FOR THE LOVERS
hi there, im catalina jean
WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER based in Portland, OR
For the non-traditional, the rule breakers, and the ones who plan to throw one hell of an amazing party.
Catalina Jean is a wedding and elopement photographer who wants to cheerleader couples masterminding a wedding that truly feels like their own. Dogs as ring bearers? Yep. Bring your motorcycles? Absolutely. Dresses that showcase your tattoos? Hell, get tattooed on your wedding day. How about a breakdance battle for your first dance? Intimate wedding in your grandparent’s backyard? Eloping at a place you have always wanted to visit and then taking a week to explore just you two? I don’t know yet what you have in mind, but I can’t wait to scheme with you. Your love, your community, and partying hard together - thats what matters.
Based in Portland, Oregon but willing to travel anywhere.
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I am most inspired by photos that are brimming with emotion. Photos that look like your favorite song lyric, reflecting the feeling on those perfectly imperfect days. Like when you both went to the beach and it was suppose to be sunny but it rained and you laughed together while snuggling into their jacket to keep warm, realizing that in their arms is where you feel most at home. There is so much deep beauty in the seemingly ordinary. But really, there is no ordinary. Because when you found him, when you found her, everything changed. Ordinary life transformed into an extraordinary adventure together.
I want to capture this very thing - this adventure you're on, this story you are creating together, hand in hand, side by side.
I'm Catalina and this is a little about me // My favorite moments of the day are making coffee in the morning and getting tackled by my Boston Terriers when I come home // Most days you can find me reading the New Yorker or crying looking through Nasa’s instagram because space is damn beautiful // I'm really kinda a goofball and make so, so many bad jokes (sorry in advance) // I'll take cool foggy weather over sun any day // IPAs and whiskey are my main drinks of choice // Nature, minimalism, dark shadows, real emotion all make my heart skip a beat // In love with Portland, OR but 100% down to travel anywhere and everywhere.
Honored to be featured as Rangefinder Magazine 30 Rising Stars and Best 100 Wedding Photographers in the World.
“We planned our Portland, OR wedding from across the country and had been given a list of recommended photographers, we wanted someone who would bring something a little different, with the editorial perspective of an artist. I'm so glad we looked beyond the list we'd been given and found Catalina, because she did exactly that. She has a style that's both classic and all her own. From our first meeting with her, she was extremely enthusiastic and made us feel like our wedding was genuinely important to her. And on the wedding day she did a spectacular job of scouting out locations for first look and family photos. She really put a lot of thought into it, and all we had to do was follow her lead. She put everyone at ease and gently directed us the entire way. I don't even remember seeing her during the ceremony and dinner, but the photos prove that she was everywhere, capturing amazing shots of all the key moments and lots of small details that I would never have seen if not for her. In short, if you’re looking for a Portland wedding photographer, I can't recommend Catalina highly enough!”
“Catalina is the best photographer of all time! Not only are her photos so flawless and artistic, but she is also just an incredibly rad human being. Our guests could not stop talking about how much fun she was - the perfect amount of laid back and out of the way and also fun and quirky to get people to engage in the photos. Catalina does an amazing job of capturing the authentic moments that aren't staged throughout the day. It is so special to have photos of my wife and I embracing when I thought no one was looking. Catalina does an amazing job of somehow being everywhere all at once without anyone noticing.”
PLANNING TO ELOPE?
let the adventure begin.
