Portland Child Photography

Mini-Sessions at Jamison Square

lisateso — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:19:54 +0000

Lets take advantage of the early Spring weather.

Who: Kids, families…. Bring your friends!
What: FREE 15 minute mini-portrait-sessions for up to 3 people
When: Monday February 8, 2010; 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Where: Jamison Square Park
Totally Rad: There will be props…

Please email lisa at portlandchildphotography dot com to reserve a time slot that will work best with your schedule.

*Digital files will be available for purchase on line ($10.00 per file) beginning Monday February 15, 2010

Laurelhurst Love

lisateso — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:39:03 +0000

This family is fun to be around. Like, really really fun. I have never seen brothers who love being around each other so much. Or a mom and dad who love to cuddle each other and kiss their lil ones so frequently.

It made me very happy to be able to spend time with them, documenting all of this.

Needless to say, I got way too many great photos – enjoy the limited (boo hiss) selection below!

Wandering in NoPo

lisateso — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:09:42 +0000

It’s not often that a mother calls me up to schedule an session for her one year old and requests “lots of dirty, gritty textures, down by the rail road tracks.”

Naturally, I jumped at this opportunity!

We spent the day down near the Widmer Brothers Brewery, wandering from parking lot to parking lot, finding moss, rust, walls of kegs and (incredibly enough) TONS of sunlight. This little mohawked man, his mother and his grandmother were great subjects. Their love for each other is super obvious – Enjoy peeking at their fun session below!

The Anderson’s

lisateso — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:51:15 +0000

I met the Anderson family 2 years ago this month – as soon as my husband and I first moved to Portland. I happened to be spending the day in a home full of rambunctious children, documenting their every move with my camera… And learning a lot about hamsters and Star Wars Lego’s in the process. Part way through my fun-documenting-day Mrs. Anderson stopped in for a bit while out on a walk with her 2 year old daughter and 4 day old son (he was SO tiny!). I quickly snapped a photo of her daughter (who was highly suspicious of my noisy camera) before they left to finish their walk.

Fast forward 2 years – The 4 day old boy is putting on his shoes all by himself and the 2 year old shy little one is now a 4 year old super-model. What a fun family to spend the day with! We rode scooters, ran around in the fall leaves, spent time practicing writing and more. It’s such a treat to watch the little one’s of Portland grow!

Enjoy the peeks below

Holiday’s Galore

lisateso — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:39:00 +0000

I am sure you have already been distracted by the CUTENESS GALORE below, I mean, really – NO ONE is cuter then that tiny train engineer… But, if you’re interested, I can tell you a bit about this shoot. If not, peruse (and coo) away at the adorable 2 year old below.

This family shoot was one of the greatest ever, hands-down. This family was focused, helpful and prepared beyond belief. We got through THREE seasons (and 4 outfits per person) in under one hour – Halloween, Thanksgiving/Autumn and Christmas. Bam. Done. Half a years worth of family portraiture conquered in no time at all (with only 3 minutes of fussing), thanks to a very organized momma.

And, certainly some of my favorite client photos too – that mustache killed me.

Enjoy peeking through the seasons below!

The Jones’

lisateso — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:05:58 +0000

Autumn in Portland is pretty amazing. Autumn in Laurelhurst Park in Portland is, like, the most amazing of all. The light that collects in Laurelhurst is some of the most magical in town. I was lucky enough to spend time with these out-of-town-ers for a morning of family portraiture in Laurelhurst last weekend. We had gloriously sunny weather and LOTS of exploring to do!

Enjoy the selection of photos here.

Evan in the Pearl

lisateso — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:07:00 +0000

Shooting in an urban area is not something I do very often. Usually I head to my clients home for at-home sessions.

With Evan, though, his portrait session is a secret. Shhhh. It’s a gift for his momma. So, his momma’s friend sneaked him away for a morning and met me in the Pearl (NW Portland) for a bit. We met in front of a giant orange wall (which perfectly matched his Crocs). Moseyed over to watch a train. Then hit up Tanner Springs Park and played with some balloons. All in all a pretty perfect shoot: Color, industry, urban, nature and more color!

Enjoy the selection below (and SHHHH, don’t tell Evan’s momma about this post.)

Collaine and Cris’ Maternity Shoot – Pepé

lisateso — Thu, 07 May 2009 22:02:30 +0000

Portland is full of wonderfully talented people. Meet two of them: Collaine and Cris. To say Collaine is a massage therapist would be to sell her short, she is so much more…. But for the sake of not knowing how to classify her, lets say she is a massage therapist. She runs her own body-work business, Blueprint For Balance and my husband and I frequently visit her. Cris is an extremely talented musician who travels the state playing numerous gigs.

Can you IMAGINE how talented their son is going to be?! When we met for these photos their boy was affectionately being referred to as Pepé. After a home-birth not too long ago, he is now going by the name of Calysto – and he is too precious for words.

Enjoy the selection of photos from my shoot with these talented new parents!

Amy and Geoff’s Maternity Session

lisateso — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:53:02 +0000

I have previously had the honor of shooting Amy and Geoff’s first born son, Parker. After a mere 2 minutes with this boy it was obvious: his parents are capable of creating the most adorable boys on the planet.

Lucky us, they are about to bring Colin into the world this very week!*

We got their whole clan together for a maternity session a few weeks ago in Beverton. Amy is one gorgeous momma to be, and tell me that isn’t the cutest “proud Papa” smile on Geoff’s face.

*Fingers crossed that they ask me to come ‘meet’ Colin next week. I think they’ll need some newborn portraits…

The Knight Sisters

lisateso — Wed, 06 May 2009 21:31:53 +0000

I’m not entirely sure if it’s their uber blond hair, or their 18 months-or-so age difference, or the way the Big Sister stole the Little Sister’s Cherrio’s… But spending time with these two felt like I was watching me and my sister 24 years (or so) ago.

Mrs. Knight found me through a friend of a friend – who is also a photographer. (One of my favorite things about Portland is the community of photographers and how we all throw work each other’s-way.) I had heard from the friend-of-a-friend that Mrs. Knight’s girls were the cutest. I was not prepared, in anyway, for this level of cuteness.

We commandeered the Knight’s neighbors back garden for this shoot. Situated in the West Hills, just shy of the Japanese Gardens, the light and surroundings could not have been more magestic and ’secret-garden’ish. We had evening light, a slight breeze and little girls running around. It was a great shoot with an incredible family.

I have SO MANY favorites from this session, it was really hard to narrow it down for the peek below. Hope you enjoy these few: