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Welcome to the World Ellie – Seattle Family Photography
Welcome and Happy Birthday to Baby Ellie! I recently had the wonderful opportunity to take some newborn photos of baby Ellie, who was born just three days before our photo session. Ellie is child number two for Ashley and Justin, following older sister Addison by about 22 months. As you might guess, Addison is very […]
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Seattle Senior Photography Session at UW Campus
Gunnar’s Senior Photography Session at the UW Campus On a semi-sunny fall afternoon I met with Lake Washington High School senior Gunnar at the University of Washington campus for his senior photo session. This is a great location for almost any kind of photo session, a really beautiful campus with lots of locations that are […]
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Sneak Peek Crazy COVID Courthouse Elopement Wedding
Sneak Peek – Queen and Sebastian’s Crazy COVID Courthouse Elopement Wedding On Thursday Queen and Sebastian were married in a “Courthouse Elopement Wedding Ceremony” that was unlike any that I have done before, and I have photographed well over 100 Courthouse weddings. I’m not going to tell the entire story right now, but the current […]
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2019 Special People’s Holiday Cruise Santa Photos
Santa Photos at the 2019 Seafair Holiday Cruise Last Sunday I had the pleasure on being the “Santa Photographer” for the 2019 Special People’s Cruise, held at Meydenbauer Yacht Club in Bellevue. I have now been the official Santa photographer at this event for ~25 years. I first started in this role when my daughter […]
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2019 Down Syndrome Buddy Walk at Woodland Park Zoo
Down Syndrome Community Buddy Walk 2019 Yesterday I was the photographer for the 2019 Down Syndrome Community Buddy Walk. This is an annual affair, and I have been the lead photographer at this event for 20+ years. It is always a lot of fun, and this year was no exception. In past years the Buddy […]
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Tom Ellis Photography Blog Rated in Top 100 Blogs
Tom Ellis Photography Blog in Feedspot Top 100 Wedding Photography Blogs A few days ago I received an email from someone whose name I did not recognize, Anuj Agarwal from Feedspot.com. The header on the email was what I have written above, “Tom Ellis Photography Blog in Feedspot Top 100 Wedding Photography Blogs”, and contained […]
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2019 Down Syndrome Community Sweetheart Dance
Down Syndrome Valentine’s Day Sweetheart Dance Last weekend I was the photographer for the 2019 Valentine’s Sweetheart Dance put on by the Down Syndrome Community. The dance had originally been scheduled to be held two weeks earlier, but the rather crazy amount of snow on the ground at the time necessitated rescheduling the date. I […]
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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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Waterskiing on Lake Sammamish
Waterskiing Fun on Lake Sammamish This morning I met up with long-time friends Steve Loper and Hobie Stebbins at Steve’s house on Lake Sammamish for some of our first waterski runs of the season. When I say “long-time friends” I really do mean long-time; we have know each other since junior high school, almost 50 […]
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2018 Valentines Day Down Syndrome Sweetheart Dance
2018 Down Syndrome Community Valentine’s Day Sweetheart Dance Last Saturday I was the photographer for the annual Valentine’s Day Sweetheart Dance, put on by the Down Syndrome Community of Puget Sound. The event was held at the Highland Center in Bellevue, and as best I can tell this was at least the 20th straight year […]
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