Miguel and Patricia’s Leach Botanical Garden Wedding

Last week PICR–an online resource for booking a photographer–reached out to me to find out some of my favorite photography locations in Portland. They were doing a blog post about great Portland backdrops and I mentioned that one of my favorites is Leach Botanical Garden in SE Portland. As I was going through photos of the garden to make my case to PICR, I realized that I never released photos from Miguel and Patricia’s amazing wedding at Leach Botanical Garden! That is being corrected today. 😉

I first met Miguel and Patricia at a wedding I photographed in 2014. They were a fun couple and Patricia particularly enjoyed a silly photo I took of Miguel at the event. She told me how it made her laugh and she knew I was the photographer for their nuptials the following year. LOVE that!

The day finally came for Miguel and Patricia’s day, and it was a stunning one. (I’m not talking about the weather!) First I have to start with lovely bride. Patricia has GORGEOUS red hair. Enviable red hair. Combine that with her bow hairstyle (check out the picture), fresh flowers and column wedding dress, and she looked like a goddess! So beautiful.

As you probably gathered from how we met, both Miguel and Patricia are a lot of fun and enjoy laughing. Patricia’s giggle is over the top awesome, and it was my goal to always catch her off guard smiling and laughing. It is so genuine. Thankfully Miguel was a good sport and most of those laughs were at his expense. 🙂

From little gold animals to beautiful wooden signs made by the bride’s father, every little detail made the day special and memorable. The rain left as quickly as it came, and guests enjoyed the amazing selection of food by Voila Catering and cakes by Pearl Bakery.

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the photos take throughout the garden. Make sure you take a look. And yes…I do occasionally ask my couples to shimmy out into the middle of a creek. 🙂

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