We met in 2006 while working together at a small internet startup company. After years of being best friends, we started dating, and we got married 2011. Aside from getting to know our couples and their rad families, working together is our favorite part of our job. We approach almost every aspect of our business collaboratively, from writing emails to photographing to designing albums.
We both love: cooking & trying new foods, spoiling our two cats, drinking fancy (and not so fancy) beers, listening to records, going on casual hikes in beautiful West Virginia, playing video games, and watching a combination of old movies on Criterion Channel and cooking shows on Food Network. We're basically just a couple of nerds who love consuming & creating art.
Bobby's Favorite Things
Beans, beers, cooking, collecting records, world cinema, film noir, westerns, Twin Peaks, King of the Hill, corgis, RPGs, and all of the rap and metals.
What's in a name?
OBER-PORTS
The Oberports is a combination of our last names - Bobby OBERlander and Emily PORTer. It started as an affectionate nickname that came about organically shortly after getting married, and now it's also our business name!
Emily's Favorite Things
Gardening, keeping house plants alive, baking, Beyonce, Bob’s Burgers, KITTENS, Star Trek, Zelda, sweets, deadlifting, snow days, and all of the rap.
FULL TIME WV PHOTOGRAPHERS SINCE 2009
we are seasoned wedding veterans
We’ve photographed over 400 weddings together all over wild & wonderful West Virginia as well as in Ohio, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland, DC, Massachusetts, and beyond. We've had the honor of having four WV Weddings Magazine cover photos and we've been featured on many renowned wedding blogs.
ENOUGH ABOUT US
We want to hear more about YOU! Working with us is easy as pie, but first you need to get in touch with us. We'd love to know more about what you're planning, when you're planning it, and where it will be. Whether you're interested in chatting more about your wedding, your engagement shoot, family photos, senior portraits, or creative headshots - we'd love to hear from you!
