Mike & Sally - Salem, OR Photographer

This Sunday I had the amazing opportunity to photograph my awesome big sister Sally and her husband Mike. We had a great time, 36 degree temperatures aside, full of laughter, excessive smiling, and multiple outfit changes. She too is a photographer (www.sallyphotography.com) with beautiful portrait work.

We met at a local park, River Front, one of the only ones left with green grass. (I have to mention Ryan came along and did the honors of holder the reflector, nice touch I might add. Thank you!) The park itself isn't all that interesting, so it really forced me to be creative with my backgrounds, surroundings and angles. In the end though I am very happy with my work, and excited to share it here with you!

!!!Click on each individual photo to see a much bigger, lovelier version!!!

I really love the colors in this one, but especially those funky dead plants around them!

Haha, classic Sally face!

OK, good story behind the next two. I thought it could be cute to have them run towards me in so I could get something upbeat, exciting, split second-perfect. After suggesting this they both looked at me with furrowed brows and poo-hood about the whole thing. Good thing I didn't listen! Five runs later and here's what I got:

~CUTE~

Love this one (above)!

They are adorable together, they really love eachother to pieces!

What a great shoot, thanks so much Sally & Mike!

Last Week Tidbits (Soup Cycle, Lush Soap, Abby & Window Light)

This past week was full of Many photo-ops, and how better to share my day-to-day life with than you?

I visited with two lovely girls (one who refused to be photographed, ahem Rachel!). We walked around downtown Salem, clumsily trying to photograph things that sparked our interest.

I couldn't resist getting a photo of this ADORABLE VolksWagon!!! Yellow-cuteness!

And there you have it.


I was hanging with Ryan this weekend, and the lighting coming in from my window was begging to be recorded.

I was bored waiting for my subjects to arrive this Friday at Willamette Week, so I thought, cute purse, interesting lighting, camera....why not?

:Politician Guy:

Meet Jed, co-owner of soupcycle, a fresh, new bicycle-delivery soup business in Portland Oregon. All ingredients are local, tasty, and combined make a wonderful robust flavor! He was so fun to work with, thanks Jed!

Me!

Sunday after lunch Ryan & I spent some time outside, how couldn't we with such beautiful weather? I'm getting so excited for spring, (currently booking Spring shoots!) and had to get out in the fresh air. We both brought our cameras, and I decided to get on the other end of the camera for a change and allow someone special to capture some glimpses of me. I think Ryan did a wonderful job, and that says a lot as I'm uneasy with a lens in my face.
Thanks RYAN!!!

^ His and my favorite! ^

haha, this is such a kid face! ^ I made this as a little girl all the time.

Here he is! I think he should be my assistant photographer.

May I say how cute my shoes are?!

and here we are. : ) we make a wonderful team!

Isaiah Meets Science Heaven

This Saturday Ryan & I took my nephew Isaiah up to Portland to OMSI, the Oregon Museum of Science & Industry. It was my Christmas gift to the smartest, cutest, funniest 4 ½ -year-old I know. It was such a blast, the entire time he was dodging from one thing to the next, soaking in every dinosaur fossil, slithering snake, bear cave, earthquake house, spaceship...I think he was in heaven!

Portland's about an hour drive, and 5 minutes into the drive he was wondering if we were close. I figured we better play some road games to keep his curious excited mind occupied, so I-spy was our first route. Then he wanted to play his own game called doodle doodle. Every time one of us saw something interesting, we yelled, "Doodle," and to find out what was so interesting, we had to respond with "Deedle." I would highly recommend you try this; it's amazing what you can convince yourself to get excited about!

such a classic Isaiah face! haha.

He kept throwing this 'yoyo' at me, sooooo sick! It's one of those creepy stretchy toys that just look like a germ mine. Lovely!

I love seeing his curiosity and excitement, in fact, I'm a bit jealous of how much he admires and appreciates every-day little things. At one point he was crawling around in the little cave with some other kids, and they were pretending to be squirrels, throwing toy acorns in the air yelling, "Acorn!" I began to wonder at what age we become conscious of ourselves and how others perceive us. Here was Isaiah crawling on his knees, yelling ridiculous words, and bumping up against all these kids he'd never seen before that cave encounter.

What I'm getting at it I'm jealous, jealous of his abandonment, constant awe at life, and curios sponge-like mind. Isaiah, I wish I could be more like you!

gotta love the environmental shot by the men's bathroom!

looking at all the snakes, bugs, turtles!

I love this one above!

After their magnificent puppet show of ferrets!

(this doesn't look like me, it's weird.)
And here we are in all our nerdy glory about to do a science project!

What a fun day!~