You might have noticed this blog is barely ever updated… our apologies. Even though we’re not posting new work, that doesn’t mean we’re not busy! We do have intentions of dedicating more time to updating this blog in the future… but until then, please feel free to follow us at:
Blaine and Bethany Slideshows Page (all our recent wedding slideshows!)
and
The Blaine Franger Photography Blog (Blaine’s blog)
and
Blaine and Bethany Travels (Bethany’s blog)
and
THANKS!
Yes I know… we’ve fallen terribly behind on updating this blog! The intention was to blog all the weddings we photographed. I only ended up getting about 2 weddings blogged (out of about 30) from 2008! Those two weddings took me a long time to blog… about 3 hours each, sometimes more! So, I just need to not be such a perfectionist and find a happy medium. So until I find that balance, I’ll try to post other things too.
Anyway, onto the point of this post… We love clients that blog! Joy and Jay’s wedding in 2007 was so incredible, and we’ve been fortunate to keep up with them because we photographed Jay’s sisters wedding in NY in 2008, and also they come to visit Hood River every so often too. :)
Joy and Jay just revived their blog and wrote a super awesome post about their wedding, and included lots of great photos by some great photographers ;) Check it out here!
Also, I’ve been blogging consistently at my personal blog, so check that one out too! http://www.blainefranger.com/blog/
Best, Blaine
We just added a new page to our website called “Raves” where we snagged bits and pieces from our amazing clients thank-you cards and emails. Not sure why we didn’t post this stuff earlier!?
Check it out on our website!
PS- The image was taken at Michael and Shelly’s wedding reception at the beautiful Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood. It started snowing… in AUGUST!! Luckily the reception was inside the nice & warm lodge. :)
We’re leaving in a few minutes and will be out of the office for the next week to shoot a wedding in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic! Should be a good time! 
Here is a pic of the all inclusive resort we’re staying in!
We just noticed our clients Chris and Aviva gave us a nice review on a website called WeddingMapper.com
Here is what they said: “We cant emphasis enough how important it is to have good photographers and these guys were incredible. Not only talented and organized, they were fun to work with. And of course we love the outcome: beautiful albums and online slideshows and framed prints…”
Thanks Chris and Aviva!
You can see thier slideshow here: http://www.blaineandbethany.com/slideshows/avivachriswedding/
Well, after an incredibly busy summer of 2007, and then 6 months of traveling the world November-May… it’s back to the real world for Bethany and I! Luckily, we love our job, so it’s not all that bad.
We’ve been back in America for just over a month, and have already photographed 4 weddings in 3 different states, and have been working nonstop to get a bunch of new things rolling.
First, our new website! Our previous website was in need of some mega help and updating. So, announcing the brand new www.blaineandbethany.com! A big thanks to the awesome and incredibly helpful guys at BIGFolio!
Second, looks like you’ve found our new BLOG! Just what the world needs… another blog! We hope to keep it interesting though with consistent updates of new photos, travels, and just random life stuff, so bookmark it (or add it to your RSS feed), check back often, and leave us comments!
Third, Blaine and Bethany Photography now has a Facebook page! Why? Um, I’m not sure why… or exactly what the point is… but it seems kinda fun. Check it out and sign up to be a fan!
And lastly, we’ve leased a new office in beautiful downtown Hood River, Oregon! The purpose of our office is to serve as a nice and comfortable place to meet with our clients to show our books and albums. It’s also been great for Bethany and I to spread out our computer and hard drive collection on a huge custom desk . We’ve been much more productive with our time being able to work at a real desk in a real office!
We bought the desk, shelfs, coffee table, and other misc furnishings at IKEA and found the 3 piece leather sofa set at City Liquidators in Portland.
I wasn’t going to post any photos yet because we still have some finishing touches to do, like find a cool rug for the meeting area, and plaster the walls with huge photo prints… but, I couldn’t resist… so below are photos of our new office in it’s “not-quite-finished” state!
Our address is: 216 Cascade Avenue, Suite 26, Hood River, Oregon 97031
Front view from Cascade Avenue (top left is our office, downstairs is Real Wind)
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