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Lindsay and Collin :: The Oregon Golf Club :: Portland Oregon Wedding Photography

Jenny O'Donnell — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:26:56 +0000

Lindsay and Collin were wed at the beautiful Oregon Golf Club in West Linn, admittedly one of my all time favorite wedding venues. The rich, deep oranges and chocolate browns of the flowers and brides maids dresses reflected the warms and joy of the day. Laughter, happy tears, silly dancing, and sweet declarations of love from family and friends made this day extra sweet. Here’s to many happy years together for Lindsay and Collin!

Alliyah and Lee :: Vancouver Washington Wedding Photographer

Jenny O'Donnell — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:58:13 +0000

Alliyah and Lee have been married for 2 years already. Their love has grown and blossomed into that deep, meaningful, soul-filled love that comes from knowing your spouse and living with them day to day - good and bad, and loving each other through it all. They came to me for some portraits of them together…steeped in love… connection just as strong as it was two years ago. Perhaps even stronger.

xoxox

~Jenny

Happy New Year! :: Oregon & Washington Wedding Photography

Jenny O'Donnell — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 05:49:13 +0000

Last month I was honored to collaborate with La Fete Event Design on a New Year’s Eve themed inspiration shoot for the bridal blog Style Me Pretty. The details of this shoot were amazingly well thought out and many were DIY projects that Kara and Trista, the owners of La Fete, spent hours planning and creating. The result was nothing short of stunning. Our model, Diana Blakeslee, was so much fun to work with and, wow, does she have a million dollar smile or what? Her classic/vintage hairstyle was crafted by the uber-talented Ashley Rauch of AshleyCheri Stylist and makeup was flawlessly done by Kandi Smith of KSN Makeup. I highly recommend hiring any of these outstanding professionals to help make your wedding day as magical as it could possibly be! You certainly won’t regret it!

Here as some of my favorites from our collaboration. Our feature on Style Me Pretty can be found here.

Cheers to you and I hope to see your smiling faces in the New Year!

Lindsey and Matt :: The Oregon Golf Club :: Portland Oregon Wedding Photographer

Jenny O'Donnell — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 02:36:04 +0000

Lindsey and Matt have been together forever! They’d dated upwards of 7 years by the time their stunning wedding at The Oregon Golf Club took place in late August. The wedding day was picture perfect. Warm, but not sweltering, the venue was amazing (as always), and the bride and groom were relaxed, joyful and completely head over heels in love. They were surrounded by long time friends, the groom’s sister and the bride’s two brothers as their wedding party, who all did an excellent job at keeping everyone laughing and the energy ignited. From the energetic dancing, heart felt speeches, a toast from the groom’s little nephew, and a silly photo-bombing golfer who randomly jumped into the groomsmen’s photos, the day was fabulous from start to finish. Here are just a few of my favorites from Lindsey and Matt’s day.

Venue: The Oregon Golf Club, West Linn, Oregon

Dress: Allure from AniA’s Bridal

Cake: Lamb’s Bakery

Flowers: GIGI Floral Design

DJ: Brian with Mobile Music Entertainment

Bridal hair by bride’s friend and makeup by bride’s sister-in-law.

Stephanie and Blake :: Portland Couple’s Photography

Jenny O'Donnell — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 03:21:55 +0000

When Stephanie first contacted me about doing a 1st anniversary couple’s shoot, we talk about what she and her hubby of one year, Blake, like to do together. The first thing that came to mind were the leisurely mornings spent together at Starbucks sipping coffee or hot cocoa and reading the paper. So, of course we had to incorporate this into their shoot. We met in Portland’s Pearl District and walked around the city block, talking, laughing and stopping for a photo every now and then. Here are a few to share from their shoot. Happy 1 year and here’s to many more Stephanie and Blake!

Joy and Thomas are married (part 2-getting ready) :: Maui, Hawaii Destination Wedding Photography

Jenny O'Donnell — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 04:20:49 +0000

Joy got ready at her sister Shannon’s house just minutes from where the guys were cooking the pig. After we finished photographing the removal of the pig from the imu (see earlier post here), we went to Shannon’s to capture the ladies getting all glamed up. It was a relaxed morning. Poor Joy had a migraine. After a massage and some caffeine, Joy escaped to Fierce Salon and Day Spa in Wailuku, HI to have her hair done. She chose a soft, curled style and was done in record time! The stylist there was amazing! After hair, it was time for makeup and dressing. Joy’s beautiful sisters helped her into her dress while friends slipped her shoes and jewelry on. It was a busy, but mellow morning. We caravaned to the church right afterwards, where Joy’s dad performed the ceremony that would bind her to Thomas for life. <3 But the ceremony photos will come in the next post. Stay tuned!

Joy and Thomas are married (Part 1) :: Jennifer O’Donnell Photography, Maui Wedding Photography

Jenny O'Donnell — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 03:06:06 +0000

This past week I had the honor of photographing Joy and Thomas’ wedding on the Hawaiian Island of Maui. Wailuku, Hawaii to be exact. Joy and Thomas actually live on the Island, so the festivities were based around Hawaiian traditions, family and local customs…..all of which I absolutely LOVE! First up was the cooking of a pig in an underground oven called and imu. An imu is essentially an underground steam cooker. The pig is laid on a wire rack that is covered in banana leaves, burlap, and more leaves. Rocks are put into the stomach cavity to cook the insides. The pig is then covered in more leaves and burlap and put down into the freshly prepared pit in the ground and covered with hot rocks. The pig cooked all night, and the groom was up, watching to be certain that the steam kept rising from the imu, to ensure that it was staying hot. In the morning, I was there to photograph them taking the pig out of the imu. The groom and his family were there to dig it up, carry it to the trough and slide it out of the wire rack. They then worked quickly, pulling out the bones and chopping it up to make the fresh kalua (or what we “haole’s” commonly call “pulled pork”). It was super cool to watch this!

In Love {Battle Ground, WA Photographer}

Jenny O'Donnell — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 01:10:54 +0000

Did you know I travel for weddings? Victor contacted me while I was in California shooting a wedding a couple weeks ago. The email went something like this: “I like your photography and would like to schedule a session the next time my girlfriend is in town.” Of course, my response was a resounding, “Thank you! I’d love to schedule a session with you. When would you like to book it for?” Next thing I knew, we were booking for the day I flew back in from Cali. HA! Amanda was evidently already in town and what better time than the present?! We took to some romantic fields in some wild Lupine blooms to capture the love that radiates from these two. They live on opposite coasts, but you couldn’t tell that for a second. They had their eyes locked on one another the whole session. Of course, I reminded them that I do travel for weddings. That is how our journey began after all, isn’t it?

Precious Peyton :: Battle Ground WA Newborn Photographer

Jenny O'Donnell — Fri, 13 May 2011 00:35:38 +0000

Little Payton was just 9 days old when we did her newborn photos. At first, she didn’t want to sleep and do those curly posed newborn shots. That was great, because mom and dad always love a good eye contact photo or two! Then I broke out my secret weapon….a blow dryer. The warm air blowing on her delicate skin and the loud whirring of the dryer is hard for a nine day old to resist. She was putty in my hands after that. What a little love.

It’s Spring! :: Battle Ground WA Children’s Photographer

Jenny O'Donnell — Thu, 12 May 2011 22:33:11 +0000

Barely though. It was chilly outside when we did this mini session! I actually had my coat on. These two little siblings were quite the troopers, giggling and smiling despite the chill. I just love their sparkly eyes and impish grins!