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Personally: Mystery & Madness - Year Two

February 24, 2016 by Ara R. in Personal, Photo Features

A couple of years ago, Anne Simone and I sat in the Hyatt's bar in downtown Atlanta, and we came up with a wild scheme: go to the Oregon coast and create, rest, breathe, work, and build a community of creatives.  Photographers, writers, entrepreneurs.  Women working on their lives, selves, careers, families, and dreams.

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February 24, 2016 /Ara R.
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Adventure Report: 10 Days in New Zealand

January 14, 2016 by Ara R. in Adventure Reports, Personal, Photo Features

While on my 10-day roadtrip through New Zealand in December, I met many places that now play through my mind like an old movie--blurry around the edges, but crystal clear in the power of the visceral feeling pounding through my chest.  I am haunted, driven to re-live each moment as it swirls through both my conscious and sub-conscious...

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January 14, 2016 /Ara R.
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The Ladies of the Forest

March 10, 2015 by Ara R. in Photo Features, Portraits

I found a new part of Forest Park one sunny Monday morning.  It beckoned.  Come, it said.  Let's play.

Rachel, Sarah and Chandrika met me there over two separate days, and this is what happened.  I love them all--such different women, such beautiful and unique faces, and such individuality.

New paths make for the best adventures.

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March 10, 2015 /Ara R.
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View fullsize Oh, the happiest new year to you! I am so grateful for 2024--the people I spent it with, the places I saw, the deep feelings of awe and connection and smallness in nature... All of it. // These photos are self-portraits in Iceland and the Faroe Islan
View fullsize This wedding still feels like a happy dream, one where I get to photograph almost an entire event in snowshoes. Caitlin & Austin threaded a tiny weather needle to have perfect pillowy snow and still be able to access this incredible spot. They an
View fullsize Oh to be here again. Lindsay and Bobby’s wedding day in the North Cascades dripped with atmosphere and enchantment, herons and wildflowers and butterflies accompanying their merry little band of friends and family through the mist. #elopeadvent
View fullsize A dream of Tiana and Travis in sunbeams, moss, and golden green.  I want to dive through the looking glass back into the woods, smelling the evergreens and soaking in this moment. #elopeadventurously
View fullsize Riannon & Hunter, whose wild engagement session could only be one-upped by their backpacking wedding in the North Cascades (more on that soon). Down for anything, everything, and more than you think is possible, these two adventurers are absolute

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Portland Wedding Photographer
(503) 539-7299 | dreams @ aralani.com
2574 NW Thurman Street - Portland, OR 97210

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