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Beljit and Pirthipal – Seattle courthouse wedding

Beljit and Perthipal were married in the King County courthouse building on June 12.  Because we had  nice weather, we decided to walk up the street to the Seattle Courthouse, where we went to the roof to take some photos with the incredible city backdrops visible there.  I loved Beljit’s wedding dress and jewelry, absolutely beautiful! After […]

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Julie and Ken – Engagement Photos at Downtown Bellevue Park

I will be taking photos at Julie and Ken’s wedding later this summer, and they thought it would be a good idea to do a “practice run” ahead of time; they are a combined family with 5 kids between 6 and 10 years old, and really didn’t know how the whole group would do with […]

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Beth & Charles – Engagement photos at Chism Park

We had planned to have our engagement photo session at Bellevue Downtown Park, but when we got there we discovered that it was Prom Night for at least one of the area high-schools, and there were well over 100 high-school kids along with various and sundry parents and relatives there, trying to get photos of […]

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Silvia & Cesar – Bellevue wedding at the Robinswood House

All week long before this wedding the weather was NOT good, and the forecast for April 6 did not look promising.  Silvia and Cesar were planning to be married outdoors in the garden at the beautiful Robinswood House in Bellevue, but rainy weather would not be helpful for their plans. As it turned out, the weather […]

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Joanne & John – Engagement photos at U of Washington

Joanne and John are a couple whose wedding I will be photographing next September. We had discussed taking engagement photos during the spring if the weather cooperated, and Joanne thought that getting some spring blooming trees in the photos would be fun. So I met Joanne and John at the University of Washington to take […]

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Trip to Phoenix – Mariners Spring Training

Last weekend I was able to travel to Phoenix with my wife and daughter to visit our friends John and Jan, and to catch a little Mariners spring training baseball.  I only wish we had been able to stay longer, it was so nice to enjoy some sunshine and warmth! While we were there, Sue […]

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Laura & Tom – Wedding at SeaTac Marriot

This was one of the craziest (and most fun) weddings I have been to for quite some time.  The wedding was held at the SeaTac Marriott at the same time that RustyCon, a Science Fiction and Fantasy convention, was taking place at the same venue.  This was intentional, because Laura and Tom had met at […]

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Jim & Jen – Seattle wedding at Pike Place Market

I have been taking wedding photos since 1980, and have photographed well over 1200 weddings. And I have seen a lot of crazy things happen over the years. But in all that time, I have never had a wedding like this one. The plan was to meet the bride and groom (Jen and Jim) before […]

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Elva and Andy – Wedding at Iglesia de Christo

Elva and Andy were married at Iglesia de Christo on October 5.  

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Angela and Sergio – Wedding at Ray’s Boathouse

Angela and Sergio wanted to make the most of the various locations in Seattle for great photos on their wedding day, the only question was whether we would have weather conditions in early November that would let us take many outdoor photos.  We had alternate plans laid out depending on the conditions, and carefully watched […]

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