Cardas Photography {PhotoBlog}

{Josh} Senior Pictures - Bandon, Oregon

With High School Senior pictures we shoot a lot of sessions in the obvious (beautiful) locations around town. Old Town, The Coquille River Lighthouse, the awesome beaches, the park - but I also love it when a Senior wants to keep it on his own home turf - because that is what will hold the most special memories for him when time and distance take their toll. Josh wanted to have his portrait session on his family's Cranberry farm on the outskirts of Bandon, and I was thrilled at the opportunity to capture it for him.  I also loved being able to capture another member of this awesome family - it seems like it was just the other day when I shot his sister Katie's wedding!

Have I ever mentioned I LOVE cows??

They weren't as impressed with me...

 

 
 
 

 

Thank you so much for inviting me over to your home to capture this time for you!  Congratulations on a successful Senior year including being one of the class of 2011's Valedictorians!

Check out more from Josh's Senior Session >>> HERE <<<

 

{Haley} Senior Pictures - Bandon, Oregon

We squeezed in a couple more Bandon High School Seniors before they left for their class trip to California!  Haley decided to shoot her session at the top of the hill at the Catholic cemetary. Sound strange? Maybe a little, lol, but it has one of the prettiest views of Old Town Bandon, the lighthouse and the bay area. We found some really cool spots!

 

 

Congratulations Haley! 

You can check out more from Haley's Senior Photo Session >>>HERE<<<

{Giving Back} May Food Drive - Final Tally!

Thank you all SO much for your support for my Birthday month food drive!!

 

In physical donations from friends, family and clients - we had 65 cans of food which equalled 58lbs when I dropped it off at Good Neighbors food bank this morning!!

In "virtual" donations in the form of comments on blog posts, new fans of Cardas Photography and Bandon Business Spotlight on Facebook, Re-tweets on Twitter, and comments on Facebook photos and posts, we had 88 total!!

I was going to buy those 88 cans of food and donate them, but instead I decided that the food bank can stretch the dollars they have buying bulk better than I can. So I decided to donate a dollar for every virtual can of food which combined with the real food was 153 - which I then rounded up to 200 with a cash donation of $135 along with the real cans of food.

Thank you all again for making my birthday month so special!!

{Sara and Jay} Engagement - Bandon Dunes, Bandon Oregon

Bandon Dunes was the natural choice for a location for this engagement session, as both Sara and Jay work there! The Rhodies weren't out as much as we had hoped, but it was cool to see the famous Labyrinth!

 
 

According to the plaque - "The Labyrinth is a metaphor for our journey through life. Its path leads toward an inner light, to the center of our self and the center of the sacred; one and the same. Its direction, at times, is confusing, taking us around, and then back again. Yet, it is through this circular journey of discovery and growth that we reconnect to where we once began. In memory of Howard McKee, whose own journey through the labyrinth contributed to the vision and experience that is Bandon Dunes."

 

I think that description is very fitting for the journey that is marriage, don't you think?

 

 

 

 

Thanks so much to you both! I am looking forward to capturing your big day in September!

Check out more from their session in the forest at Bandon Dunes >>> HERE <<<