Lysa and Mark’s wedding took place at the spectacular Gerding Theatre in Portland. Before the ceremony, Lysa, Mark and the wedding party all took a stroll through the Pearl District for some portraits…great fun!









Lysa and Mark’s wedding took place at the spectacular Gerding Theatre in Portland. Before the ceremony, Lysa, Mark and the wedding party all took a stroll through the Pearl District for some portraits…great fun!









So – a whole week with no blog update is far too long…but hey! I’ve been busy! We are deep into wedding season right now, and each weekend I’ve been truly lucky to have such amazing clients to work with!
Last weekend it was BG and Carlos. This was a last minute arrangement to help out my buddy Ben Powers, and it turned out to be one of the sweetest days…and also one of the hottest! (102f in the church…pheew!)








A week late, but here are some of my favorites from an awesome wedding at Persimmon’s Country club, and then the party afterwards at La Costita – which just happens to be the groom’s own restaurant!! Their first dance…man – didn’t see that coming….not your average slow song for this couple, these two rocked the house with a banging Latin dance number, including dancing right through the restaurant and back!! Great fun.
This was another wedding that I shot as an associate photographer for Power’s Studios here in Portland.









This was a full, but very satisfying day’s shooting. Lisa and Auston – a lovely romantic couple! We started the day out at Edgefield, and ended it down by the river next to Omsi, in the dead of night!! Great fun!
This was another wedding that I shot as an associate photographer for Power’s Studios here in Portland.










Sarita and Jaime – two cool cats getting hitched in August…should be a blast!
This was shot just outside the studio down on the train tracks – my favorite location.










The Viewpoint Inn was the stunning setting for Corinne and Spencer’s lovely wedding this week – a great time with great people….this job is the best!










Corinne and Spencer! So good, I’m shooting them twice this week!! First, their engagement session. Usually we do this a few months before the wedding, but scheduling conflicts meant that we shot it this week, just before they get married!
More from this fun couple’s wedding at ViewPoint Inn soon.










If anyone ever asks you if the water flowing from Mt Hood is cold…you can tell them from me that it’s FREEZING!!!
Meet Vicki and Dan. Vicki is a friend of mine from a photo forum, and a fellow photographer. Her and hubby Dan are from Canada and very used being out in the elements. She contacted me a while back to see if I could capture them in a portrait / Trash the dress session when they hit town for a few days….certainly!! I had no idea they’d be this much fun! After an hour or so messing around in my favorite Portland location (abandoned factory) we headed for the Gorge and a waterfall. Both game for a laugh, they got right in there…under the waterfall, and laying down in the freezing waters! I got in there too, up to my knees only though….I had a camera to protect!!
Here are the first few….what an amazing session!!










What? Two engagement posts in the same day? Are you mad Mike?? Nope – just catching up on my processing!! Lysa and Mark flew into Portland for this session – they recently moved to St Louis but will be getting married here in August. We had a wonderful time wandering around the gardens – both naturals for the camera!









Meet Stacey and Kyle…an awesome young couple who I’m dead excited to shoot on their wedding day in September. They then jet off to Italy for a romantic honeymoon…Jealous?? Well, maybe a little!!







