Shayna & Mike 03.15.08

Shayna & Mike were married at McMenamin's Grand Lodge in Forest Grove. It was a very interesting day, as you'll see, and the weather was off an on all day, but luckily the rain stopped just before it was time for pictures. What made it special for me, was their officiant married me almost 4 years ago, so I was able to catch up with her. She's awesome, btw, Reverend Marcie D.B. McDonald, if you're looking for an officiant. All in all, it was a great day! Congratulations you guys!

There was some beautiful natural light coming in from the window...





Gotta love McMenamin's!










The reception was very lively! Everyone was having a great time...




Thanks for looking!

-Jessica
Jessica Watson Photography

Spencer's 30th B-Day!!

Today is my husband's 30th birthday, which is a HUGE deal to him, even though 30 really isn't old, but I tried very hard to make him feel like the amazingly wonderful man that he's become. I love you, babe, and I'm looking forward to the next 30 years of your life!

For lunch we went and pigged out at a Japanese buffet...man, am I stuffed!

Isn't he handsome?? :)


LOL, I couldn't quite fit us both in w/my 50mm, but I still love it!


We were all a little giddy...





The fisheye can definitely get both of us!



Mmm...jello...


Such pigs, I know...



Thanks for looking! Have a great weekend!

-Jessica
Jessica Watson Photography

Cass & Dustin 03.08.08

Cassandra & Dustin were such a great couple to work with. I really enjoyed spending the day with them, and was very grateful the weather held out! I hope you are having a great time in Hawaii!



This was definitely a first for me...I've never had a bride do my hair before! We were talking about how our hair just doesn't like to hold curl very well, so she offered to curl it for me! (pic taken by the bride's mom)






Kids are so funny at weddings...


Relaxing after the ceremony...


The boys fighting over who gets to ring the bell...






Thanks for looking!

-Jessica
Jessica Watson Photography

WPJA Contest Winner!

Not only did I get a beautiful sample wedding album in today, and tonight is another episode of "Lost," but I also found out I placed 3rd in the emotion category of the WPJA contest! (Ok, so maybe the other two don't really match up, but all three just made this a fabulous day!) The image is from Lauren and Jesse's wedding last November, and I remember how I felt when I took it. I was on the verge of tears myself watching this father-daughter moment.

The judges comments: "I assume this is a bride with her father. The expression of bride’s love and the father’s show of emotion is straightforward and the photographer was right in the straight on position. The bride and her father (I assume) had the confidence in the photographer to be comfortable in displaying their emotions. This confidence of the subjects and the ability of the photographer to be in the correct position made this photograph possible."

Here is the image:


And, here is the link to the image in the contest gallery.

Thanks for looking!

-Jessica
Jessica Watson Photography

Time to schedule your engagement session!

For those of you getting married April - October, now would be a good time to schedule your engagement session. I am booked every weekend this month, but April and May are fairly open on the weekends, and since it'll start staying lighter out later, I will soon be able to do evening engagement sessions. Think of what kind of background you'd like...urban, flowers, cherry blossoms will be in bloom soon (yay!), etc...feel free to be as creative as you'd like, I'm up for anything, and love to try new places. I don't limit the amount of outfits, locations or time, although the sessions are usually about an hour. Please feel free to e-mail with any questions you have.

Also, check out this new 10x10 engagement session album/wedding guest book I designed. It comes in a box with two pens, and I'm really excited about it. It's a unique, personalized wedding guest book that will actually get looked at from time to time. The cost is $60 for the book, and then $5/custom designed page (5 pg. min). You may use your e-session print credit to put towards the cost of the album. Here are some pics of my example album that I'd be happy to show you in person. BTW, it's laying on my 2-year-olds little table, just in case the proportions look off...lol.








Thanks for looking!

-Jessica
Jessica Watson Photography