Kim and Cedric's Engagement Session All Over Portland

Man, I've got to shoot in Portland more often. Kim and Cedric took me on a whirlwind tour of the city as we ran from the Pearle District, to the Waterfront, to some mansion that overlooked the whole city. It was great! I loved their expressions. Cedric has an unbelievable talent to make Kim laugh and I really enjoyed capturing their relationship with the beautiful city as the backdrop.
If you like these pictures and would like to see more, Kim and Cedric are now one of the featured engagement sessions on my main site.

Carmen and Dale's Engagement Session

Being a wedding photographer is a great job. I get to be around really happy people. The hard part is that when family members get married I often already have a wedding booked. Although I won't be able to attend my aunt Carmen's wedding, I was able to shoot Dale and Carmen's engagement session this last week. Their wedding will be really beautiful and is going to incorporate fields of beautiful flowers and Native American traditions. I wish I could be there, but I'm glad I had the chance to shoot their engagement session because the sun is back, the flowers are blooming, the grass is green and it is a great time to be in the Willamete Valley.

Wedding Hair and Makeup by Nicole Wagner

If you haven't booked your hair and makeup for you wedding day make sure and take a look at Nicole Wagner's new site. I've shot a few weddings with Nicole and she always does a fabulous job. Her new website really shows off her work. Check it out!

Becerra Photography Workshop

Ok. You’ve just bought your first real digital camera. Probably a Digital Rebel, or a Nikon D70. You’ve got a couple of lenses and are ready to embark on a great summer vacation with the kids. Only one problem. What the heck do all of those buttons mean?

If you’ve ever felt like this, I have the solution for you. I’m very excited to announce that I will be offering a series of workshops for people who have a Digital SLR and are looking to learn how to use it.

The idea for the workshops came to me from a couple different sources. First, I’ve had a lot of people emailing me about offering some sort of a workshop, and second it seems like many of the parents of my students have said, “I wish I could take your class”.

Because I want to give everyone some one on one time, and individual instruction, class size will be limited to 8 people. The workshops will be a three part series with each session lasting 5 hours. A description of each workshop follows:

The Basics - This is the course where you learn the foundations of photography. I’ll cover how to manually control your camera while focusing on two areas, Exposure and Composition.

The People – On your amazing summer vacation you’re definitely going to want to capture images of your family. I’ll show you how to get great individual and group shots.

The Scenery- Most people want to take a summer vacation to a beautiful place. But sometimes its hard to know how make your pictures look as good as they did in person. I’ll teach you how to take everything from pictures of flowers to breathtaking sunsets.

Are you interested? Email me at chris@becerraphotography.com to find out more about pricing and specific dates.

p.s. This is NOT a workshop for professional photographers. It is an opportunity for regular people who enjoy taking pictures and want to learn more about the process. I think a lot of people end up paying upwards of $1000 for a camera but then don’t invest in actually learning how to use it. This is a chance to learn how preserve memories for a lifetime.

A relaxing Sunday

Today was a beautiful day. Spending it with these two made it even more beautiful.

WeddingWire.com's Bride's Choice Award

I haven't really been into entering photography competitions. Not that I'm against it I just haven't really felt the need to yet. However something that I'm really proud of is that I was awarded a 2009 Bride's Choice Award from Weddingwire.com

Here is what weddingwire has to say:

"In its inaugural year, the Bride's Choice Awards recognizes vendors from the WeddingWire Network that demonstrate excellent quality of service, responsiveness, professionalism, value of cost and flexibility. Unlike other awards in which winners are selected by the company, the Bride's Choice Awards are determined exclusively by recent newlyweds (brides and grooms) through surveys and reviews. Our winning vendors have set the bar high for this competition, demonstrating excellent service and expertise in their industry."

You can read the reviews or write your own here.
Thank you to all the brides who reviewed me. It has been a pleasure working with you!