Anastasiya and Purvang are a fun and funny couple that are always ready with a joke. They also take their heritages seriously and were married in the traditional marriage outfits of their native Ukraine and India. That made for some very fun and colorful images. We walked from the Seattle Municipal Court into downtown Seattle and back for portraits before returning to the courthouse for their wedding ceremony.
Read MoreButler Seattle produces the Northwest Event Show. They are also a great source of event transportation. This year the show was at the brand-new Summit building at the Seattle Convention Center. There were tons of cool ideas for corporate events such as Dirtfish driving school and Compass Outdoor Adventures. There were a lot of great venues and some really great food, decoration, and entertainment.
Read MoreShannon and Kevin are awesome! They were a ton of fun to hang out with and photograph. We visited the Seattle library, city hall, and the Seattle Municipal Court.
Read MoreCorporate events can be a ton of fun. For this one, I was photographing the West Coast competition for the chefs of Aramark. There were people from convention centers, including Chef Jose from the Seattle Convention Center, stadiums, and national park resorts from Washington, California, and Nevada. The competition was held in the brand-new kitchen at the Seattle Convention Center Summit building.
Read MoreI met Meghana and Pranav at the Seattle Municipal Court for their wedding. At the beginning, you can see how incredibly hard it was raining. So we went and played at the Seattle Central Library. When we came back out, it was much better weather and we even managed to do an outdoor ceremony on the rooftop deck.
Read MoreI met Esther and John at the Seattle waterfront for some portraits a few weeks after their wedding. It was fun to get to photograph the two of them at Pier 62 and Myrtle Edwards Park!
Read MoreI had the honor of being the official photographer for the grand opening of the Seattle Convention Center’s new building, Summit. It is truly a spectacular building that has 580,000 square feet of event space. There were three days of events that I covered. The first was the press event and ribbon cutting featuring the state and local politicians that helped to make it happen. It was followed by a hospitality event for all of the industry professionals. The following day the dedication of the ballroom in honor of the long-time president of the board that started working on the convention center in 1982. And finally, on the third day was the public open house with around 5,000 people in attendance. The place is so large, though, that it seemed empty with that many people!
Read MoreJasmine and Mitch are incredibly nice people. They were a joy to talk to as we walked all over Seward Park for the engagement portraits. I am very much looking forward to their wedding!
Read MoreI met Andree-Anne and Kyle with a couple of their friends at the Bellevue Downtown Park for some portraits before their wedding at the King County Court in Bellevue. They are a very nice couple that I really enjoyed photographing. After some portraits we went over to the courthouse for their ceremony and finished off with some family portraits on the grounds.
Read MoreAnnette and Chase had a cold and rainy day for their wedding at the Seattle Municipal Court. They were troopers and were prepared to brave the elements for some photographs, which I really appreciated. They were married in the jury room and we created some portraits on the rooftop deck, inside the courthouse and at a nearby courtyard that I have used a few times. Very cool people!
Read MoreHeather and Aaron met me at the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle for their engagement portraits. We walked all over the park as we talked and created some very cool portraits for them. Fantastic couple!
Read MoreI met Meaghan, JT, their daughter and some family at the Seattle Municipal Court. We walked around Seattle taking some images before heading to the courthouse and the rooftop deck. Then, they had a beautiful wedding on the roof. After the ceremony, I walked them to their hotel and took a few more images. Very nice people that were a lot of fun to photograph!
Read MoreI met Hailey and her dad at the Woodland Park Rose Gardens for her senior portraits. We walked through the gardens and then down into lower Woodland Park for some images of her on her longboard. Then, we kept walking down to the skate and mountain bike parks. I’m not sure if they are part of Woodland Park or Greenlake. Either way, it was a fun place to shoot!
Read MoreI met Saghar, Koosha and some family for their Seattle Courthouse wedding. In addition to their wedding at the Municipal Court, we went to Myrtle Edwards Park for portraits at sunset. What a beautiful day!
Read MoreI met Lauren for the first time when she was around 3 when her family and mine moved into the same neighborhood. It is crazy and fun to see her as a full adult with a fiance and a career as a teacher. Anthony I met at the portrait session. He seems like a fun guy that makes Lauren laugh. Very cool couple. Check out some smoky fall day portraits at the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle!
Read MoreI met Emily and Jerry at the Seattle Municipal Court. We walked around downtown to the Seattle Public Library and the Rainier Club before going back to the courthouse for their wedding ceremony on the rooftop deck!
Read MoreI met Angelino and his mom at Pike Place Market in Seattle for his senior portraits. Angelino goes to Bothell High. We did some in front of the sign, before working our way down to the waterfront. There we hit all the favorites with Pier 62, the Aquarium, and the great wheel before heading to the rooftop of a nearby parking garage to finish off. I love being able to be creative and work with unusual light even if it is smoky orange.
Read MoreAidan goes to Woodinville High, but I met him and his dad in Bothell for his senior portraits. We started at Bothell Landing and then walked over to McMenamins and City Hall. Cool kid, cool dad, and a lot of laughs for me.
Read MoreI met Quinn and her parents in downtown Snohomish. We walked the river walk area and went over to Pilchuck Park for some images along the river. Quinn and her family were a lot of fun to talk to and Snohomish was a fun and different place to take her portraits.
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