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!
Read MoreSteph 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.
Morgan and Sam came up from Nevada to visit Seattle. They have been together for a long time. Sam arranged for me to meet them at Kerry Park with a view of the Space Needle behind them for his proposal. She said “Yes!”
Read MoreDanya is a writer and Liam is a lawyer. They are a fantastic couple that was a lot of fun to photograph. They went with a 1920's themed wedding that went great with the decor at the Imperia Lake Union.
Read MoreSean contacted me to photograph his proposal that he had planned to his girlfriend Hannah. They went to the Space Needle on their 11th anniversary of their first date. I was waiting for them as Sean dropped to one knee and surprised Hannah. Very fun!
Read MoreLeah 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!
Read MoreDayton went to his aunt’s house to do some work for her. His aunt happened to have Cathy visiting. Time passes, then they hire me to photograph their wedding at the Kent courthouse. :)
Read MoreCara and Skyler were married a a beautiful estate in Woodinville. It was a beautiful day and the grounds were amazing. Their friends and family were fun to hang out with as well. I love the way they look at each other.
Read MoreAndrea and Ankit had a beautiful spring wedding at Willows Lodge in Woodinville. They are a great couple that has very fun friends and family. Willows lodge sits in the middle of wine country in Woodinville, Washington.
Read MoreLaurel 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.
Read MoreI 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.
Read MoreKim and Carlos had a rainy, windy wedding day. We met in downtown Bellevue and hid in the skybridges from the wind and rain before going over to the King County Court in Bellevue for their wedding with their families.
Read MoreBrandon has a fantastic story. He is formerly a homeless person with substance abuse issues that now runs an apartment building that provides permanent supportive housing for others that have suffered from homelessness.
Read MorePersonal 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.
Read MoreAustin goes to Mountlake Terrace High School. I met him at Bothell Landing for his senior portraits. We took some with the car and then walked around Bothell Landing and the Sammamish River Trail.
Read MoreI 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.
Read MoreIt 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.
Read MoreI met Di-Wei and Wan-Hsuan at the Seattle Courthouse for their wedding. We walked around downtown Seattle for some portraits. Then we went to the rooftop deck of the Seattle Municipal Court for their beautiful wedding!
Read MoreKelli and Marshall had a beautiful wedding at The Ruins in Seattle. They are are beautiful couple that each have some really great kids to make a bunch of six. Their winter wedding featured tons of candles in the truly amazing dining room at the Ruins.
Read MoreI met Ronan and his mom at Myrtle Edwards Park in Seattle to start our session. We worked our way down the waterfront and ended with some night images. Very cool kid and images!
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