Engagement

Jennylyn & Daniel
A Chinese Garden and Waterfront Engagement

I met sweet and playful couple, Jennylyn and Daniel, at the magical Lan Su Chinese Gardens in Portland’s Chinatown. The gardens don’t allow professional photography within its walls but the outside made for quite the impressive scene! The simplicity of the wall’s architecture detailed with lively green plants really let the couple’s fun personalities shine.

Jennylyn and Daniel brought some hip jackets to switch up their looks and I’m confident we snapped some cool shots for their mixtape that may or may not drop!  As the sun set lower into the sky we captured lots of laughs and playful poses at the SE waterfront. This stylish couple from California is planning an intimate destination Portland wedding this month! Thank you for choosing me to convey the special love you share together. 

Jessica Hill PhotographyJennylyn & Daniel | A Chinese Garden and Waterfront Engagement
Wedding

Taylor and David
A Lan Su Chinese Garden Wedding

After meeting Taylor at the iconic Heathman restaurant (she trained me to be a hostess there while I started this amazing biz back in 2007!) and photographing her and David’s iconic Cannon Beach engagement session; I knew their wedding would be truly momentous. We started with some organic and chill getting ready photos with the couple before the best man and maid of honor revealed the beautiful Taylor via their vintage pocket doors. Her gorgeous hair and makeup by the talented Kirstie Wight. Their wedding was a collaboration of friends and family, from their friend Sarah who created the very impressive florals to Annie who took on the important day-of coordinator role!  Lan Su Chinese Garden Weddings might be some of my absolute faves, with its impressive architecture, lush gardens, bridges and hidden nooks. The emotional ceremony took place after sunset so it was quite dark, but I love the mood it created with the photos! Vibrant Table baked up some very delicious food while friends and family gathered for the Samoan Siva dance. This dance has been a part of David’s family for generations and was very fun to photograph. So incredible to watch and see Grandma literally pass this graceful dance from generation to generation.  Needless to say their wedding was full of true joy and exuberant love and I’m so honored to have been the one to document it!

Jessica Hill PhotographyTaylor and David | A Lan Su Chinese Garden Wedding
Events

Lan Su Chinese Garden Open House

The Lan Su Chinese Garden open house was a beautiful evening full of fun flavors, smells and sights. Vibrant Table recently began managing this stunning garden and making sure each and every event is executed with perfection. This night was a perfect showcase of this, with festive drinks, gorgeous flowers from Vibrant Flowers, delicious food from Food in Bloom, a remarkable pagoda cake created by La Jaconde Cakes, and a fun dragon dance from the Portland Lee Association dance team. Cheers to a fabulous night!

Jessica Hill PhotographyLan Su Chinese Garden Open House
Wedding

Amy and Lulzim
Lan Su Chinese Garden Wedding

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Amy and Lulzim’s wedding at the stunning Lan Su Chinese Garden was elegant, garden-inspired and dreamy. Liam Gillies photographed this lovely day, with help from Erica Davis. Thanks so much L and E… Awesome job! The couple had their first glance at the lovely Nines hotel and traveled to the gardens for the magical day. Kirstie Wight did the fresh and beautiful makeup and the romantic flowers were from Jordan at Blum, Amy’s mom lent her Chinese vases to the decor, which made for a lovely look. Adrianne with Paradox Productions kept the dance floor going all night and laughter, dancing and love filled the cosmos. Thank you Amy and Lulzim for choosing the Jessica Hill Photography team!

Jessica Hill PhotographyAmy and Lulzim | Lan Su Chinese Garden Wedding
Events

Inspired Spring Wedding Concept Shoot

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The foundation of a wedding is love, and the foundation of the wedding industry is community. That’s why I love concept shoots! It’s a great way to create a specific style for a wedding idea and have fun with other wedding professionals. Portland has an incredibly talented and hip wedding community and I couldn’t have been happier or more blessed to collaborate with the following vendors for this inspired spring wedding photo shoot at the Lan Su Chinese Gardens. I can’t thank all of you enough for your hard work!

Venue: Lan Su Chinese Garden
Flowers and Styling: Punch Portland
Day Of Coordination: Kimberly for Bridal Bliss
Event Rentals: The Party Place
Umbrella Rental: Bella Umbrella
Dress: Reverie by Melissa Sweet from Annas Bridal
Shoes: Nina Electra Macy’s
Jewelry: Grayling
Hairpieces: Austie Eckley
Makeup & Hair: Shannon for Austie Eckley Makeup
Three Piece Suit/Tie/Pocket square: Duchess Clothier
Cufflinks/Tie clip: Vintage sold at Duchess Clothier
Models: Meghan & Tim (I’m lucky enough to be photographing their wedding on Aug. 6th this year, so this was great practice for the big day!)
thank you all!

Jessica Hill PhotographyInspired Spring Wedding Concept Shoot