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Kattie + Josh

laurenhurt — Fri, 27 May 2011 19:37:30 +0000

I shot with Kattie and Josh when I was last up in Oregon (you may remember me posting on them here and here). We walked all around the OSU campus trying to find shelters to dodge the rain. It poured for the first part of our session so we played in parking garages and elevators, and shot unconventional portraits. It was so fun, they rock my socks, and what’s even better is I get to photograph their wedding in September! Yay!

back in the sadle again

laurenhurt — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:56:59 +0000

Casey and I are back home in LA, safe and sound after a wonderful 3 week tour of the pacific northwest, filled with lots of music and LOTS of picture taking. If you weren’t up to date (it was a total whirlwind so I didn’t blog as much as I wanted) Casey did a tour with the McMenamins hotel chain where he played in a few of their venues in Oregon and Washington and we got to stay there (yay!!). I knew when we got back to LA I would have to pretty much hit the ground running as I was already packed with shoots and projects, so this last week and a half has been a bit insane but I’m so stoked to share all the beautiful faces I had the pleasure of stealing with my camera. First up are a few of Charlotte and Darren’s engagements on the Oregon State University campus and tomorrow you’ll get to see their wedding. Since they live in Austin TX (hence the country reference above) and I live in Los Angeles CA we didn’t have much of a chance to meet up for engagements before the wedding. So we opted for a very close pre-wedding meet up so they could still have wonderful, professional portraits of themselves outside of their wedding attire. We shot these on the OSU campus hours before they both skedaddled away for their bachelor/bachelorette parties in different cities. It was super fun and we got to explore and scout places we might shoot the wedding party at the wedding. Stay tuned for their wedding shots to follow….

Cannon Beach and Wedding Bliss

laurenhurt — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 17:22:16 +0000

So I’m proud to say, this amazing ceremony was my first ever “on the sand” beach wedding! I loved it! Brian and Kayla are from Eastern Washington (farm country) and really wanted a beach wedding. I couldn’t have been happier when they contacted me and we met in Portland to talk about the details. Their day was perfect, they couldn’t have planned the weather out better themselves, and the cannon beach backdrop they chose made everything picturesque. Everyone had so much fun running around barefoot and goofing off during the portrait time… It made me wish I could work barefoot for every wedding. Maybe I’ll just have to try to shoot more beach weddings… Maui anybody?

- Cannon Beach Oregon Wedding Photography -
[Lauren Hurt, Photographer - Senior, Headshot, Wedding Photography - Southern California, Oregon, Worldwide]

Still loving Beazell Memorial Forest [Oregon Wedding Photography]

laurenhurt — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 19:08:43 +0000

I think it’s so fun to photograph the same venue multiple times because you really get to see how different couples interpret and make it fit to their personality. Josh and Julia’s wedding was my second time out to Beazell Memorial Forest this summer, and I love seeing how they made that gorgeous location their own. I love that they had their ceremony out on the grass with the forest as their background. And of course the barn makes an awesome backdrop for any reception. And Josh and Julia are just the sweetest couple and I can’t express in words how happy I am for the two of them. So here’s to the many beautiful years ahead, thanks for letting me be a part of this day you two!

- Beazell Memorial Forest – Oregon Wedding Photography -
[Lauren Hurt, Photographer - Senior, Headshot, Wedding Photography - Southern California, Oregon, Worldwide]

Cristy + Jim [Oregon Engagement Photography]

laurenhurt — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:03:22 +0000

We met up for coffee before our shoot to talk about locations and stuff, but we ended up mostly talking about loooooove (possibly my favorite subject…). I was tickled (yes I just said tickled) to find out that these two are highschool sweethearts. They’ve been together for quite a while now (Jim just finished his Masters, and Cristy’s finishing her PhD) and decided it was about time to plan the official celebration. Except these two are laid back lovebirds, they just took the first step by taking their engagement pictures I love it. We took kind of a walking tour around Corvallis since they love the outdoors and were both stuck in offices all day. We had tons of fun and lots of laughter, and they weather was puuuurfect. What more could we ask for?

-Corvallis Oregon Engagement Photography-
[Lauren Hurt, Photographer - Senior, Headshot, Wedding Photography - Southern California, Oregon, Worldwide]