together.  I’m very excited for their wedding this summer, it should be really fun to photograph.

Full gallery of pictures is here, some of my favorites from the engagement session are below.

I was lucky enough to get to spend a day last weekend with Mark and his parents, and one soon-to-be-smashed birthday cake.  We did this photo session on Mark’s actual birthday, and he (and all of us watching) had an absolute blast as he completely demolished the cake.  At first a bit unsure about what to do with the cake, as soon as he tasted a little and realized he could smash frosting around, he was good to go.  In the end, the cake ended up mostly on mark and on the table, and so straight into the bath he went (one of my favorite pictures is the very last one of him in the tub).  I would abosolutely love to get to photograph more cake smashes – what a fun time!

We all braved the rain last Saturday to head out to Sauvie’s Island and take family portraits at the pumpkin patch and the Corn Maize.  Taeya was an especially good sport about being asked to hang out in the rain and mud to get her picture taken.  Although we didn’t actually make it all the way through the Corn Maize (we got halfway and then ended up accidentally coming out from the entrance) Taeya and Ian had a lot of fun playing on the huge hay bales, and we all got to take a look at the animals in the barn.  There was a kid’s  hay bale maze that was a big hit too (it was under cover, so no mud, and the little ones can mostly see over the top).  In the end I was really happy with how the pictures turned out, I’d love to do some more pumpkin patch or other creative family portrait sessions soon (maybe christmas tree farm?).

Some of my favorite pictures from the pumpkin patch below, full gallery here.

James and I had a great time visiting with Alyson and Jared a few weeks ago at their new home in Vancouver, WA while we took their engagement pictures.  Alyson and Jared were both really good sports because we picked one of the hottest days this August to take their pictures (note the otter pops that show up in a couple pictures).  They have a great piece of property that made for lots of wonderful pictures, I really liked the look of the wall of fishing lures against the red paint.

Full gallery linked here or just click on any picture below.

I had a great time seeing all of the fun costumes and decorated bikes at the Fremont Fest this year, a really special surprise to me this year was all of the dressed up dogs, who marched happily along with the other parade participants.

Full gallery here.

Also – parents if you see a picture of your family and want a copy, send me an email and I’ll happily send it your way.

Looking for the pictures from the fest? Click here.

I realized this morning that the annual Fremont fest in NE Portland was happening today, and so even though I was exhausted from photographing a wedding last night, I grabbed my gear and headed down the street to capture some photos of the kids bike parade (those pics will be up in a couple days), the Fremont fest and the kids parade are especially dear to my heart because I was a participant in the parade many times as a kid (which must make the fest at least 20 years old).  My aunt and uncle owned a bakery on Fremont when I was little, our neighbors owned (and still own) Beaumont Florist, and my parents live right near by.  Anyhow, seeing all the kids in the parade made me feel nostalgic and so I dug out some photos of us dressed up for the parade in 1991, I figured it was only fair to post them (my apologies to my sisters and our friends for the semi embarrassing trip down memory lane).