OneBloom Photography Blog Portland, Oregon Wedding Photography and Portrait Photographer

Wow. 2012. A year that was so busy with all types of creative photography sessions. Thank you to all our amazing clients. From the bottom of my heart. You make this more than just a job – it is truly a passion. I’ve been looking forward to writing this post. The last month of the year – December was crazy we had three weddings in one weekend!

The 30 Images had several specifications: Happiness, moments, fun, creative, lighting, memories, unique, Not too many from ONE session or event, trying not to exclude anyone (sorry not every session or person is included!). It was literally impossible to include everything. We wanted a balance of things to show. Last year was all weddings – and this year we managed to include engagement and even some personal work. So many events/sessions were amazing and I wanted to add so many!

2012 is the year I focused on client satisfaction and creating a relationship. We did silent auctions, donated to charity and many of you might have noticed us staying a little longer for your wedding or portrait session. Trying to go the extra mile. Satisfaction. Happiness. Delivery. Delivering images that aren’t just ‘ok’. Images from sessions and weddings that are edited, touched up, finished, polished, finalized. I’ve spent more time this year holding a mouse editing than I have holding a camera. Exceeding expectations. I was focused on delivering more than just images that were seen on our blog or Facebook posts. Our clients were receiving images that were all edited and a lot of ‘bonuses’. It takes a lot of time to edit an image, more time than it takes to capture it. But it takes even more time to find a awesome client. Thank you to all our amazing clients. We hope that you will think of us in 2013.

2013 is holds new equipment, new techniques, new creative insight. More locations, more fantastic clients and more motivation. Motivation comes from so many sources, music, videos, photography, art, even being prepared to take on new challenges. This means taking care of everything and being bored so you go out and fight to find a new hill to climb!

I have established a base of clients that trusts me to capture and create images how I believe they should be captured. I found that in 2012 my clients trusted me and let me be creative. This opened so many doors and I’ve never felt so free. Without restriction – everything creative in me just flowed freely.

A first. This year we booked a wedding for May 2013 in San Francisco. This is actually a return wedding client – from Chicago, who we photographed their wedding in Portland, Oregon in 2011. Awesome! For 2013 we are shooting weddings in places we’ve been referred from or places that are showing our images without our knowledge. We are returning to wedding venues and getting referrals from people we’ve never met. The love is getting stronger!

If you’ve read this far – your either a photographer or a client, maybe a potential client, maybe a wedding planner! 2013 is the year we are going to compete. Enter competitions, magazines and bridal shows. With the competition in Portland being so fierce, we have to stand out. We have. We’ve already surpassed our goal for 2013.

Here’s to 2013. We’ll see you at the finish line!

For this years Crusin’ the Gut I wanted to step things up a notch. Last years photos were used in some promotion for the event in the newspaper and some flyers. You can checkout last years photos on the blog here.

Crusin’ the Gut is a smorgasbord of cars. Hot Rods, Classics, Trucks and highly modified custom built rigs. The streets of Main Street were lined with people of all ages. Loud exhaust and the smell of burning oil and gasoline fill the air. The sun is beaming down on everything. My goal was to capture the light in a unique way. I wanted to show a sense of what the event was like, by also sharing it the way I view light. I hope everyone can enjoy these photos.

Checkout these images and then head on over to the gallery for more!

Please, feel free to use these images for personal use. However, DO NOT crop them, re-size them, edit them, remove the logo/watermark or alter the photos in anyway.

If you are interested in purchasing the photos or obtaining a digital copy please contact us. You can also purchase a photo from the gallery. All photos purchased will be edited and the watermark/logo will be removed.

We have done aerial photography in that past over central Massachusetts, but we wanted to do something a little more extensive and personal. The shoot began mid-afternoon leaving Vancouver, Washington from the Pearson Airfield and out to the Oregon Coast. to Astoria, Oregon then Seaside Oregon and a bit further over the Oregon Coastal Mountain Range. Then back over to Mt. St. Helens and over Vancouver to the airport again. We had an amazing trip and it was thanks to our awesome and generous pilot that we were able to enjoy such awesome views. It’s so hard to capture images moving at over 120 mph at 1,000 – 3,000 feet. But almost anything is beautiful from this height and takes on a whole new character. These images were shot through plexiglass with our 70-200 2.8 Nikkor lens. After carefully editing in photoshop to bring out the most detail in each image, we wanted to share with everyone what we saw. This was one of those personal projects that was done just for fun. It was an awesome escape from the ordinary and was a reminder of why we love photography. Thank you Frank!

Crusin’ the Gut is Vancouver, Washington’s tribute to old classic cars. Stretching down Main Street, people line the streets and enjoy good food and drinks to watch an era that was filled with beautiful cars. Revvin’ engines abound and plenty of pets, classic music from the 60′s pours out into the streets from nearby businesses who are participating in the event. It’s a wonderful opportunity to get involved with the community and enjoy the beauty of the American car culture.

For more pictures, visit the online gallery at: http://onebloom.zenfolio.com/p355611469

If you would like to use the images here or in the gallery, please do. Just keep the logo/watermark on the image, no cropping or editing.

In the midst of preparing for a busy wedding season – we decided it was time for a well deserved mini-vacation. And, instead of just leaving the camera at home to invite his lens cap buddies over to trash the place – we brought him with us. Good thing we did.

I love the coast. It is fun to drive to, fun to stop at places along the way and best of all it’s relaxing. We lucked out with the gorgeous weather and took that opportunity to enjoy the beach and go to places we’d never seen before! It had been years since a visit at the Newport Aquarium, but it was calling our names. Well worth the visit – best of all hardly anyone was there because we went just before Memorial Day weekend.

Of course, no beach trip could be complete without a couple stops at the breweries. Rouge Brewery in Newport, Oregon and Pelican Bay Brewery in Pacific City, Oregon.
We threw the football on the beach, hung out with some starfish in the tide pools, looked at antiques and even had a nice nighttime beach campfire. We enjoyed some great food, good shopping at the outlet mall.

All relaxed after watching the beautiful sunset on Cape Kiwanda, we headed home refreshed and ready for what is going to be the best wedding photography season ever.

Married!

Just a view of some of the images from the trip in September to Las Vegas to get married.
I had barely any time to get any photos taken – so it looks like I’ll be needing to go back to Vegas again.

Thanks to all our friends and family for making the trip – it was fantastic.
We love you all.

Every year we love to watch the fireworks. Just a little peak at what was at the Fort Vancouver Firework Display in Vancouver, Washington. This year was different, after not having fireworks set off in 2009 due to the budget – the show was somewhat scaled back from prior years. Only a 20 odd minute show and they were lit off of the runway of the Historical Pearson Airfield.We had a pass to go down the the airport to see the show!

Can’t wait until next year…

(click image for larger MUCH MORE IMPRESSIVE view…)

We had a great trip to Isla Mujeres, Mexico. Here are some of the wonderful photographs that came from the visit.

Enjoy! Please, feel free to leave comments!

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Please, contact us if you wish to use any of these images for commercial purposes or purchase a print for personal use!

Streets of Isla Mujeres

Beautiful Colors on the Houses

A fishing boat at Puerto Juarez

Sunset on Playa Norte (North Beach)

Chairs on the beach

A old Igauna

A Older Crocodile - I went in the cage...

A Spider Monkey. We fed them and pet them.

A Relaxing Beach Scene

Massage Tables on the Beach

The Top of a Building

Windows of a Store

An Interesting Door

I love the colors here

North Beach of Isla Mujeres

One of the many stores at night

A quiet table-side scene at Olivia's

A great morning walk...

On the Ferry

Overlooking Cancun, Mexico.

Thank you, you may see more of our work on our website, OneBloom Photography.

I decided that it was time to add some personal photography work to the OneBloom Photography website.

On the site I have added three categories to the portfolio for personal work.

• Places
• Art
• Conceptual

(Places Photography – a collection of landscapes and beautiful scenes)

(Art Photography – a collection of personal photography and concepts )

(Conceptual Photography – a collection of concepts and ideas that I have explored)

Please enjoy the new photography on the website, I will continue adding to the photography portfolio as I have time to create new images.

I love photography, it is a passion that pays me when I get to share my personal work with everyone. Creating beautiful things and capturing memories and unique moments is so important.

All images are also available for sale, please contact me if you would like more information.

“Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others, cannot keep it from themselves.”

- James M. Barrie

I decided to get up early and shoot the sunrise this morning. I think it is one of the first sunrise shots I have ever done.

Usually I’m more of a sunset person – but after this morning I might have to change that!

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Bellingham, Washington – Lake Padden

I was the 1st person to the lake. Around 5:00 a.m.
It was incredible to watch the all the bats flying around on the water. There were probably 50 or so bats where I was. I watched an owl glide over the lake – as fish jumped in the water.

It was a beautiful morning and it looks like it’s going to be another beautiful summer day!

It’s nice to be a photographer – - and to be able to do many different things.