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When I got a call this spring to shoot a wedding in Zion National Park, I was so excited. The park lends itself to such incredible imagery, and the portrait opportunities are endless. The bride I spoke to was excited to try portraits and trash-the-dress in the backcountry after the ceremony.

This image of Emily, taken along Kanarra Creek just north of the park, is one of my favorite types of wedding imagery: a beautiful blend of portraiture and landscape photography. The two are so easily tied together to make meaningful, epic, fairytale images that set the viewer dreaming and make an amazing memory for the bride in her gorgeous gown.

Rachel is such a medieval princess. Most days she might be wearing jeans, but we know better.

These are her portraits from Saturday’s trip to Forest Park, Dalton Point, Wahkeena Falls, and the Old Columbia River Gorge Highway. I’m more than a bit transported by these images. Her beauty matched with nature is precisely why I adore shooting outside. The imagination can wander endlessly and make up its own fairytales about her.

Floral headwreath by Studio Del Fiore, Blue by Enzoani dress from Magnifique Boutique.

Rebecca, a pair of galoshes, a Stephanie James wedding dress and the occasional parasol were the perfect sassy and fun match for the Woodburn Tulip Festival and the hazelnut grove next door. I’ve had this set of bridal wedding portraits in mind for a long time and it was so much fun seeing it come true. Rebecca, you’re gorgeous!

I look forward to this time every year–the trees on the Portland waterfront burst into cotton candy puffs of pink and the world finally feels spring-like.

Early on a Saturday morning, Jenna and I escorted the beautiful Cassie down the rows of Sakura trees for portraits. She looked fantastic. Her pink glasses and streaks through her hair were an especially fabulous match.

Funny story: while we were shooting, the Oregon Road Runners Club was doing a run along the waterfront. We kept hearing, “Congratulations!” and “Gorgeous dress!” and “You look beautiful!”, and (from a posse of about ten runners all at once) “AWWWWWW!”. It was adorable.

Spring is on the way in Portland! The plum trees are blooming, the cherry blossoms are right around the corner, as are the tulips! Emily and I visited the beautiful fields of Reed College for bridal portraits this week, plus we had some fun with a merry-go-round in Westmoreland Park (and climbed a tree). I love this dress on Emily–she looks amazing!