Holly & Bryce
fotoNovella: Trevor & Laura
We go way back. Back to middle-school days when Trevor & I were on the same Oddessy of the Mind team. Compared to football or basketball, it might not have been the coolest after school activity–but we thought it rocked! We spent hours and hours making gizmos & gadgets out of chicken wire & paper mache, pvc pipe & duck tape…and lots and lots of marbles. (Yes, it’s rather disturbing how random & incoherent my memory works!) But what I do remember clearly were many good conversations with Trevor as we glued, drilled, taped, painted our projects together. Laura & I go way back to high school. Back to choir class & singing in Con Brio, our girls’ choir. Again, the exact memories are foggy…but they all are filled with giggles & loud laughs, & Mexican gritos: “Ayyy-yii-yii!” Laura, I’m still waiting for grito lessons! lol
Laura & Trevor go way back, also. They started dating part way through their senior year at Hermiston High School & have been turning pages together ever since. We had a fabulous engagement session at L’Ecole winery near Walla Walla, Washington. They have quite a remarkable love story, which they have graciously agreed to share with us as guest bloggers. So look forward to Laura & Trevor penning a few more fotoNovella chapters for us leading up to their wedding in Athena, Oregon this July!
Dear Shannon,
I really can’t thank you enough to doing such a wonderful job. I keep looking over our engagement shots and appreciate that your pictures reflect us, our relationship and how much we love each other. In addition to that, they are beautiful and we both had a lot of fun with you. I’m sure this is all stuff you have already heard about a million times, but that’s how grateful I am. These pictures really make us look forward to our wedding and future together.
Regards,
Trevor
Trevor, thank you for the note. & thank you, Trevor & Laura, for letting me tag along on your wine-tasting date! I’m glad we’re friends & I adore you are a couple: so shooting your wedding is going to be blast! Salud!
familyNovella: Gibler Family
It’s official. I’m in the holiday spirit! & I think I can pinpoint the turning point from frosty fall into winter holidays during one particular session: the Gibler family. I had gotten to know all of Bruce & Margie’s boys and their families at some point or other over the last few years, so it was a pleasure to see each of the boy’s little families again & to have the chance to meet the parents. Whom are fabulous (…you’ll see)!
The Gibler Family decided on a fotosession in Lake Oswego, Oregon at the univeristy where Bryan completed his masters degree. Marylhurst University was decked-out for the holidays! Heavy wreaths hung overtop and on either side of the main enterance. Festive banners lined the long, dramatic walkway. The family was likewise festively dressed for the occasion. Everyone was trimmed in a classy array of red, black, or grey. I was swooning over the sweaters: expecially the littlest red one Soren wore which was handknitted with love in every stitch (or whatever they’re called in knitting!?). And then there is Bruce’s hat–perfect!!! But most of all–it was about their spirit which shone as I captured their family spending a quite afternoon–together. Gibler Family, thank you for giving me a special appreciation for family, spirit & togetherness during your fotosession.
& to everyone else: Happy Holidays!
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‘Treasure chest’ dress: an Elizabeth Dye original
Hair: Tiffany Maddox at Ambiance
Photography: Eric Schulthesis
Image editing: Katie Moore Starkey
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