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This is Me

Hi there! I am Missy Cochran and I love photography, I fact, you could say that I am obsessive. It all started when I got married and had my wonderfully awesome grandpa take my pictures. He was a professional photographer and I thought all photographers were the same. After the wedding, I got the pictures back and they were all very traditional. Not grandpa’s fault, but mine for not knowing what I wanted. Anyway, I realized too late that I had actually wanted something different than what I got. Since my wedding is all over, I now get to live vicariously through my awesome couples. Other stuff about me is that I make a goal every three months to run regularly, but haven’t yet quite found my mojo. I think I like the idea of being a runner but maybe I am not really one at heart! I love sweets and I love my church and doing things that add joy to my life.

About the Blog-site

featuring my latest photo sessions, tips for photographers, ideas to make your pictures better, and tidbits about my life all randomly jumbled together. Using "categories" on the top menu can help you isolate your interest. If you like what you see, add me to your subscriptions to get the latest updates to the blog. Also I love comments! I read them all and try to reply to everyone.

Photo by DIANNE BENTZ

Monthly Archives: July 2009

I love getting ready pictures!

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The lovely bride featured here is Jenny, she was a wonderful sport!  I can’t wait to post the rest of these on instaproofs!

A few details

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More from the Nines Hotel,

Something Different

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Taken at the Nines Hotel. In the lobby of the 8th floor, there is this really cool and colorful tool hanging in panels from the ceiling. I shot through to tool which gave the images a really ethereal color cast! None of these photographs are photoshoped, they are all three straight from the camera!

Molly and Chris Instaproofs Store

Hey, the rest are posted here, remember these?

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More Chad and Toni

I know the suspense has been killing you.  You saw those cute shoes and are so anxious to see the rest of Chad and Toni.  Well, if you haven’t checked out their instaproofs gallery, here they are in all their head-over-heals-for-each-other glory!

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Can you tell I love them in black and white? Here they are in color…
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See the rest of this event here.

Chad and Toni Engagements

So, I am starting to do something a little different.  I just got this really amazing storefront to host all my sessions at http://missy.instaproofs.com/.  As soon as your event is posted, you can sign up for an automated email to tell you when the pictures are ready to look at and it’s a really fun and easy way for me to do some really cool stuff like, oh I don’t know, run sales.  Yes sales!  I have never been able to do it so easily so jump on over and sign up to see the rest of these images!!

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Oops I missed one :)

This one is from Kelsey and John Mark, one of my favorites and I can’t believe I missed it! 

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Kelsey and John Mark

LIVE IN Beaverton Oregon OCCUPATIONS She’s a first grade teacher and he does Business Development for Vision Plastics NUMBER OF ATTENDEES 200 NUMBER OF ATTENDANTS Eight bridesmaids and five groomsmen HOW THEY MET They were set up through friends at a BBQ THE ENGAGEMENT He proposed in Drake Park, in Bend after a riverfront bike ride.  They continued the evening of celebration at Pine Tavern restaurant with their parents WHAT ATTRACTED HER TO HIM His passion for the outdoors, love for his family, and his funny jokes! WHAT ATTRACTED HIM TO HER Her compassion for others, loving character, and her appetite for adventure.  Bonus:  She had a road bike and a set of skis! A DATE THEY’LL ALWAYS REMEMBER Last summer, when they biked from Seattle to Portland! WEDDING THEME Nature-inspired: bright, cheery, elegant WEDDING COLORS Slate blue, lime green, lemon yellow  WEDDING FLOWERS white & yellow tulips, roses, calalillies, and freesia WEDDING DESSERT Ruby Jewel ice cream sandwiches FAVORITE DETAIL The ceremony took place at a golf course on the 14th hole, with a view of the whole course and Mt. Hood.  They also loved the wheat grass name cards (probably because of all the work that went into them) THE MOST UNEXPECTED ELEMENT The S’s had been deleted from the seating assignment chart HOW THE WEDDING WAS DIFFERENT THAN THEY EXPECTED Fire truck and ambulance showed up to the ceremony for a peanut allergy THREE ADJECTIVES TO DESCRIBE THE WEDDING Gorgeous, whimsical, fun  HONEYMOON DESTINATION Maui, Hawaii

CEREMONY AND RECEPTION SITE Oswego Lake Country Club
PHOTOGRAPHER Missy Cochran
CATERER Oswego Lake Country Club
FLOWERS J &J Flowers, Lake Oswego
DESSERT Ruby Jewel
RINGS Kassab Jewelers
GOWN DESIGNER Marisa
VEIL AND ACCESSORIES Wore sister’s veil, earrings and bracelet- Madri
FORMAL WEAR Mr. Formal
MAKEUP Karen Snodgrass
HAIR Karen Snodgrass
OFFICIANT Pastor Ford Jordan (brother-in-law)
INVITATIONS The Wedding Cottage
RENTAL A to Z Party Rentals
HONEYMOON Maui, Hawaii
PLANNER Mother Shelley Hume

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Wyatt and Tracy’s Wedding Story

NAMES Tracey & Wyatt LIVE IN Corvallis, OR  OCCUPATIONS She’s an accountant’s office assistant and he’s a CEM student NUMBER OF ATTENDANTS Just the two of us J and the family HOW THEY MET She didn’t want to give him a chance, he changed her mind. Then they got married. THE ENGAGEMENT He just moved in to his new his new apartment and she came to help out.  WHAT ATTRACTED HER TO HIM His persistence and his “beautiful blue” eyes WHAT ATTRACTED HIM TO HER She provided a challenge and her smile WEDDING THEME Chocolate WEDDING COLORS Chocolate Brown and Royal blue WEDDING FLOWERS Mini calla lilies, white gerbera daisies and delphiniums and some other white flowers WEDDING CAKE Vanilla goodness, and not really sure his mom made it THE MOST UNEXPECTED ELEMENT It rained that morning so we had to move it inside. It was surprisingly beautiful. And her bottom retainer was thrown away on her cake plate HOW THE WEDDING WAS DIFFERENT THAN THEY EXPECTED It wasn’t as stressful as I had prepared for and it went by really fast THREE ADJECTIVES TO DESCRIBE THE WEDDING Happy, relaxed, ready HONEYMOON DESTINATION Lincoln City, OR later… the Bahamas CEREMONY AND RECEPTION SITE The Church of Jesus Christ of LDS Corvallis Stake Center

PHOTOGRAPHER Missy Cochran
FLOWERS- Expressions In Bloom – Corvallis – My sister in law put them together
CAKE –Wyatt’s mom
RINGS Fred Meyer Jewelers and Titanium K 
FORMAL WEAR Mr. Formal
INVITATIONS My mom made them with a good buy at Michael’s
HONEYMOON Starfish Manor, Lincoln City, OR later 

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Chris and Molly Engagement Pictures in the countryside

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