A month and a day ago, RLP Studios photographed what was one of the most fun, lively, emotional, and lovely events of our studio’s history: the wedding of Emily Brock Jones and Josh Jones. We had met them as we do many of our couples, through an online wedding resource, but their situation was a...
Yearly Archives: 2010
Four questions to ask BEFORE hiring a wedding photographer
(This article is originally from an industry website that featured Mark Greenstone of Majestic Photography. His points were just too perfect not to share.) “Mark,” I ask, pen poised over my notebook, “if I’m looking for a wedding photographer, what questions should I ask?” Mark looks thoughtful. “Couples are mostly asking the right questions,” he...
Introducing Lacey • 2011 Southridge High School Senior Rep
There is only one word that I can think of that really describes Lacey: she is SASSY. She’s a total fireball, full of energy and also a total crack-up (you just know that there’s a practical joke or witty thought brewing in her head pretty much 24/7). She was the first of our senior representatives...
Introducing Ellie • 2011 Oregon Episcopal School Senior Rep
We have done most of our senior sessions this year down in the inner SE Portland industrial district, where our studio is located (yes, right in the middle of all of the construction for MAX!), but for Ellie we made an exception. She has a CRAZY schedule– she was just in the school play, she...
Introducing Amanda • 2011 Century High School Senior Rep
We’ve been so busy PHOTOGRAPHING our senior representatives that I haven’t had a chance to BLOG about our senior reps. But we have a whole bunch that are just waiting in the wings to be showcased and I’m thrilled to start with Amanda. We’ve been photographing their family for a couple of years now and...
Introducing baby Ben • Portland Oregon Newborn Photographers
When you grow up in a city, and are involved in the life of the city, the chances of having connections to others are infinite. Ben’s parents are a perfect example: they are best friends with the next door neighbors of one of our little girl’s best friends from preschool. Did you follow that? I...
Rachelle & Doug’s destination wedding in the Dominican Republic
Most of RLP Studio’s portrait and wedding work has been in the Pacific Northwest but of late, we’ve been getting more inquiries to take our photography work a little farther from home. Our first destination wedding (apart, of course, from the Oregon coast) was earlier this month in the Dominican Republic, in the beautiful resort...
Newborn photography offers a glimpse into a different world
In light of the post I just made it’s no wonder that I find great joy in photographing newborns. They are so new to the world, so ignorant to all of the things associated with living life. We love to catch them somewhere between four and ten days old so that they can be captured...
Documenting life and love through my own very personal lens
The decision to become a photographer was one that I don’t remember making consciously. I was recently looking through a box of old photos with my daughter and was amazed to find some shots that I’d taken in high school, long before I chose to document life and love as a career. But my eye...
Introducing Zachary • 2011 Beaverton High School Senior Rep
I can’t believe that it’s already senior picture time! Zachary is the first of our reps that we’ll be featuring this year. He’s a really dynamic guy; he plays waterpolo and swims on the varsity level and even though he’s a bit soft spoken, he’s one of those kids who you know is just cool....