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Seattle downtown courthouse wedding

King County courthouse wedding photo session Photos at King County Courthouse I have been waiting to get the OK from Jeremy and Danny to get these photos up onto my blog for a couple weeks now.  They wanted me to wait until they had the chance to tell their families that they had done a […]

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Bride and groom walk along the beach at Ocean Shores

Ocean Shores Beach Wedding

Wedding on the beach at Ocean Shores Way back last summer I was contacted by Carolyn and Martin about photographing their upcoming wedding.  They understood that many popular vendors (and especially popular photographers) get booked a year or more in advance for the most popular dates, and they knew that since their date was a […]

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Senior girl during her senior photo session at Golden Gardens

Seattle senior photography session

Seattle senior photos at Carkeek Park and Golden Gardens In early June I received an email from Krista.  She and her daughter Kayla were planning to travel from their home in Billings MT to visit Seattle in late July, and Kayla wanted to do her senior photos while in Seattle so she could have something […]

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Engaged couple walking through a crowd of people at Pike Place Market in Seattle, couple is in full-color, others are desaturated

Seattle area engagement photo session

Seattle engagement photos at Pike Place and Alki Point A couple of weeks ago I met up with Amy and Joey for their engagement photo session.  Amy and Joey are getting married at the Lake Union Cafe on New Year’s Eve, and they knew that the odds that we will be able to get many […]

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Man in dress military uniform with woman in Native American costume stand on large rock along the side of the Snoqualmie River

Newlywed photos at Snoqualmie Falls

Newlywed photos at Snoqualmie Falls A couple of months ago I was contacted by Cheryl, who is in the army and stationed in Utah.  She and her new husband Devon, who is also in the army but stationed in California, were planning a trip to the Seattle area to visit some friends and relatives and […]

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Bride and groom hold hands as they say their wedding vows during their wedding ceremony at Snoqualmie Falls.

Snoqualmie Falls Wedding – Seattle Wedding Photography

Elopement wedding at Snoqualmie Falls John and Michele met many years ago, but their story was not one of “love at first sight”, at least not on Michele’s part.  John was quite interested, and let Michele know that he’d like to go out with her.  But Michele was having none of it, and shot him […]

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Surprise proposal at Seattle Center

Surprise wedding proposal at the Chihuly Gardens In mid-June I received an email asking if I could do a special photo shoot.  Yaron, the man who contacted me, was going to be visiting Seattle with his girlfriend Danielle and he planned on proposing to her while they were in Seattle.  But he wanted to make […]

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Guys trip to San Juan Islands

“Stag Cruise” to the San Juan Islands Two weeks ago my father, my son Dan and I took a short boat trip together on my father’s boat.  When Dan was younger we did this every year for several years, but as he hit his teens he lost interest in hanging out with Dad and Grandpa and […]

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Same sex wedding ceremony at beach venue, Puget Sound in the background

Seattle wedding photography – Ballard Bay Club

Julika and Jess’s wedding at the Ballard Bay Club Last Saturday July 16 Julika Luopa and Jess Kehler were married at the Ballard Bay Club, located on Shilshole Bay in Seattle.  I had done an engagement session with Julika and Jess in the fall, and they were a blast to work with, so I had […]

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Bride and groom meet during their first look session on their wedding day

Happy Anniversary Trevor and Aurora!

Happy First Wedding Anniversary to Trevor and Aurora! I would like to wish a very happy first anniversary to Trevor and Aurora Tivey, married on July 18, 2015 at the Thyme Gardens in Alsea, OR.  For those of you who do not know where Alsea is (and until this wedding I was one of you), […]

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