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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

Dancing Girl

Turn on the jams and rock out!

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Hilary Helton - Oh how sweet! What a beautiful little girl.March 10, 2010 - 10:35 pm

Caylene G. Fitness Competitor

Caylene  called me today asking for some pictures that she needed for Wednesday.  It’s a photographer’s dream to be able to take pictures on one of the most beautiful days in an otherwise gloomy Oregon winter.  Here is what we got.

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Children and Family Portrait Sale

Hi everyone, here’s the deal

If you book a family of children session to take place in May, you will get the session and the 8×10 print ready disc for $350!  I just bought a book about children’s portrait sessions (a very expensive book) and I want to try out the ideas.  So, let’s say you want to book a session.  Call me (or email and I will call you) and we will chat about what you are hoping to get out of the session.  I will ask about the images you like on my website so that we can book a similar session for you.  I will help you with clothing options phone and email.  The disc is for your personal use only.  You will still get a gallery for family to order from if they want to and it will be available to you for ordering large prints or albums, but if you only want the disc, that it totally fine!

This one is new, you pick the location (I will give you pointers when we chat).  I am charging $2 a mile for any location outside of zip code 97229 and I expect to travel since everything I photograph is on location.  I use google maps to figure out how much to charge for travel, so hopefully that will give you an idea.  Oh, and if you have a friend who wants to do this to and we book the session for the same day and location back-to-back, I will waive the travel fee up to 50 miles and if you have two friends (three sessions) at the same location, back-to-back, I will waive travel up to 100 miles.

This Month may book up really fast, so don’t wait to call! I am so excited to get some momentum taking portraits!!

The link to children’s portfolio

Baby Michael part 2

More of Mel’s sweet baby boy.  We did some pictures once she was home from the hospital.

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Katie Anderson - I love all the baby wrinkles on the last one : ) Beautiful images.January 20, 2010 - 7:51 am

Hilary Helton - So adorable! Great photos, Missy!January 20, 2010 - 10:31 am

Rebecca - So adorable. I love the little feet!January 20, 2010 - 1:23 pm

Amy Nieto - What a darling baby :)January 24, 2010 - 1:35 am

Kisha of Sahara Blue - found your blog via the film is not dead blog. great work! love the colours & tones. also love your other blog about learning film. i'm teaching myself film & have found some great info there!February 28, 2010 - 7:16 pm

Experimental Photo Session

Erika’s Ann invited me to co-shoot this session with her.  She lured me there with the promise of horses and dreadlocks.  It was so fun hanging out with Erika and her friends who prodused this editorial style session with resources on hand.  You can see the rest of the photos here.

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Hilary Helton - These are so beautiful, Missy. The dreadlocks would have lured me in, too!January 6, 2010 - 8:24 am

Lizzy Fotheringham - I want dreads so bad...I'm determined to get them when I'm in collegeJanuary 7, 2010 - 10:06 pm

Samantha’s Senior Pictures

We went to Helvetia Oregon for these pictures, my favorite spot.  Sam was a dream to photograph.  You can see the rest here.

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Michael E - Great images Missy!December 29, 2009 - 1:34 pm

Vibrant Photography - Gorgeous photos :)January 19, 2010 - 6:26 pm

Baby Michael

Because of the swine flu, the hospitals are limiting the number of visitors to their maternity ward.  I got to be one of two people allowed to visit my sister when she had her baby because she wanted pictures.  Many of you know Melanie, she second shoots all my weddings with me and she got a chance to see what it feels like to be the subject of photography.  Here is her brand new baby, Michael, in the hospital and one of Kevin, her husband, who was the only other person allowed to visit.

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Kim O'Neil - Yay!! He is just precious! And Mel, you look fabulous!!! Congratulations. Nice job, Missy.December 23, 2009 - 4:37 pm

Jenni Carmon - Welcome baby Michael! Beautiful images. Love them all.December 23, 2009 - 5:07 pm

bethanyfphotography - Oh, what a sweetie! I was waiting to see when pictures would pop up! They're all beautiful, Missy!December 23, 2009 - 6:53 pm

Maalaea - So beautiful!!!December 23, 2009 - 7:46 pm

Rebecca - Congratulations to your sister! What a beautiful precious little baby!December 25, 2009 - 10:55 pm

Kari - Precious!December 26, 2009 - 12:56 am

Melanie Jade - Missy, these are so precious, and just exactly what I was wanting...can't wait to see the next series!!!December 27, 2009 - 1:11 pm

Bunn Salarzon | Photographer - Welcome, Baby Michael! Congratulations to Melanie, Kevin, and Auntie Missy!December 28, 2009 - 12:28 am

Katie Anderson - Aw, Missy, these are absolutely wonderful. What a gift for Mel to have and treasure these forever.December 29, 2009 - 9:37 pm

Chad and Toni’s Wedding at St. Josef’s Winery Oregon

See the rest HERE!

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Deyla Huss Photography - Cute Cute Cute! I love her hairpiece! great job Missy!November 18, 2009 - 4:06 pm

Jenni Carmon - Another beautiful wedding Missy. So soft, beautiful and warm.November 18, 2009 - 5:14 pm

JB White - Fantastic shots Missy!November 18, 2009 - 6:00 pm

Rebecca {A Niko Productions Video + Photo} - So cute! Great job . . . as usual!!!November 21, 2009 - 1:40 pm

Melinda Ortley - These are great! Have you completely crossed over to film? I would love to do the same. Any advice?December 8, 2009 - 8:36 am

Vibrant Photography - Wonderful photos :)December 8, 2009 - 10:08 am

JulieLim - I just love the tones of these images! Beautiful and gorgeous photos as always. Thanks for sharing :)December 9, 2009 - 9:14 am

Lexy R. Senior Pictures

I am so behind with blogging!  Here is my latest senior session and I promise to catch up one of these days!!

This was probably the most eventful session I have ever done because Lexy’s friend who drove, locked her keys in the car and we couldn’t finish the session without the other outfit changes!  The three of us trecked up the road to the nearest house in order to borrow a phone book and we called a locksmith.  We tried 411 on a cell phone, but lost the signal halfway through the conversation.  After using every random odd and end we found in my car to get into their car, we gave up and sat in my car trying to stay as warm as possible.  Le’ me tell ya!  These gals are hillarious!!  I can see why they are such great friends ;)

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Deyla Huss - So cute!!! cant wait to see the rest!October 27, 2009 - 3:37 pm

JulieLim - lol, what a story! phew, locking keys in your car is a pain! two images you put up are beautiful, can't wait to see more :)October 28, 2009 - 8:42 am

missy cochran - They are posted in the link attached to this post. I see now that it's a little confusing ;)October 28, 2009 - 9:03 am

Madeline’s Dowtown Portland Senior Pictures

See the rest of the pictures here!

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Teresa - Missy, they are gorgeous.. i want details :) I hope you are doing well.September 23, 2009 - 2:26 pm

Katie Anderson - These are like straight out of a fashion magazine!!September 23, 2009 - 9:02 pm

Rebecca (A Niko Productions Video) - Hey Missy, these are so cute. I especially love the last two with her cute white blouse!September 24, 2009 - 7:53 am

Jenni Carmon - Simply AWESOME!September 24, 2009 - 10:41 pm

Melissa - Wonderful job missy. These are fabulous. I really like the amount of images you are posting too. Its variety with out being over too much. I need to work on that.September 25, 2009 - 9:45 am

Brianna Phelan - Love the 2nd shot!September 29, 2009 - 9:37 am

JulieLim - This is beautiful! Love the crispness of color and bokeh is to die for. Wish you can tell us a little about the gear details :)September 30, 2009 - 12:00 pm

Brianna Phelan - Gorgeous girl - love the last two shots!October 5, 2009 - 11:07 am

Deyla Huss Photography - What a beautiful Senior! her style is fierce, I love these Missy!October 5, 2009 - 2:48 pm

Alexandra - I love your photos :) They are all so beautiful and have a very natural feel to them that I really like. I'll be following :)October 6, 2009 - 3:16 pm

Maalaea - Missy these are gorgeous!!!October 8, 2009 - 10:28 pm

Amy Nieto - Great job Missy! (oh wow look at me, I'm actually going through my blog subscriptions after 4 months!)November 8, 2009 - 1:50 pm