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Sam + Tara | Oregon Coast Engagement Session | Corvallis Photographer

Sara Lil Photography — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:36:34 +0000

A few weeks ago Sam and Tara met me in Newport for their engagement session. It was 90 degrees here but when we got to the coast it was 60 degrees, overcast, and windy. We decided to do the shoot anyway, after all that is Oregon weather! We had so much fun walking down the beach getting to know each other and taking fun photos! Below are a few of my favorites:

Thanks Sam and Tara for spending a fun evening with me at the coast! I can’t wait for your September wedding!!

Ace + Kaitlin | Corvallis Wedding Photographer

Sara Lil Photography — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:55:52 +0000

Last Saturday I had the honor of photographing Ace and Kaitlin’s gorgeous wedding at Eagle Rock Lodge. Katilin and Ace did not want many formals so we spent most of our photography time taking creative shots of them and all the great details! This is SO fun for me as the photographer!!! Their wedding was so elegant, full of beautiful details, a gorgeous setting, and the couple was so very sweet – a photographers dream really!!

Here are a bunch of my favorites from the day:

Thank you so much Ace and Kait for asking me to document your perfect day! I hope you are enjoying your honeymoon!!

The stunning flower arrangements were created by my favorite two ladies Peggy and Carol of Celebration Florals!

Matt + Ashley’s Wedding | Corvallis Photographer

Sara Lil Photography — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:34:13 +0000

On the 4th of July I photographed Matt and Ashley’s spectacular wedding in Washington at Skamania Lodge. Their wedding was a gorgeous event that included a lot of wonderful details, and a really fun group of people! Below are some of my favorites from the day:

Thanks Matt and Ashley – I hope you are enjoying your honeymoon!!

Happy 4th of July!

Sara Lil Photography — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:44:03 +0000

To all you blog readers, Happy Independence Day!!! I hope your day was awesome!

This is a little late because on the 4th I was in Washington photographing a fabulous wedding at Skamania Lodge! Here’s a sneak peek:

I’ll post my favorites within the next week or so, so keep checking back.

Matt + Becky’s Wedding | Corvallis Oregon Wedding Photographer

Sara Lil Photography — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 19:26:44 +0000

Matt and Becky’s wedding kicked off the season for me and it was a perfect wedding – fun, beautiful, relaxing, and Matt and Becky are two of the sweetest people ever!! All their guests kept talking about how wonderful they are and I feel very lucky to have been part of such a special event. They are not only very sweet but hilariously funny – I love their sense of humor! Below are a few of my favorites from the day:

Thanks Matt + Becky for inviting me to capture your wonderful day! I hope you are having a great honeymoon!! ♥ Sara

Mother’s Day Gift Certificates | Corvallis Portrait Photographer

Sara Lil Photography — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:10:04 +0000

Mother’s Day is a little over a month away, it’s Sunday, May 9th. A great gift idea for a mom that has everything is a portrait session for her and her family. All the Mom’s I know would love this gift! I offer beautiful gift certificates that make a great present:

If you are interested in purchasing one please contact me or come by my studio. My schedule has changed and I am at the studio now on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday’s (unless I’m out shooting)!

These gift certificates were made by my very talented friend Ashley of AEL Designs.

Engagement Portraits at OSU | Corvallis Wedding Photography

Sara Lil Photography — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:58:47 +0000

Justin and Jenn met me at OSU in the winter for their engagement photos. The weather was cold and a little rainy but we made it work, and had fun! Here are a few of my favs:

It was great photographing you and I can’t wait for your wedding this summer!

Finding a Photography Niche

Sara Lil Photography — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:38:02 +0000

I read over and over that to succeed in the photography business you must have a niche. I’ve honestly been looking for my niche for eight years now, since I started this business. I’ve recently come to a realization that the truth is I don’t want to just photograph one type of thing, i.e. a “niche”. I love variety, I love surprise, I love working with all kinds of people and situations — I love it all!

So if someone asks me my niche I am just going to reply with “I photograph everything!” because I do and I’m happy doing it!

Introducing My New Studio! | Corvallis Wedding & Portrait Photographer

Sara Lil Photography — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:57:00 +0000

I’ve been looking for the perfect location for my studio and I finally found it! It’s located in Corvallis in the Madison Avenue Plaza behind Noah’s Bagels and Starbucks. I’ve been busy the last couple of weeks getting it ready and just finally finished. Let me know what you think!!:

View from the front door:

Stop by and say hi — I’ll be there various times throughout the week. The address is 425 SW Madison Avenue, Suite C in Corvallis, Oregon.

I will be having a grand opening in the next month or so. If you’d like to know more about that sign up for my newsletter (you can sign up for it at the very bottom of this blog). I will be sending out an announcement via the newsletter with various offers and discounts that will apply if you attend the open house!

This is what it looked like before all my hard work (and my husband’s hard work too – thanks Joe!!):

I have had the vision of this studio in my head for years and now it’s come true! I’m SO excited!! There are so many great things planned for 2010 and I can’t wait to introduce them all to you… stay tuned!! ♥ Sara ♥

Congratulations to the Winners of My Wedding Photography Giveaway!

Sara Lil Photography — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:52:11 +0000

Today is a day of Giving Thanks and I’m especially thankful for where I am at in my career. To show my gratitude I decided to give away wedding photography coverage to a couple that otherwise couldn’t afford it.

THANK YOU to all of you that submitted your stories! I chose the finalist by putting all qualified applicants in a hat and had my daughter draw the name – I wanted it to be completely random and fair.

I’m excited to announce that Craig + Lacey won my free wedding photography! This is their story:

Craig and I met 6 years ago when we worked together at Carson Oil Company. I was an office girl, and he was the off-limits warehouse boy His sister worked with us, he was 6 years younger, I was recently divorced, and it’s generally not a good plan to date people you work with, so I didn’t really do anything about my little crush on him. I had never seen him in anything but work clothes until the work holiday party, and when I saw how good he looked in jeans, I knew that I had to make my move!! I asked him to come over and watch a movie at my house, and we’ve been together ever since!

We got engaged on Valentine’s Day – he did the asking this time!

I closed my business this year, and have several years before all of the bills from it will be paid off, so I wasn’t thinking that financially we could have a fabulous wedding anytime soon. Craig just bought a house for us this summer, and with the government tax rebate from that, we decided that we could start planning a simple wedding. Craig has a big family-7 siblings total-so we knew that we couldn’t have a small reception, even if we wanted to! We figured we could cut back on things like flowers and photography to save money. We were just planning on having the little disposable wedding cameras on each table and leaving the pics up to our guests, which could be a little scary!

I am just so happy that I have finally found the greatest guy ever and can’t wait to make our commitment to each other official!

xoxo – Lacey Shelby

I think it’s great that they won! I know Lacey from when I had my studio in the Flinn Block Building as she was the owner of the fabulous store “Glam”. Lacey + Craig — I am very excited to photograph your wedding in August!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Hugs,

Sara