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Mom May, dad Joel and baby Zoe pose for a photo during their family portrait session with Tom Ellis Photography, top Seattle area family photographer

Fun Family Photo Session at Chism Beach Park

Fun Bellevue Family Photo Session at Chism Beach Park One of my favorite things about being a wedding photographer is being able to make new friends of the couples that I work with.  This includes staying in touch, and being able to record other important events in their lives.  Probably the most important occurrence for […]

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Natalie strikes a sassy pose during our senior photography session at the Cove at Normandy Park. Tom Ellis Photography, Seattle senior photographer

Foggy Seattle Senior Photography Session at Normandy Park

Senior Photo Fun with Natalie on the Beach at Normandy Park I was contacted by Natalie’s mom Karen in late September.  She and Natalie were going to be traveling to the Seattle area in late October from their home in the Napa area in California.  Karen had found some of my senior photo sessions online, […]

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Seattle Courthouse Wedding, Tom Ellis Photography

Seattle Courthouse Wedding, Tom Ellis Photography

Irene & Paul’s Elopement Wedding at the Seattle Courthouse In early November I received a text message from an unknown phone number.  This is not unusual, as I get spam text messages regularly.  But this was not a typical “mystery text” but was from a man named Paul who was planning on getting married at […]

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Santa with two friends at the 2018 Special People's Holiday Cruise

Special People’s Holiday Cruise Santa Photos 2018

Special People’s Holiday Cruise 2018 – Santa Photos This past Sunday I was once again the Santa photographer for the 2018 Special People’s Cruise, held at Meydenbauer Yacht Club in Bellevue.  I say “once again” because I have now been the official Santa photographer at this event for ~25 years.  I first started in this […]

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Close up photo of Heather and Joel during the engagement photo session following Joel's surprise wedding proposal at Willows Lodge, by Tom Ellis Photography

Surprise proposal and engagement session at Willows Lodge

Joel’s Surprise Proposal to Heather at Willows Lodge At the beginning of November I received an email from Paul, who lives in Bellingham.  He was planning to surprise his girlfriend Heather by proposing to her while they were in Woodinville to visit Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery.  He had seen several other surprise proposals that I […]

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Paul and Irene with the judge during their wedding ceremony at the Seattle Courthouse

Sneak Peek Seattle Municipal Courthouse Wedding

Sneak Peek – Irene and Paul get married at the Seattle Courthouse Wow, I’ve been posting a lot of Sneak Peeks recently, from both engagement sessions and weddings.  This time I have a couple of photos to show you from yesterday’s wedding of Irene and Paul at the Seattle Municipal Courthouse.  But before we went […]

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Kate and Kevin pose for a photo along Lake Union with the Seattle skyline for a backdrop at Gas Works Park, by Tom Ellis Photography

Sneak Peek Seattle Engagement Session at Gas Works Park

Sneak Peek from Kate and Kevin’s Engagement Session at Gas Works Park This morning I met up with Kate and Kevin on a crazy nice November day for an engagement photo session at Gas Works Park.  We had a great time wandering the park for about an hour, just enjoying the fantastic weather and enjoying […]

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Wedding ceremony at the Lake Union Cafe, photographed by Tom Ellis Photography, Seattle's premier wedding photographer

Fabulous Lake Union Cafe Wedding Tom Ellis Photography

Amanda and Joe get married at the Lake Union Cafe Last Saturday I was the photographer at an event that I had been anticipating for months, the wedding of Amanda and Joe at the incredible Lake Union Cafe in Seattle.  Just a couple of months ago I had a fantastic engagement session with Joe and Amanda, […]

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Sneak Peek Seattle Wedding at Lake Union Cafe

Sneak Peek of Amanda and Joe’s wedding at Lake Union Cafe I hate to do this to you, but there is just no way I have had the time to edit enough of the photos from yesterday’s fantastic wedding of Amanda and Joe to be able to do more than give you a Sneak Peek […]

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