We're moving the main RLP blog to it's new site, hosted through our domain:

http://www.reversedlensphotography.com/blog

You can still comment here if you'd like, but comments will also be migrated there. We're hoping that the new blog will offer more ease of function, a nice new clean look, and make it even more fun to see things through our lens!

Scott and Michelle were married in a beautiful winter wedding. Their ceremony was at the beautiful Rose Park Presbyterian Church and then they followed with a ceremony up at Fort Vancouver. The entire day was lovely and intimate, with friends coming from varied locations to celebrate the happy couple. And Scott and Michelle could not have been more perfect to work with. They just sailed through everything, jubilant to finally seal their friendship and love. I'm thrilled to finally share their pictures with them!

Dave and Lisa were one of the first couples that we photographed back in the day, and needless to say, we were thrilled when they found out they were expecting! Little man S joined their family earlier this month and we had such a fun evening capturing his newborness. He even pulled out a new look for us: think Blue Steel from Zoolander. He was all a-pucker and his parents just kept cracking up. He's definitely going to be a performer, this one. And we can't wait to watch him grow!

Baby M is one strong little man. He was born with a heart condition that will necessitate surgeries in his early life-- the first of which will be this week. We were thrilled to capture images not just of his adorable little newborness (at home, our favorite place to do newborn sessions) but also to document what he looked like before he got his battle scars. He was so cute and feisty and we know that he's going to come through everything like a champ!

Courtney and Nick had an amazing winter wedding at the beginning of the month. You may remember them from their engagement photos, which we shot in the summer when it was toasty outside. But Courtney had been planning things down to the last detail and we thought for sure that snow would be a part of things! We all crossed our fingers but alas, the snow did not show. But everything else could not have been more perfect. They created a winter wonderland inside of the Hilton, which included tree branches from her parent's yard and more votives than I've seen anywhere else in my life. It was a truly magical celebration and one that we were so thrilled to be a part of. We've been planning with them for nearly a year and seeing it all come to fruition was so much fun. Congrats guys!

Someone asked us recently what we specialize in and without really thinking, I said, "We specialize in emotion." I guess the answers that come first are always the most true because what we do best, and what we love to do, is seeing the love and beauty and whimsy in each of life's moments.

We've been having a fabulous time over the last few weeks being steeped in all things weddings, between showcasing at Art of Weddings, having our first listing in the the 2009 Bravo Guide, and meeting with so many lovely couples as they plan the biggest day of their lives.

And then today, we got to see our "real wedding" in Style Unveiled go live! We photographed Aimee and BJ's amazingly romantic ceremony last summer and the Style Unveiled editors were thrilled to feature their very green (both in hue and theme) wedding as part of their focus on eco-chicness. We couldn't be more pleased!

If you're engaged and looking for a photographer, we hope that you'll visit our site at www.rlweddings.com. We'd love to see your day through our hybrid of classic images and fresh, quirky, modern portraiture.

I've been somewhat remiss at blogging since the "Great Winter Blast of '08". But we're cooking up some great things at Reversed Lens Photography, most notably...

Our new website!!!

Yes, it's finally real and most importantly LIVE after months of working with our designer. It's much more comprehensive than our old site, sports our new branding, and is filled with beautiful images from sessions and events that we've photographed over the last year.

Happy surfing!

We did a session with Carter and her friends this summer, right as they prepared to depart for college, to celebrate their friendship. Carter's younger sister, Harris, thought that the idea was so much fun that she decided she wanted to do a session to celebrate the birthday of one of her best friends. And so we set out one Saturday morning into our SE Portland neighborhood with Harris, Megan, Maddie, and Halle to play around and capture some shots that shows just how close they really are. They've been friends for years and years and watching them joke and cajole and just be with each other was a wonderful affirmation of the power of friendship in our lives. I'm so glad that I finally get to share these shots with them!




( view more of their crazy fun session )

We've been woefully neglectful at posting sessions during the crazy few weeks that have just passed, and I'll be getting caught up here in the next couple of weeks. But this one just couldn't wait...

We photographed Baby M and his family at home early this week, just as the snows set in. I love doing newborn sessions at home, where everything reflects their life and style, but this one was a particularly special experience. They are a wonderful, amazing family and being able to be a part of their life with Baby M was a truly beautiful thing. Though this was not your typical newborn session, we loved the images that we were able to capture and hope that their family and friends will as well.




( view the rest of their sweet session )

The last week has been an odd mix of anxiously awaiting holiday packages for clients and finding ways to occupy ourselves while the weather has kept us stuck inside of our home. You'd think that that would mean that we've done a tremendous amount of work but with a very spirited toddler in our home, we've mostly been finding ways to not go stir crazy. But it's not all play and no work. We're catching up on sessions, planning some amazing things for 2009, and getting very close to finally bringing our new website to life!

In that vein, though, we'll be taking the holiday week off. Normal studio hours will return January 1st. Until then, we will checking the studio line (503.922.1122) intermittently. So, call if you need us and we'll get back to you just as soon as we can. If you have orders that you're anticipating for Christmas, we'll contact you as soon as UPS makes it up our driveway!

I had been friends with Ellen way back in our single days and ran into her on LinkedIn a while ago. She's since had a little boy and so it wasn't long before we talked about doing pictures of their adorable little family. C is quite the little speed demon and so Will and I got our workout that afternoon literally running to and fro to capture him within our frames. But I'd say these pictures were well worth it!




( view more of this fabulously fun family )

We came up with the concept of doing an entirely new type of session for tweens and teens sometime back in the summer. I was remembering how awkward I had felt during those years, and now looking back, I've realized that I was much more beautiful than I gave myself credit for. "What if?" I thought. "What if we could give that gift to tweens and teens NOW, while they're right in that place?" And so we conceived of the Wide World/Full Bloom™ sessions. We now offer location or location/studio combination sessions for tweens and early teens that are fun, expressive, and truly unique. And so far, they've been a huge hit. They're loving the side of themselves that they're seeing and we're having a fabulous time opening it up for them. We'll be featuring some of the sessions that we've done recently in the next month or so.

Emma was our first Full Bloom session. We photographed her bat mitzvah at the end of October, and a couple of weeks before, we did her session in the Pearl district. Before the session, she and I made a special trip to have a little makeover done, and then we took off and played for about an hour. It was a wonderful afternoon, we captured a lot of fun sides of her, and she was even able to use one of the images at her bat mitzvah. Thanks, Emma, for a great session!



( see the rest of her Full Bloom™ session )

This is from the Kodesch's session (we did a mini-holiday card session back at their home) but I loved it so much that I decided it needed a post unto itself.

We had done a session with Anna's extended family this last spring, when her entire family was together, and we had such a great time and captured such great images that Eric and their daughter ended up being our spring marketing image! So when Anna called me about doing holiday photos, I was thrilled. We spent a hilarious morning in the Rose Gardens, chasing their two little girls around (M mostly wanted to go up the stairs endlessly) and playing with everyone. Anna's procurement of Saint Cupcakes helped things along splendidly as well :) And the girls even shared with each other! That's what we call a holiday miracle!




( view more of their fun garden session )

Last year it was the Pearl, and this year, we're loving the Eastbank Esplanade! The views of the city are perfect for so many families, including the Davis family. Jessica and Pete produce NW Kids Magazine and so showcasing the city as part of who their family is just seemed natural. We had a fun afternoon playing down on the dock, pretending to be on a pirate ship (I think that was E's highlight), and cavorting on the beach. We finished just as the sun was settting behind our fair city, which seemed to be a perfectly fitting ending to such a lovely day.




( view more of their perfect Portland session )