Lauren Hurt Photography - Corvallis Oregon Senior Portrait and Wedding Photographer serving Portland, Bend, Salem, Corvallis, Eugene Photography

Jessica + Jake [Oregon Engagement Photography]

laurenhurt — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:41:25 +0000

WOW, I really need to catch you guys up on some things. I admit I’ve been majorly slacking on blogging, but I promise its not because I’ve been slacking on work! In fact, these last few months have been some of the craziest I’ve seen. But that’s no excuse to leave you all hanging, I know

As some of you know, I’ve been in quite a transition state lately. We have picked up and relocated to sunny (well not right now, we’re in the middle of a storm) Los Angeles California for my husband’s work. He is a musician and will be working on a few different projects down here for a while. But don’t worry, I’m not leaving you faithful Oregonians! I’m going to be shooting actor headshots here for the next couple months and then head back up in May to spend the summer with all my AMAZING wedding couples and high school senior clients. Fun right?! I think so… Honestly, I think I get the sweet end of the deal – California winters and Oregon summers, Love it.

Thanks to some absolutely beautiful families and engaged couples, I worked my little tail off up until THE DAY BEFORE we drove off in the U-haul! My husband told me I was crazy, but I just love you guys too much to say no to a shoot (in this case, a gorgeous baby belly, coming soon to a blog near you). But alas, with shooting and working and packing and cleaning (etc.), blogging fell through the cracks. So I’m gonna take the next couple weeks and get all caught up on here, be looking for it (I’ll be adding them chronologically, so they’ll be below).

And today I’m so excited to introduce to you Jessica and Jake, one of my 2010 wedding couples. We shot these 3 days before I left Corvallis so they are hot off the presses. These guys are so fun and brought tons of personality to the shoot. I love when couples bring fun outfits and props, it brings in so much more of their character AND makes it a lot easier to be in front of the camera. They brought a handful of different outfits, hats, glasses, shoes, and my favorite… Jessica’s feather boa, YES! Anyway, here are a few snippets of the fun that ensued..

-Corvallis Oregon Engagement Photography -
[Lauren Hurt Photography - Oregon Senior Portrait Photography and Oregon Wedding Photography]

Shayna + Ryan [Oregon Engagement Photography]

laurenhurt — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:09:38 +0000

Shayna and Ryan were such a cool, laid back couple to shoot with. They were totally up for exploring some locations I had been scouting out for a while. If you are wondering about how I choose my photography locations, I always keep my eyes out for what looks photographically interesting to me as well as has good lighting, accessibility, etc. When I meet with you to plan your shoot I always ask what kind of “feel” or “mood” you are going for because we’ll want to guide the location, outfit, and prop decisions by that theme. Since you guys are always so fun and creative, more often then not you’ve been doing some scoping out too and have some ideas on where to start, but if not, I’m all there to make some suggestions. This old house was something I had my eye on for a while, and when Shayna said she wanted something classic and rustic I knew it was time to head out there for their engagement photographs. Locations (as well as props and outfits) can bring so much into the final photographs. I would encourage you, if you are thinking about scheduling some portrait or or engagement photographs, think about getting creative with your location! Do you know anyone who has a ranch, an old barn, or an orchard? Have fun with it and it makes your final photographs totally and uniquely yours!

-Corvallis Oregon Engagement Photography -
[Lauren Hurt Photography - Oregon Senior Portrait Photography and Oregon Wedding Photography]

Megan + Brian [Cannon Beach Oregon Engagement Photography]

laurenhurt — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:04:26 +0000

Megan and Brian are a delightful couple. They are sweet and caring, laid back and goofy. And being able to shoot their engagement portraits in Cannon Beach was such a treat for me. Our family has a long history of vacationing in Cannon Beach so it hold a special place in my heart as well as the couple’s. The day was cold and foggy but it was a delightful break from the record wind gusts and rain in the days preceding. We braved it like champs and had fun frolicking in the tall grass over by where Ty + Katie’s pictures were taken. In fact I even saw Katie as we were roaming about Cannon Beach’s quaint little downtown! Megan and Brian, thank you for such a fun filled afternoon and Cannon Beach weekend!

- Cannon Beach Oregon Engagement Photography -
[Lauren Hurt Photography - Oregon Senior Portrait Photography and Oregon Wedding Photography]

Mallery + Brenden [Corvallis Oregon Engagement Photography]

laurenhurt — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:17:15 +0000

Mallery and Brenden came all the way down from McMinnville Oregon for their Engagement photos. They both are in school there at Linfield College which I have visited a few times, it is so beautiful. We all met out at Adair Village for the shoot which lent some great backdrops for the style we were going for. We had such a great time running around the country, crawling through tall grass, and sliding down big piles of rock! Hope you enjoy!

- Corvallis Oregon Engagement Photography -
[Lauren Hurt Photography - Oregon Senior Portrait Photography and Oregon Wedding Photography]

Yes, I went on Vacation :) [Oregon Portrait + Event Photographer]

laurenhurt — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:28:00 +0000

I had the phenomenal pleasure of heading out to Maui this last month with my husband to visit our parents who live on island (bummer eh?). It was such an amazing time and has been a whirlwind of catching up since I returned, but I’m now (for the most part) back in the swing of things and will be posting more recent sessions soon! In the mean time, here are some documented highlights from the trip.

First off… The sunsets, I mean WOW, every night is a new adventure to see what would happen. This is the Maui sunset view from my mother and father in law’s back porch. Yowza!

We spent good quality time on the back porch, morning coffee and good talks and sunset watching (when we weren’t bbqin on the beach). Casey’s dad is a Luthier and made this slide guitar for him. Casey finally got to play it and bring it home this trip. It is so beautiful and sounds divine!

When we weren’t on the porch for sunsets, we were down on the beach for fire pits and feasts, these were taken in front of our favorite evening beach spot…

We did so many amazing things (jumping off 60ft bridges, swimming in waterfalls, camping, hiking, etc) that I didn’t want to haul my camera around for, so I didn’t really take that many pictures. But I did get it down to the beach (where we spent almost every morning) for a little taste of Maui life
These are my awesome nephews and niece, they were so fun to hang out with, and loooved their boogie boards

the boys, my super cool sister-in-law, and mom and dad, the beach bunnies

I can’t really go anywhere without “working” (good thing I LOVE my work!) and this trip I got the chance to shoot some headshots as well as a lovie dovie sunset beach session, I mean, how could I not! (while shooting we also saw this sinking yacht, funny story actually, you can ask me about it later..)

Thats all but I’ll just leave you with one sunset for the road, I mean, everyone loves sunsets right?