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A little about Michelle & Justin

Portland photography studio Artistique Photographie specializes in beautiful
wedding photography in the Portland Oregon area as well as Seattle, San
Francisco, Napa Valley, Mexico, Hawaii and other destination weddings
worldwide.

Michelle & Justin’s primary goal is that every client ‘s
photography experience is amazing! As newlyweds, best friends,
dog-lovers (particularly their lovable greyhound, Mr. Gordon), business
partners and artists, Michelle and Justin truly enjoy making people
happy through photography. Bringing people together, being part of them
enjoying each other and capturing those special moments is a rewarding
experience. Their award winning wedding photography style may be
described as a fun mix of relaxed, creative portraiture & modern
documentary with a touch of fashion influence. With an extensive
background in formal portraiture, they also capture beautiful, timeless
family portraits to be enjoyed for years to come.

Michelle received her photography training in Minneapolis and
opened her first portrait studio at age 18. She trained in all aspects
of photography, including portraiture, architecture, advertising and
photojournalism, which creates a more rounded and exciting approach to
capturing weddings, family and senior portraits. After owning studios
in both the Minneapolis and Eugene areas, Michelle moved to the
Portland area and started Artistique Photographie with her husband,
Justin in 2004. Since then, they have become recognized as one of the
top studios in the northwest, winning multiple awards for their
creative wedding images and fine art wedding albums.

Monthly Archives: April 2008

Abby’s Studio Portraits

Senior Rep – Rex Putnam High School

We had a lot of fun trying out all of our new cool backgrounds and sets during Abby’s studio rep session. Abby is a 3 sport athlete with a great attitude and personality. We are looking forward to her outdoor shoot coming up this week. Thanks a lot Abby for representing our studio!


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Why Hire a Wedding Planner?

So the average wedding can take as much as 250 hours to plan. A lot of people in todays hectic world just don’t have that kind of time to make the best choices and decisions when it comes to planning their perfect, dream wedding. A wedding coordinator will not only save you valuable time, but will also enable you to get the most for your money as well as make your special day fun, relaxed and stress free.

While wedding coordinators don’t necessarily make decisions for you, they do help guide and assist you in making educated decisions. A wedding planners training, knowledge, and expertise will turn your ideas, dreams and expectations into reality.

While it used to be that a wedding coordinator was a luxury, todays savvy brides are realizing that a planner can help make the very best of any budget.

Still not sure? My best advice (besides photography advice) would be to consider talking to a wedding coordinator such as…

Marilyn Storch of Portland Wedding Planner.

Careful • Creative • Calm
You and your fiancé should look forward to the big day with the least amount of stress possible. After all, this “business” of planning a wedding is quite an undertaking! It involves your closest friends, your loving families, months of planning, legal documents, decisions and deadlines, the hiring of many professionals, emotional overload… and YOU… the star!

With her very specialized knowledge and experience, Marilyn Storch’s goal is to help you plan an affair that is true to your personality and is original in spirit. With her calm nature and professional demeanor, she will lift the load off of your shoulders and into her hands. Her careful behind-the-scenes guidance will put that extra special polish on your wedding day and allow YOU… the STAR!… to shine.


Here are some images from one of our favorite weddings of 2007 that Marilyn coordinated.

Ileana & Craig – September 01, 2007

Marilyn with the very happy groom…

You can see here how happy Ileana & Craig were at the end of their wedding day thanks in no small part to the services and efforts of Marilyn…

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Myriah & Jesse’s Wedding – Portland, Oregon

Myriah & Jesse’s wedding was so much fun. The day was relaxed and everybody was having a great time. This wedding was yet another reminder of how lucky we are to be included in the happiest days of peoples lives and why we do what we do.

The beautiful flowers were done by Lillypilly Floral Artistry.

The reception was at Embassy Suites, Downtown Portland. Embassy Suites does an excellent job. They are very accommodating, the ballrooms are gorgeous and the food is always fantastic. They really went out of their way when we asked to be let in to the window display across the street (seen below).

A special thanks to Bravo Weddings! The window display was still up from the Bravo Wedding Affair hosted by Embassy Suites.

The car was provided by Park Avenue Limousine.


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Sarah & Jonathan’s Wedding – March 01, 2008

Sarah & Jonathan are a really groovy, artistic couple and a lot of fun to work with. Again, we were very lucky to have great weather for an early spring wedding. Thank you Sarah & Jonathan for including us in your special day!

Their wedding and reception was at Holocene, an artsy, urban dance club/bar in the inner SE Portland area. Meredith from Central Park Events was there to coordinate and pull the event together. Video by Shaka-Brah Video Productions. Beautiful Flowers by Blum. Amazing cake by Judy at Dream Cakes.

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Miss Portland Pageant Pictures

Congratulations to all the new title holders crowned last night at the Miss Portland Scholarship Pageant! The winners are:

Miss Portland – Anna Prosser
Miss Multnomah – Nichole Cooper
Miss West Coast – Sylvie Tarpinian
Miss Portland Outstanding Teen – Lauren Holmes
Miss Multnomah’s Outstanding Teen – Sara Crawford
Miss West Coast’s Outstanding teen – Lauren Riback

Click on the link below to view the pageant photos. Find individual contestant photos quickly by searching the “sub folders”. Princess pictures from the evening gown competition can be found in the individual contestants folders.

View Pageant Photos Here

We enjoyed the opportunity to work with all of the amazing contestants.

Have a wonderful day!

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