So, I’ve been crazy busy lately and haven’t been able to update the blog, for which I’m sorry. Don’t worry though, because there are a TON of photos coming your way both in this post and from the wedding I shot this last weekend (congrats Michael & Sanya).

First, from my latest trip with Ms. Maya back to Oregon to hangout with her folks in Ashland, OR. It struck me halfway through editing that I hadn’t done any B&Ws, the pretty greens and blues were just to delicious to throw away. I didn’t bring my camera with me everywhere we went, but I’m really pumped that I got a chance to bring it to Crater Lake and to see the Natural Bridge waterfall.

The top picture was right after we landed in Medford. We quickly (well, after the 30min baggage claim) made our way to Ashland. Giant trees lining the interstate greeted us before our turn off to Ashland. The tree’s scale compared to the valley surrounding them made them feel like a barrier that you had to pass through in order to get the tiny town.

The view from their garden and deck was breathtaking. Mountains, valley, green trees… they had it all!

And, of course, Henny (closer) and Penny (further) the chickens! Who faithfully produced a brown egg each per day. Laying in the sideways washer that Gary fabricated as their den. Pretty nifty!

On our last day in Oregon, we trekked up to Crater Lake (Maya and her mom looking out at below).

Believe it or not… that is WATER, not sky. The water is that blue. It had a description near by that talked about how the red and yellow light waves are canceled out in the deep water, only allowing the bright blue wave to be reflected. Gotta love science.

I “distressed” the lodge picture, because of it’s classic look. It felt like it was begging for it…

The girls stopped often to check out a certain budding plant or flower. Most of the time being able to name it and figure out if it was going to bloom or already had this year… meanwhile, I took pictures, ha. 

I hope everyone is doing well – leave me a note if you’ve been to or around this area. I can’t wait to get a chance to go back!!

Well, it’s still raining, but it turns out that’s a good thing! I’ve been SUPER productive this weekend working on RSP stuff. From contracts to a total re-work of all of Eric & Anna’s engagement session photos. You can see their new edits (and new photos) here or sit back, grab a coffee and enjoy the slideshow above.

Ok, onto the shoot. We started off by driving downtown to the Kansas City Public Library, a cool location that they had picked out beforehand. Once we got there, we figured out it was closed, but it was actually a blessing in disguise, because the building had TONS of really fun details all around it.

Here’s one of my favorite finds:These golden doors were a great place to start out the photoshoot. Eric and Anna, although they had said they were nervous about the posing, were complete naturals and looked great.

We made our way over to the parking garge for the Library, which has two story books all down the side. Someone was taking a cat-nap by Eric’s favorite book “Catch 22″ so we moved onto the classic Missouri author Mark Twain. (Another shot of this location by Garret later)

I love this little series of Anna cracking up over Eric’s pose.

We jumped in the car, with the sun setting behind us, and made our way toward the Plaza for some skyline shots. After a quick change of the clothes we grabbed a few shots together and seperatly. I loved how soft the light was!

I split off with Eric to grab a coupla’ shots, while Garret photographed Anna. Look at this Abercrombie Model

It started getting dark, so we snapped off just a few more and called it. Thanks Eric & Anna – you guys rock!

Here are just a few shots of many that my brother took (more on his Flickr site). It was cool teaming up with him because it allowed me to pull back and get some of composition shots while he stayed in close and got the more intimate moments. Thanks bro!

Here’s a shot of the President Hotel, where Eric & Anna are having their wedding reception. It’s a classicly cool hotel, with strong ties to music through the swanky “Drum Room”.

And, to end things, my favorite shot by Garret of Anna (we split up to shoot individual portraits). Classic and confident, just like Anna – great job G!