Category: Picture This

We were invited to a very purple wedding last night and got some great purple pictures to share. Nikki (I know her as Thao, her Vietnamese name) is a friend from high school. Coincidentally, Vinh and Nikki’s first date was Jenni and my wedding, so it was fun knowing that our beginning was someone else’s beginning as well.

In June, Jenni and I had the privilege of photographing two families. My coworker’s family of girls have a wonderful home with a backyard that led into an open field. I was inspired by a different coworker’s photography work to use a reflector more and got great results using the sun that day.

The second family, or I should say families, was Jenni’s cousins in the Longview area. We did a short shoot of the youngest cousin of six months, then a mix of group and individual cousin shots. Some of the best came when we let them play outside. Whew! That was a crazy day with seven little ones (including our two) zooming around.

Some things are a constant: like new clothes from my mom for Chinese New Year. I’m sure my mom has a blast now that she gets to buy girl clothes instead of boy clothes when my brother and I were kids. My resident art director and wife got everyone dressed up to show my mom how great the new dresses look on our daughters.

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Kadie and Vi when they were about 5 months old and sitting in laundry.

Jenni and I had the honor and joy of photographing Tim and Trina’s wedding in September. Trina is a friend from dance who blessed us by DJing our wedding, so we were happy to turn around and be part of her and Tim’s celebration. It was a two-day event and their close friends and family made it memorable. That and the fantastic food at the reception.

A coworker of mine asked me to be a volunteer photographer for Sustainable Northwest. They hosted a party at the Crystal Ballroom for their 15th anniversary.

I was already going to be in downtown that afternoon to rent a few lenses for Tim and Trina’s wedding, so I figured it couldn’t hurt to get my photography mode a head start for the weekend.

Jennilyn has been taking impromptu photos of Kadie and Violet and I think they’re adorable and sweet. Be sure to check out our recent gallery of our girls from this month. Many of the portraits are photographed by Jenni, but I doubt you’ll notice the difference between mine’s and her’s. She’s become quite the photographer.

After launching a web site update at work today, I took advantage of the weather and we trekked out to Cannon Beach to watch an Oregon coast sunset—which, of course consists of color-changing clouds in the horizon.

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