Resources
Wedding Vendors & Locations
Planning a wedding is a lot of work! You really have to plan way ahead to make sure you get the vendors and the location you want. Luckily though, Oregon has tons of great wedding vendors and there are many incredible locations for your ceremony and reception. Hopefully this list will help you narrow down your search or give you another option or two. We end up working with a lot of vendors and photographing weddings at many different locations. The vendors/locations that made this list are ones that have impressed us. There are a lot more out there, but this is who we feel is top of the class when it comes to Oregon weddings.
Locations:
The Downtown Athletic Club – A great indoor ceremony/reception location in Eugene.
Mount Pisgah Arboretum – A very reasonably priced indoor/outdoor Eugene location.
The Inn At Diamond Woods – One of my favorite outdoor wedding locations to photograph.
KIing Estate Winery – Simply an incredible outdoor vineyard wedding location.
Whisper N Oaks – A very popular outdoor country wedding location outside of Junction City.
Deep Woods – A new Cheshire outdoor location with great amenities.
Campbell House – A historic bed & breakfast in Eugene that hosts ceremonies, receptions, or rehearsal dinners.
The Hanson Country Inn – The best location in Corvallis for outdoor weddings.
The Dallas Event Center – Just minutes outside of Salem is this great indoor wedding location.
Abernethy Center – A dedicated wedding venue in Oregon City.
Catering:
Cornucopia Catering – Order the mac and cheese and thank me later, so good.
Bates Steak House – A nontraditional Eugene catering company with the best steak in town, literally, its been voted on.
Valley Catering – An incredible staff, a great selection, and wonderful food; located in Corvallis area.
Sweet Life Patisserie – The absolute best cakes, pies, tarts, and other sweets in Eugene.
Saint Cupcake – Portland cupcakery; need I say more?
Bridalwear:
Blush Bridal Boutique – High class bridal boutique for dresses and more located in Eugene.
Hair/Makeup:
Salon Inhabit – Hair, makeup, and styling by my wife Rachel Rainey; the best.
Videographers:
Jesse Tobler – A great videographer with reasonable pricing.
Other Wedding Photographers
Yes, we know its not a great business move to give potential clients links to your competitors websites, but we care about people, we care about weddings, and we want to be a help to anybody that takes the time to check out our photography. We know where we stand when it comes to wedding photography, we know our talent, and we know our value. If we are already booked for your wedding date or if you just want to make sure that we truly are the best value, then check these other photographers out. They are either similar in style or comparable in pricepoint to Joshua Rainey Photography.
Matt Emrich
Erik Bishoff
Harvest Moon Photography
Richard Roman
Anne Nunn
Portrait Session Locations
Our portrait sessions are mainly outdoors using natural lighting. Because of this, we need to have multiple location options to accommodate our clients. We have potential photo shoot locations throughout Lane County all the way from Dexter to Veneta. We are also open to locations of your choosing, so if you have a spot you would like to use for your portrait session, just let us know and we’ll check it out. We are constantly exploring new spots and figuring out which areas will have the best lighting during certain times of the day within a given season. Most of our portrait sessions will include a mix of country and urban, but if you would like more of one or the other, just let us know and we can make that happen. Here are some of our more favorites.
Elijah Bristow State Park
Dorris Ranch
University of Oregon
Skinner Butte Park
Armitage Park & Train Trestle
Abandoned Buildings
Old Jasper Mill Foundations
Industrial Buildings
Magnolia Park
Overgrown Fields
Stock Photography Portfolios
In addition to photographing weddings, people, and freelance projects; we also contribute some photography to online stock photography agencies. You can purchase image usage rights at one of our stock photography portfolios on the following websites. We are also available for custom stock photography and commercial work. Please contact us if you have a specific photographic need outside our main body of work.