Shirley Blake Photography

07/29/2018

I am sending all galleries tonight and tomorrow! Thank you for being so patient it has been a very busy past few weeks full of many cool events.

06/01/2018

Victoria + Valentina, my two darling nieces! 💛

05/07/2018

Hello, wanted to share this darling family! I was very lucky to photograph this trio when they were expecting Drake. Now I get to photograph Drake, his awesome parents + super sweet family. The Hescock-Green-Bird family is an amazingly, loving + sweet family. They were a pleasure to work with, thank you! ✨

I wish you all a great week! 🌲

05/06/2018

03/25/2018

Today I had the honor to photograph this dreamy + engaged couple Mark + Danell!

We had this engagement session scheduled for over a month. As the day approached the weather was snowy, rainy + cold, but it’s Oregon + our weather is totally moody. Mark is a farmer + Danell is an agriculture devotee + future farmer’s wife so the weather did not phase anyone. It was SUCH a fun session, we drove around our neighborhood which consists of fields, scenic views, elk, snowy mountains + these two wonderful people!

Thank you for being so simple, genuine + easy-going.

I am so excited + happy for these people, congratulations to Mark + Danell!

Shirley Blake Photography

03/25/2018

What does a photographer do on Saturday nights when her babies are sleeping? Edit pictures, of course!

Today I had a dreamy engagement session looking forward to sharing a sneak peek!

03/19/2018

Daffodils, cherry blossoms, spring + love is in the air!

How refreshing it was photographing a newly engaged couple. We had a blast, the weather was amazing + the evening was just right. Choosing a sneak peek was hard! I am looking forward to blogging about these amazing people + the extra special place we captured some pictures in!

Congratulations to Garrett + Hailey!

03/19/2018

I should be sleeping but I am over here finishing up sneak peeks for a dear client, freshly engaged!

Darling couple! I am very excited to share more!

03/18/2018

Happy Birthday Emma!

She is a genuinely beautiful person inside + out!

03/14/2018

All because two people fell in love…

I adore couple pictures! I LOVE love. Is there anything else that is better than love in this world?

+ Also wanted to share ( here ) that I am now offering WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY PACKAGES, yay! I am only taking on 6 weddings max per year. This is due to offering my absolute best, quality time to each + every couple. Weddings are a big deal. Biggest commitment everrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. I take photographing your precious moments seriously.

I am a wife + mom, that always comes before anything else. Photography takes a lot more time than most people think. The actual picture taking part is only about 20% of your experience. It takes various hours to edit pictures to consistency, to get them ready, processed, + delivered. There is also the initial time of scheduling + coordinating. Plus I am a PERFECTIONIST (sprinkle a few more minutes here + there). In all things that I do I try really, really hard + I give it my best because every person deserves the best of everything. I absolutely LOVE doing photography + am so thankful to be able to share that with others!

Aside from photography, I cook meals, clean, do laundry, play with my kids, have two dogs, work, am a wife, go to church on Sundays, hahaha the list goes on. Thankfully I have very awesome family + friends that support me, believe in me + really cheer me on.

Thank you for all of your support I hope to continue to talk about how photography works (works for me) so you all can better understand the business! I hope your photography experience is the very best whether it is with me, with your iphone or anyone really. Hahaha okay we’ll call that a wrap!

03/13/2018

Sweet dreams.

03/13/2018

I have a new logo, it is three dimensional. Three is my favorite number. Really good things come in three, the Holy Trinity (Father, Son, Holy Spirit), I love my three boys. Growing up in a family of six, three boys, three girls, three letters in G O D, three day weekends are AWESOME! The list goes on….. hahaha. This logo was meant to capture my style, a little romantic, a little simple, and overall timeless.