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Enagagement photo at Seattle's Discovery Park

Seattle engagement photos – Eun and Han

Seattle area engagement photos – Discovery Park and Pike Place Market I recently had the pleasure of doing an engagement photo session with Eun and Han.  They will be getting married in late February, and we needed to squeeze in an engagement photo session so they will be able to display some of the photos […]

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Wedding ceremony at the beach

30 Wedding Planning Tips and Tricks

I copied this article from The Knot, you can see the original at https://www.theknot.com/content/expert-wedding-planning-tips-and-tricks.  Lots of great info here, I encourage anyone planning a wedding to read it! 30 Expert Wedding Planning Tips and Tricks 1. Guests Come First Get a grip on the approximate number of guests you’ll invite before settling on a venue. This will […]

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Justin gives Ashley a kiss on the neck while she smiles at the photographer

Ashley & Justin – Seattle engagement photos at the Arboretum

Seattle engagement photos at the UW Arboretum Wow, I don’t know how I missed getting this online earlier, but here are some photos from my engagement photo shoot with Ashley and Justin from way back in early October 2015.  We had fantastic luck with the weather, and even though we shared the Arboretum with hundreds […]

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Close up engagement photo, woman behind man with her arm draped around his shoulder and chest

Seattle engagement photos – Anna & Curt at Carkeek Park

Seattle engagement photos at Carkeek Park Anna is a newcomer to Seattle, and she met Curt at church soon after arriving in the area.  Things clicked with them very quickly, and they are planning a wedding in Summer 2016. I met up with Anna and Curt a couple weekends ago for an engagement photo session […]

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Engagement photo with Indian couple at Kerry Park in Seattle, Space Needle and Mt. Rainier in the background

Vanita and Aman – Seattle engagement photos

Seattle engagement photos – Gasworks Park & Kerry Park A couple of weeks ago I met up with Vanita and Aman for their engagement photo session, on a beautiful sunny Saturday afternoon.  It was even fairly warm, making it a great day for taking photos. We started out at Gasworks Park, one of my favorite […]

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Santa with one of his special friends

2015 Special Peoples’ Cruise

Santa photos at the Special Peoples’ Cruise On Sunday December 6 I was the photographer for the Special Peoples’ Cruise, run out of Meydenbauer Yacht Club in Bellevue.  This is an annual event, and I have been the photographer at the event for more than 20 years.  There were more than 120 participants, plus dozens of […]

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Close up photo of bride and groom looking at each other

Happy Anniversary Clarissa and John!

Happy First Wedding Anniversary Clarissa and John! It was just one year ago today that I was the lucky photographer at Clarissa and John Barrett’s wedding ceremony at Calvary Fellowship Church in Mountlake Terrace.  We started the day with photos in Mukilteo and had fabulous weather conditions, sunny and warm, more like early October than mid-December. […]

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Katrina and Christopher engagement photo, close up shot

Katrina & Christopher – Engagement Photo Session

Seattle area engagement photos – Katrina & Christopher in Snoqualmie Here are some photos from my recent engagement photo session with Katrina and Christopher. We arranged to meet for their photo session at Snoqualmie Falls, which is where they first got engaged a year ago. Unfortunately, while it was a beautiful sunny day almost everywhere […]

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Wedding ceremony inside the Seymour Conservatory

Happy Anniversary Adriane and Lonnie!

Happy First Wedding Anniversary Adriane and Lonnie! I’d like to send wishes for a very happy first wedding anniversary to Adriane and Lonnie Mixon, who were married a year ago today.  The wedding took place in Wright Park in Tacoma, in the Seymour Conservatory, and you can see photos of the day by clicking here. The wedding […]

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Pickering Barn in Issaquah is a great all-season wedding venue

Seattle Area Venue Review – Pickering Barn in Issaquah

Wedding venue review – Pickering Barn in Issaquah The Pickering Barn in Issaquah was once one of Issaquah’s largest dairy farms, with more than 100 cows. Construction on the hay barn began in 1878, and the large dairy barn area was added in 1906. Today the barn is on the National Register of Historic Places. […]

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