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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!

 Brian and Brandee are getting married in March and we’ll be there to capture the wedding! The weather was beautiful in November and tons of photographers were in the park and all around downtown Vancouver photographing sessions! Thank you Brian and Brandee for having us be your wedding and engagement photographer!

This is Karen and Kyle! They will be getting married next September and they are a ton of fun! Kyle is a very cool guy to be around, I got the chance to relax with Kyle and get to know him a bit more before he left for training before going to Afghanistan. Karen is bright and full of smiles!  They are both full of love and lots of laughs. They joked around a lot with each other during the engagement session and were a pleasure to photograph. Thanks so much guys!

What an awesome day for a ‘save the date’ session or an ‘engagement’ photography session. We photographed Breanna and Matt here in Vancouver, Washington at Vancouver Lake Park just as the sun was going down. They had Bear’s NFL jerseys made JUST for the occasion! Which will be a very cool photo to use in their save the date wedding cards! Breanna and Matt are naturals – put them down in a spot and shoot one image and the next 10 images look exactly the same. Too many good photos to pick from for this engagement session! I love the crisp light in this session and how they click together in the photos! Such love! Enjoy!

Kelci and Kalli are twins! We had a nice overcast weather for our session in downtown Vancouver, Washington. During our their senior portrait session we were invited to go to the top of City Hall! It was a great senior session and we love the variety of images! Thanks so much you two!

Erin and Jason are getting married next year and chose a beautiful time of year to get their engagement portraits taken! We decided on the Pearl District in Portland, Oregon. The weather was beautiful and we couldn’t have had better weather! They are such naturals around the camera! Thank you Erin and Jason! I’ll see you soon!

The Facteau family got in touch with us to have some last minute images done of their family. Their older son was in town unexpectedly and they wanted to use the chance to have some great family portraits taken. The Facteau family was great and we had such perfect weather! Thanks so much for choosing us!

The summer is still beautiful and September is our favorite month for being outside! We captured some great images of the Froslie family – it’s tough to work with children who’s priority isn’t entirely looking at the camera. But, it didn’t matter. We got some great family portraits here in Vancouver with the sun setting that look fantastic.

Thanks so much for having us capture your family portrait session!

Marie and Taylor will be getting married soon and I will be capturing them tying the knot! I went out in the wonderful weather and captured some great images of them together at the beautiful Fort Vancouver! Congratulations you two! I’m looking forward to capturing your wedding!

Summer is the one of the best times of years for family portraits. In this session, the McNeil family wanted to get some great family portraits of their family of 5 at Fort Vancouver. A tough, but not impossible task. We just had to get all 5 (especially the little ones) looking at the lens – and smiling. The sunlight was bright and beautiful and it was hot! A great session and we even managed to get some great images of the happy parents at the end of the session. Thank you Grandma and Grandpa for showing up and helping with getting the kids to look at the camera and smile! After the session, we had tons of seeds from the grass in our shoes and some of our photography gear. Thank you guys, I had a ton of fun!

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