Real weddings I DJ'd. Ceremony, cocktail, first dance, peak floor. No stock. No generated filler. This is the work I love, in the rooms I got to be in.
First dance in the round, the whole room circled inPeak of the night, the huddle going offPacked dance floor under red and pink uplightsA kid on dad's shoulders, laughing through the partyWHIPLSH mixing live on Pioneer decksWHIPLSH on the microphone, running the roomBride owning her first danceFirst dance, arms wide, the room watchingGroom with his son on his hip as the floor goes offA guest at the booth with WHIPLSH, Pioneer decks and the WHIPLSH laptopAn uncle taking the floor like it is his wedding tooBride and groom dancing under red uplightsColor first dance, guests lined around the floorGroom in the middle of a packed floor, singing every wordThe couple and the kids, the whole room in itA guest spinning a little girl on the dance floorThe couple dancing while a guest takes the micThe girls on the floor at peak hourThe huddle closing in around the coupleA hug in the middle of the partyThe dip, the floor packed around themHands up, last-call energyBride dancing on a checkered floor with WHIPLSH at the booth, Central Oregon sunsetCeremony dip kiss with Mt. Hood in the distanceJust-married recessional under a forest pavilionGolden hour portrait of the coupleCouple running across the estate lawn at sunsetDinner toast under a string-lit tentFirst dance outdoors, guests circled aroundFirst dance on the checkered floor, DJ in the backgroundBride’s reaction as the first dance begins, WHIPLSH at the boothWHIPLSH on the microphone at a professional boothWHIPLSH mixing live with headphones and branded laptopWHIPLSH at the decksWHIPLSH mixing at sunset in a cowboy hatWHIPLSH raising the room from the boothParents slow dancing under cafe lightsAn older couple dancing, packed floor behind themGuests dancing under tent lightsFather-daughter dance on the checkered floorGrandfather with a child on his shoulders under the lightsParents dancing with their little girlA toddler owning the dance floorBride hugged on the dance floorBride lifted by the party under paper lanternsGroom on shoulders as the floor goes offGuest on shoulders with Mt. Hood behind the tentGroomsmen packed on the dance floorThe guys taking the floorPacked peak-hour dance floorBridesmaids and the whole room moving under color lightsLate-night packed floorMultigenerational dance floor, baby in armsGroom in the middle of a packed floorGuests fully in itA kiss on the dance floorA hug in the middle of the partyCheers from below the string lightsHands in the airPiggyback run into the nightCouple walking out to the partyBride dancing at sunsetBride with her people at duskOlder couple tearing up the floorGuest hitting every beatBride laughing in the middle of her peopleMotion on the floorCocktail hour toastThe after-party energyBride and groom in the lightsCouple on the dance floorA guest locked inToddler with a face paddle on the floorFace paddles and a packed tentHands up, floor fullYellow dresses, packed tentFirst look on a covered Oregon walkwayJust-married recessional by the water, petals in the airBride and groom owning the dance floorGroom on shoulders as the floor goes offBride and groom lifted on chairs, the room roaringGroom lifting the bride while the floor packs inThree generations on the floor, packed and smilingGuest locked in, pointing at the cameraMotion blur, hands up, late-night energyThe party captain on the floorGroom pointing from the crowd's shouldersChair lift as hands go upBride in the air, guests circled aroundThe guys taking the floor togetherFriends singing every wordMom and the girls fully in itA guest hitting every beatGroom laughing through the peakGroom dancing like nobody is watchingHands in the air under the lightsGroom riding the roomBride on the chair, arms upBride cheering from above the floorThe chair lift from belowA guest dancing with a drink in handBride catching a moment in the middle of the partyHands pointing, the floor still fullFamily laughing together on the floorWHIPLSH mixing live in a black suit, headphones onWHIPLSH hyping a packed dance floorWHIPLSH mixing on Pioneer decksHands on the mixer, live in the darkWHIPLSH on stage, headphones on, working the crowdWHIPLSH working the room from the decksWedding guests cheering on a packed dance floor
Photography from weddings I ran, including work by Britt René Photo, Siobhan Lynette Photography, Davision, and Oregon Wedding Photographer. Used with thanks to the couples who let me keep the night moving.
