Hello There!

Thank you so much Ashley for including me in this fabulous group of ladies! I hope to get to know you all better, I have loved reading the other posts so far! I am married and a mom of a 16 month old living in Bandon Oregon. My husband and I met working in radio in Albany Oregon, we moved back to Bandon (I graduated from high school here in 1994) about two and half years ago and we absolutely love it, we bought a house back in December.

I started photography as a career back in 2004 right after my own wedding. I don't talk about it publicly, but I started because my own wedding photographer was HORRIBLE. He was uninspired, crabby, had zero attention to detail (in the formal shots there is crap leaning against the walls that someone could have moved if he had taken two seconds to say something after he looked through the lens). When I got my proofs (MONTHS after the wedding) I noticed after flipping through the book that there were no pictures of the cake cutting, no pictures of my dad and I on his antique tractor and few pics of just my husband and me together. When I brought this up to him he said, and I quote, "Hmmm. I must have dropped a roll of film out in the yard. Maybe your dad will find it next time he mows." Seriously. No apology, nothing. I don't curse him (too much) because if he had been nice, enthusiastic, or even SORRY and not lost a ton of pictures, I wouldn't be doing what I love today. :)


I would say I am mostly a wedding photographer - I love each and every second of weddings! Then Seniors, then families. Families visiting the Oregon Coast have been a huge deal for me this Summer.

My business blog is http://www.cardasphotography.typepad.com/blog
My personal blog is here: My life with wieners I barely ever update that though. I am addicted to Facebook. You can friend me there - Angela Cardas Meredith or my business page there is here: Cardas Photography.

I guess I should add some pics huh? If I had to say what my specialty is, I would have to say "Environmental Portraits." I am really big on incorporating the surroundings into my portraits.




This one just won an award at the Coos County Fair! Woop woop. lol


This is from a shoot I just did this morning:

edited to add my gear! I have a Shootsac which I always forget to bring with me to shoots. I really like to just have my two cameras on me - a 5D and a 5DMkII. I shoot with a 24-70 on one of the cameras 90% of the time and on the other camera its either an 85mmL/1.2, 70-200 L/2.8 or my newest love 100/2.8L Macro.

I think that's about it! :) I am an open book - so please feel free to ask me anything, anytime! :) My email is angela@cardasphotography.com

Thanks again!