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Personally: An Unexpected Mother/Son Dance

September 16, 2014 by Ara R. in Personal

Down at Black Butte Ranch for Heather and Steve's wedding, I was photographing the end of the mother/son dance where they invited all the mothers and sons to come up and dance.  After a couple of minutes, I took this photo of a woman standing at the edge of the dance floor, gently rocking her baby and singing quietly with the song.  It took me a second, and then it hit me.  And then I started to cry.

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Happily Ever After: Brittany & Tyler's Cornelius Pass Roadhouse Wedding

September 14, 2014 by Ara R. in Weddings

Brittany and Tyler's wedding at the McMenamins Cornelius Pass Roadhouse the came long-awaited for me--I met them last fall, and immediately fell in love with them.  They have a beautiful way with each other, gentle and sweet and kind...

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September 14, 2014 /Ara R.
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Personally: Outdoor Nuts & Atmosphere Junkies

September 09, 2014 by Ara R. in Personal

This weekend was wild: two weddings, one in Yachats on the Oregon Coast, one on Lake Washington in Seattle.  Both locations exactly three hours from my house.  Ten hours of photography, twelve hours of driving.

There was a lot of bliss: beautiful roads, fantastic families, a stunner of a sunset, a visit to the beach where I married.  And a lot of singing in the car to keep myself awake.

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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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2574 NW Thurman Street - Portland, OR 97210

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