Willows Lodge Wedding | Elizabeth & Vince

I started the day at Elizabeth and Vince's beautiful home in Tulalip. Then, we went to a small Catholic chapel by the water near their home for the wedding ceremony. We ended the day at Willows Lodge for the wedding reception in Woodinville. Elizabeth and Vince are a wonderful couple that was obviously very happy to be marrying each other. What a beautiful day!

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Seattle Courthouse Wedding | Steph & Shamele

Steph and Shamele met on a dating app. She was on the Olympic Peninsula and he was in Seattle. Because they were not very far in a straight line, the app told them they were close to each other not taking into account there was a greater than two-hour drive between them. They made the effort to meet anyway, and it seems to have worked out!

We started at the Washington Park Arboretum for portraits with their pup. Then we went to the Seattle Municipal Court for a wedding with Judge Chess on the rooftop deck with their immediate families.

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Shotgun Wedding Chapel Seattle | Leah & Nic

Leah and Nic love their Georgetown home in South Seattle. It is one of my favorite neighborhoods to photograph people. There is so much variety and fun places to shoot. They had their wedding at the Shotgun Wedding Chapel in the Georgetown Trailer Park Mall. It is super fun. Check out the awesome places we found around the neighborhood!

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MV Skansonia Wedding | Laurel & Josh

Laurel and Josh had a cold, but nearly rainless spring day for their wedding. They were married on the deck of the MV Skansonia, a stationary ferry on the north end of Lake Union. With the way the boat sits, there are beautiful views of Seattle in the background. It is one of the best views of any wedding venue in the entire area.

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Personal Brand Photography | Elizabeth

I met Elizabeth in Fremont. We wandered around and found some great places for her images. I’ve always called these business marketing portraits, but they are more commonly called brand photography or personal brand photography. Either way, here are some portraits of Elizabeth for her LinkedIn and new job.

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Seattle Personal Branding Photography | Christi

Personal branding photography is a new term for something I have been doing for clients for a couple of decades - creating a group of images that they can use to market themselves. Whether they use one as a headshot on LinkedIn, a poster for speaking engagement, creating an advertising piece to send to their clients, or just different places on their website, having the images help them meet their marketing goals without repeatedly using the same image. I met Christi for her personal branding session in Seattle.

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Environmental Portraits for Business | Colliers International

I create a ton of corporate business portraits. They are not quite headshots, not a complete branding session, but something like an environmental portrait in a more editorial style for my clients to use all over. Colliers asked me to take photographs of their Occupiers group. These people came to meet up in Seattle from all over the country and some from other places in the world. The mission was to create a few great, interesting shots of each person in a relatively short amount of time.

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How to Elope in Seattle

It is no secret I love Seattle. I think Seattle is an amazingly beautiful city with some awesome places to get married. This is my attempt at making it a bit easier to elope in our beautiful city.

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Cory Parris