meanwhile, here are some of the lovely people we've been photographing this summer - we'll be blogging their weddings and sessions over the next few weeks.

we shot at the mcmenaminsin edgefield--one of our favorite places for rainy day senior sessions. 

we also made sure to keep her guitar (and our cameras) dry. fortunately, mcmenamins has lots of indoor options, too. 

mara, we loved shooting your senior pictures, portland rain and all. 

when i was first experimenting with photography, i spent hours on their beautiful farm, photographing the gorgeous kids - then in high school and jr. high. now the girls are in college all over the country and the boys are quickly approaching high school graduation ... yet i still manage to get them in front of my camera once or twice per year. and it's always a treat.

this year we decided to hit the imagination station in troutdale - on a day that was well below freezing with a killer windchill. note the rosy cheeks. :)

tired of numb fingers and blue smiles, we left after a half hour and warmed up at a local cafe with lovely light.

ahhhh. much better.

we are so excited to shoot their wedding this july!

this family session was so fun!  the two daughters, both in college, gave the session to their parents as a christmas present.  the girls grew up in india and are currently studying to do more missions work.  they're not sure when they'll all be together again, so this session was especially meaningful!

they drove up to portland from salem on a freezing, snowy day.  we started at the church that the family attended while in portland - a lovely old building in inner southeast.

and rounded the day out at powell's bookstore.  one of my favorite places. :)

this session from late fall was so much fun!  our location was a funky cafe near waterfront park, and few (very cold) pictures at the park.  gotta love eclectic downtown portland!

with senior portrait sessions, we offer to handle all communication about yearbook photos with your school.  you tell us the picture you want, and we make it perfect and email it to your administrator - easy peasy!  these ladies picked out some lovely ones.

tessa, you made this session so much fun!  i don't think we stopped laughing the whole time!

this is what i got for saying "a little more mary poppins."  not quite julie andrews, but i'm definitely liking tessa's "mary poppins" interpretation.

this gentleman was sitting on a bench near where i was photographing tessa at waterfront park.  he asked my husband (who was acting as our equipment lacky, purse-holder, chauffeur, and laugh-inducer) if i could take a picture of his guitar.

thanks for a session so full of fun and laughter, tessa!  hope your senior year is as lovely as you are!