As we began in PA we had to trek it to Princeton, and so a trolley was enlisted (below)!  It was pretty sweet!

I drove ahead to hook up with the fellas, and we had some fun in the apartment before the trolley rolled up.

I was totally digging the columns for the “first look”! (below)

Our next stop was the location they had their first kiss…(below)

Alright, I love these two shots.  From the top, the umbrellas that Abigail ordered from a place in Seattle that rents vintage umbrellas really added amazing flavor to the shot, nice job Abby!  And below…all I can say is that I had turned to walk toward the next destination after the above shot was done, only to turn around and see the wedding party beginning to do what you see below!  Gotta love it when people get spontaneous!!!

The feet were a bit cold…

One of the groomsmen took to soliciting…

The below sequence was amazing, as they wanted to grab some ice cream from a great local spot where you can grab gelato, called the Bent Spoon.  While the bride and groom grabbed ice cream a couple groomsmen hit the park for a game of acorn checkers (bottom right).

I got lucky with the above shot, as I was passing by to take a different photo and happened to glance over and see this…(above)

That’s right!  They had the “Love” statue built for them out of ice! (below left)

The above two shots were great!  The kid on the left was really as intense of a dancer as it looks, and he went on dancing for a LONG time!!! On the right was Abby’s response.  And I don’t usually post photos of myself, but Abigail and Thomas insisted on a photo together and I loved it, so here it is!  Thanks you two!

In closing, the day was awesome!  Even down to the fact that the car on the right was mine!  We realized they didn’t have a car to get to the hotel a few blocks away, so I had someone grab mine and I drove them myself!  I hope you two are really enjoying life together, and enjoying the Jersey winter!  Thanks for all the laughs!

My photographer friend from out East at Princeton Theological Seminary, Matt, was engaged a while back, and I had the honor to shoot their engagement session while I was still in Princeton.  Here’s a few of the shots we got that wet, rainy day.  Luckily the weather broke later in the day, but I was completely grateful for a “shower-proof” camera/lens combo that let us shoot in the rain for the first part of the session.  Congrats you two, and I’m looking forward to your wedding next spring!

Dancing in the rain…

The best coffee in town…Small World

Sorry for the delay in posts!   The week has been busy, and we’re trying to adjust to NO SCHOOL!!!  It’s hard remembering what to do in its absence, but were trying our best.  So, here’s what I HAVE been doing with some of my time.  I had the privilege of hanging out with the Pritchett family at the University this last week for a portrait session. We discovered we share the west coast in common, always a good thing (no offense to the east!).  I loved seeing how much fun they had together;  truly a happy family.  We had a lot of fun using Gummy Bears throughout the shoot, whether to bribe or just for eating.  You two are great parents, and have some amazing kids!  Thanks again for inviting me to photograph your family, it was a lot of fun!

I know, it’s Cinco de Mayo, but I have no festive photos to present as I’m not in Portland to celebrate along the water front this year.  But we have been having our own festivities, as the dogwoods have been in full bloom lately.  There are so many in the area, so it really is amazing to see in the spring out here.  Here’s one that I really enjoyed.

Our good friends are near the end of their journey around the world, and we had the fortunate chance to have them swing by for some lunch, coffee, and classic Princeton cupcakes.  You should definitely check out their journey here.  Glad you two were able to stop by, have fun with the last couple weeks of the trip!  We’ll look forward to seeing you back in Oregon!

Our good friend from the great NW is out for a few days, and we’ve already had some fun around town.  Here’s a few shots of what we’ve been up to…

Amazing handcrafted doors

Strolling around the graduate school

Listening to some stellar lectures

Checking out the university

Beholding the amazing reading rooms (above)

More amazing handcrafted doors

The Bent Spoon, mmmmmm….. (above and below)

Small World Coffee

They made a trek to the Jersey shores this afternoon in the rain.  I, however, stayed back to hold down the fort, having already seen the shore on a nice day, and already beginning to imagine the Oregon Coast in the coming months.  It’s fun having friends visit, and Espen has sure been enjoying having Emily around!  So have we!

We had a great time strolling around Princeton last week as the weather improved dramatically.  One of the stops was at the Washington monument in town, of which Espen had a blast running around and climbing on everything he could pull himself up on (which was quite a bit!).  Here’s a shot of mother and son walking toward the monument.  

It was an amazing day.  Although it was leaning on some high temperatures for most of the day, by the time Nate and I hit this local run to do some fly fishing it had cooled to a bearable degree, and the warm water eased against the rubber of our sandals.  We had decided to make a last run at fishing in Jersey before we moved, and this spot had recently popped up on the radar.  Although we knew there were trout, we ended up settling for 2 blue gills each.  This was actually my first time on barbless hooks, so it was exciting to experience a catch with the added challenge.  However, the post-hook experience was less than eventful compared with the tail-dancing numbers any trout will put on for you.  My first catch was literally on the heels of a comment from my fishing partner, which pointed out he had just seen a water snake, and by the way, but did I know that New Jersey has water moccasins?  I had not realized this.  Immediately the waters began to teem with writhing shapes around my skinny ankles.  But before I could do a spot check my line went taught and I was whisked away 15 feet at the base of a fallen tree to where  my first catch gently tugged on the line.  All in all it was a great time, good to be out on the water (and in the water…is that a good thing out here?  I don’t know, I took a shower), be with a good friend, and not be skunked.  We even got to witness a trout flop up a shallow rifle after a minnow, just after I was noting how we hadn’t seen many trout rise.  As if it was rubbing it in.  And we threw in a line, but to no avail.  Oh, well.  It was good to be outdoors.  Here is a photo I took of Nate after wading and looking out for snakes.