The rain fell hard and rapped on the top of our car as we drove towards downtown Portland. It was nasty out so I held my phone and waited to see if she would call to cancel our photo shoot. We made it to the city and still no phone call. We finally met with Christina + Reuben and they were more than excited to shoot in the rain. What?! I was perplexed and totally stoked. It's not very often that we find a couple who is willing to get drenched and be photographed. Let's just be honest...we all know that we look a little "wrecked" when we get rained on. Who wants a photograph of that?
The rain fell in a light mist that coated the streets and side walks. There we were huddled under our umbrellas talking about life, taking pictures and laughing about the most trivial things. We would occasional bust up as Christina would roll her Rs as her true ethnicity would come out. I love accents! Christina had a way of playing with Reuben that was so amazing to photograph. He would just hold her and look in her eyes as if to say, "I am the luckiest man in the world."
I can see why, because she must be some sort of super woman who somehow looks better the more she gets drenched. I haven't figured it out yet, but it just isn't right.
We are so excited to be photographing their wedding next month. If this is just a small example of how well they handle things going wrong then we are in for a great day.



See, there is that special look.



She is so sassy I loved it. We would ask her to pose and she would create it into this fierce look that was just so amazing.










I love downtown Portland. We don't get many opportunities to explore the streets so we loved this opportunity to find this cities little treasures.







Eddie kept telling me, "I just don't get that shoe picture." I guess it's because he wasn't as in love with her red heels as I was.