If you are looking for stellar music then this is the band to check out. Joy Kills Sorrow, based out of Boston, is one of my favorite bands in the car, on the iPod, on stage, and now during a photo session. This shoot was ridiculously fun, and with Portland’s east side as the background...
Wow! Beautiful photo shoot!
Love these pictures. Brings back great memories of that dinner at MOntage! Great to meet you, Joel! Love your work.
Joyce
what a great shoot! love your new blog too!
[...] my shoot with Joy Kills Sorrow, their founder and guitarist, Matt Arcara, was featured in Acoustic Guitar [...]
I realize it’s been a while since I’ve posted, so I added a lot of photos from this wedding to make up for the pause. Rachel & Matt’s wedding was a lot of fun, and it was great to be able to take photos for a friend and fellow photographer! And now, here are a...
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Made me cry.
And hey, no fair coming to Princeton w/o telling us! Next time?
Nice pics, Joel! I looked at all 93 of ‘em, even tho I don’t know them! I like the one of the bride dancing and her flip-flops are showing! Smart girl! Keep up the good work
In my spare time (i.e., 4:30am in the morning!) I like to get outdoors. Today I traveled with my friend, Bryan Rupp to the Wilson River for some fly fishing. It was an amazing morning, with perfectly overcast conditions, complete with Brook Trout. Here’s Bryan letting loose on the river. Here’s yours truly (thanks for...
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Bryan is a stud and I’m going to need to buy a print of him in the river! P.s. Joel, you look pretty good too 
. Glad you guys got to do this, I know it was a fun morning for Bryan.
I wanted my first comment to say just that! Thanks for the awesome morning Joel!
You know I love these.
All I can say is that the location was amazing, and the family (and good friends!) were way too much to photograph! We hit Five Rock Ranch for some Sunday afternoon Mother’s Day photos, and what ensued was a lot of laughter and snapshots. It’s always fun to see families enjoying one another, which was...
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In the last two Cherice had to tell me to stop smiling so much. That’s why I look like a dork.
Great photos. Great setting. Great family. I especially like the last two. The clouds really help create atmosphere. But many other great ones. Emily’s explosions of laughter are great.
That’s right! We officially kicked off our photo riot booth at Twin Rocks Friends Camp this last weekend for a fundraiser we were shooting. And it was a riot! Here’s one from the day that cracked me up. Our dear friends, who are expecting, really got into the spirit of the booth. We’ll be posting...
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This is exactly the kind of preggers photo Lis and Nate would do! Fantastic and fun! And the photo quality is amazing! Bravo
Carmen
This is great Joel!
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