Mardi Gras @ The Wonder Ballroom

This past Friday we got to hang out at one of the coolest parties in all of Portland. Our friends at A Swank Affair hosted the Mardi Gras Moulin Rouge Event at The Wonder Ballroom. The evening was kicked off with fire dancers and various circus performers and followed up by an 80s Video Dance Party and Dr. Theopolis.

To view pictures from the evening, please click HERE.

Josi & Kenny - Save the Date

Josi and Kenny are getting married at the Abernethy Center on September 20, 2008. Josi contacted me a few days ago wanting to do their engagement shoot so that they would have pictures for their Save the Date magnets. Knowing how unpredictable the weather is this time of year, I recommended that we connect for a brief Save the Date shoot and to save their official engagement shoot for later this year when the weather is a bit nicer (aka a bit warmer). Josi and Kenny could not agree more so we connected this Sunday for the shoot. I really enjoyed spending some time with the couple. It also afforded me the opportunity to meet Kenny's Best Man for the wedding...his son KJ. Here are a few of my favorites from the session.

Bride and Bride-To-Be Soiree

This past Saturday evening, Holly and I invited all of our 2007 couples and all of our 2008 couples for an evening of hors d'oeuvres and wedding talk. It was a chance for our 2007 couples to share their infinite wisdom regarding the wedding planning process with our 2008 couples who are in the rigors of planning their own weddings. While there were lots of wild stories, one was keenly aware of the fact that all of the hard work that goes into planning the big day is well worth all the effort.

Among all of the food that was served, some of the favorite dishes were: the bacon wrapped asparagus with fresh parmesan cheese, sausage stuffed mushrooms, goat cheese quesadillas with avocado and diced peppers, and of course the chocolate truffles. All of this coupled with some nice local wines and pomegranate flavored vodka spritzers made for a truly enjoyable evening.

Oh...and as the evening went on some very serious rounds of Guitar Hero were played. Josh led the way with rocking out on some of the more challenging songs while others gave the guitar playing experience a first chance. Rock on!!









Myra made the most wonderful dessert with a personalized keepsake for all of our 2008 couples. Myra designs and hand crafts incredibly unique hair pieces that are setting a new trend in the wedding industry.


Our siamese cats cuddling up by the fire in a trio of love

William Nobles - Six Weeks Young

This weekend I had the privilege of photographing Leah and Robert with their new born son William. Over the course of about 3 hours, William was awake, drank a bottle, slept, woke up, had a brief bath, drank a bottle, slept, and awoke again. It reminded me of how I like to spend my day. :) Here are a few of our favorites from the session. We look forward to seeing William next when he is 6 months...

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Happy New Year!

Where were you on New Years? We were out celebrating at the 17th Annual Champagne Ball! This event is truly unlike any other. Mathew Weber and his creative staff from A Swank Affair put together an outrageously fun event - quite simply Portland's best way to ring in the New Year. To view images from the event, simply click here.

We have posted some of our favorites below. We hope to see you all again for next years big event!! For those of you who have any event or wedding photography needs, please feel free to contact us directly at paul@paulrichstudio.com or call us at 503.475.3306.

Have a happy and healthy New Year.