[Concert] The Black Keys at the The Crystal Ballroom - 8.5.10

Hi everyone!

As our Wedding 2010 season winds down -- no more weddings shoots, just editing  and finishing up album designs :) -- we are getting back in to our Concert Photography shoots.

This is exciting, since we love music and great shows tend to come to Portland during the fall/winter months.

We have a separate web site for all of our concert photography, ranging from great local bands to major label  artists. Be sure to bookmark that site and to check it often! Lots of new goodies to look through, on an ongoing basis :)

This past October 5th, I had the opportunity to photograph The Black Keys, on their second night, at the Crystal Ballroom. What an amazing show! Full house (sold out both nights) and great lighting on stage, as always.

I was granted a photo pass while my friend Carrie has the press pass, with which she got to enjoy the show and then write about it on our affiliate web site: Melophobe.

Here is a Sneak Peek of the show.

Here are links to the full set of images as well as Carries eloquent, cynical and sincere review!

See the FULL SET of my images from this show on our Passions Site HERE!

See the review as well as a handful of my images on Melophobe HERE!

Thanks for looking! :)

~ Alice

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[Travels] Glorious Mt. Hood

Summer 2010.

June 19th, to be exact.


With the weather, this year, having been so wet and cold and cloudy, we weren't sure we would be able to see Mt Hood in all its glory, this past Saturday, during our second wedding of the summer 2010 season.


Turns out... the clouds dissipated and the mountain showed its face!


Here are some of the images of her.


Location: Mt Hood Organic Farms, Mt. Hood, OR

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[Local Portland Music] If this music video doesn't put a smile on your face and make you shake your boootay, there is definitely something wrong with you! :-)

As some of you may know, Josh and I are avid fans of one of the most talented local Portland Oregon bands around. They are musicians, friends, talents, lovable and fun!! The Quick & Easy Boys!

Their brand spankin' new web site will be completed and live in the next few days (Josh is their web master). Here's the link to the cool placeholder. Bookmark it!

We of MoscaPhoto are their official photographers and are having a blast shooting them! Just wait till you see the awesome centerfold we did for their new album! By the way, their new album release party is something NOT to be missed! So if you are in the Portland area and want to have a night of shakin' and dancin'... be here: The Wonder Ballroom, May 22nd 2010.

Here is their facebook event page where you can find more info on the opening bands (Lewi Longmire Band & The Freak Mountain Ramblers) and start times and where you can RSVP if you want. It WILL be FUN!! I'll see you there!

For a taste of their energy and love for music and life, I am embedding an awesome view of one of their happiest songs to date! A song from the above mentioned new album! The video was graciously made for all to enjoy, by one of their fans, Adam Wendt. Thank you Adam!!

By the way, here is the link to their Last.fm page where you can listen to more tunes and even purchase them! 

Yeah Bud! :-)

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Spring Flowers!

What a gorgeous early spring we are having here in Portland!

I know its due to El Niño, which makes my heart ache when I think of the floods and incessant rains in the SW, but I sure love what it does to the NW! Is it wrong and selfish of me to be loving our dry winter and early spring? I think not! The alternative is 8 months of darkness and rain, so, yeah, I'll take this sun! :-)

Today is Wednesday February 24th 2010. It is not as sunny and springy as it was when these photos were taken (which was two days ago), but I just NEED to share them with you! I love the new flowers that pop up all around town when the sun heats up the dormant plants, waking them up.

Josh and I had a nice and fun walk around our gorgeous Alphabet District neighborhood, here in NW Portland. The architecture is amazing, and the landscaping is just as gorgeous. Here are some photos of the blooms we saw along the way, starting in our own yard and then making our way to the District.

Happy Spring 2010!

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Happy Valentine's Day To All our Friends and Family! :)

<3 Happy Valentine's Day Everyone! <3

When Josh and I found one another, we knew we had always known we were soul mates. It became a fable-come-true kind of story... it still feel this way... every single day we wake up to with one another, we are grateful. Nothing but great things will come our way, provided we choose the right path. With each other's strength and support, we will.

We wish everyone the same! We wish a life of inspiration, dedication, learning, dreams, fulfillment and LOVE, to all of you. Peace & Love!

~ Alice & Joshy :-)

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Collection of our favorite wedding photos of our 2009 season!

Summer 2009 (and Fall 2009 also) was a very busy season for Josh and I.

Despite the economy and all of the national and personal issues so many of us seem to have found ourselves stuck in this past year, there was still plenty of room and time for celebration and happiness and family and love.

We met incredible people and witnessed amazing milestones in people's lives.

Being a part of a couple's wedding day is an honor. We are constantly entrusted with a huge responsibility. Lots of pressure around us throughout a shoot of this importance. At the same time, everyone we've crossed paths with, is genuinely glad to have had us be there for them, making our whole experience, one amazing adventure. We get amazing feedback during the wedding and even now, months after the fact!

We get to travel (San Francisco, Minnesota, northern WA coast, and Seattle), gain new experience, new images, new inspiration and new friends.... it is just magical.

LOVE LOVE LOVE what we do ~
thank you to all of our couples of 2009 ~
looking forward to all that will be in 2010 ~

:-)

~ Alice & Josh

Here are a handful of images we adore from our 2009 weddings and engagements. Below them, is a gallery slide show of 500 of our most favorite! I tried HARD to narrow them down to less than that, but couldn't :-) Roam through them and enjoy! :-)

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