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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.

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Artistique Photographie Promo Video featuring Lauren Holmes – Miss Portland’s Outstanding Teen

Lauren wanted something a little different for her senior portraits… She came to the right place since “something different” is what we love to do. Thank you so much Lauren for helping us with this promo video, you rock!

Many thanks to our great friends at Ambient Sky Studios for all of the time and hard work that went in to producing this video.

If you are a senior and just “have to have” a senior video. We do offer them as a package add on. Ask us for details. Enjoy!

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Maria & Kurt’s Wedding at First Baptist Church and the Acadian Ballroom, Portland OR

Maria & Kurt got married at First Baptist Church in Portland on June 27th with the reception following at the Acadian Ballroom. They are such a fun couple and we had an awesome day with them! We met them at the Governor Hotel where they got ready, then the couple with the whole bridal party hopped on the party bus and went to the Treasure Building downtown. We stopped by the park blocks for some more shots on the way to the church. Maria and Kurt included Kurt’s two little girls in their service by performing a sand ceremony uniting the new family. After the ceremony, the party really started at the Acadian! Instead of the traditional first dance, the couple did an MMA fight night number, complete with boxing gloves and a hilarious montage of songs with some funky moves for each. The night finished up with a sparkler exit to Maria’s new orange Dodge Challenger!

The couple had some awesome vendors including Lillypilly, our own wonderful wedding florist! I say it every time, but Wendy and Lindsi are amazing. Scott and Amanda with Ambient Sky (yup, our own wonderful wedding videographers!) shot the video and did a same day edit, which they showed at the reception. A same day edit is a short film of the wedding day from the preparations through the ceremony which is actually shown at the reception! It is truly amazing and a huge surprise for all the guests. You can view it here!

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The "Senior Style Video"™ by Ambient Sky Studios

Artistique Photographie & Ambient Sky Studios are excited to introduce The Senior Style Video™!

We are the first and currently the ONLY senior portrait studio in the country to offer stylized music videos created from your senior portrait session.

Ambient Sky Studios will join us for your senior photo shoot and capture the experience in HDV. Then the editing team goes to work to create a 2 – 3 minute personal stylized music video using your favorite song and you as the star. You will then receive multiple versions of the video on standard DVD, a data DVD with the HD version as well as a coded version to upload to your myspace or youtube.

Your video session will cover about an hour of your senior portrait session or you can have the entire shoot covered. Call for details and pricing.

Here’s a sample, ENJOY!

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Miss Oregon 2007 – Kari Virding

We recently had an AWESOME photo session with Kari Virding, Miss Oregon 2007. Her Miss America send off party was at BMW Motorcycles in Tigard Oregon in January. The team at BMW were very generous and brought a bike down to use during part of Kari’s shoot. Kari was so much fun to work with and we wish her the very best of luck.

Kari’s platform is the amazing Make-A-Wish Foundation®. The Make-A-Wish Foundation® grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy.

Check out Kari’s video that was filmed during our photo shoot by Ambient Sky Studios.






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Great Article!

Here’s a great article from Bethany Hill on AmericanBridal.com American Bridal is a great resource for tips, ideas and information about planning your wedding. Enjoy!

8 SIMPLE RULES FOR CHOOSING A VIDEOGRAPHER/PHOTOGRAPHER

If you would like more information on our services, please visit our website. If you would like more information on videography services, check out Ambient Sky Studios blog for their newest trailers and remember, book with both Artistique Photographie & Ambient Sky Studios and save $200!!!

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