Courthouse Weddings

Destiny and Myles on the rooftop of the Seattle Courthouse before their elopement wedding. Tom Ellis Photography, Seattle elopement photographer

Winter Elopement Wedding at Seattle Municipal Courthouse

Destiny and Myles Elope at the Seattle Courthouse This wedding actually took place a couple of months ago, and I feel badly that it has taken me so long to post it.  Destiny contacted me just a few weeks before the wedding date; like most elopements, this one was being planned only a short time […]

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Tori and Jonathon get married at the Seattle Municipal Courthouse. Tom Ellis Photography, Seattle courthouse and elopement photographer

Spectacular Seattle Courthouse Spring Elopement Wedding

Tori & Jonathon have an Elopement Wedding at the Seattle Courthouse At last!  After two years the Seattle Municipal Courthouse is finally open again for elopement wedding ceremonies.  Way back in late February 2020 I photographed one of the last weddings at the Seattle Courthouse before Covid shut down all courthouse weddings, and now I […]

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Tori and Jonathon on the balcony of the Seattle Municipal Courthouse before their elopement wedding. Tom Ellis Photography

Sneak Peek Spring Seattle Courthouse Elopement Wedding

Tori and Jonathon get married at the Seattle Courthouse This is going to be a short post and I apologize for that, but I will do a more extensive post with more photos soon.  Tori and Jonathon were one of the first couples to get married at the Seattle Courthouse since the courthouse was very […]

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Seattle area Courthouse elopement wedding at the Redmond District Courthouse. Tom Ellis Photography, Seattle elopement wedding photographer

Sunny Spring Seattle Area Courthouse Elopement Wedding

Deeksha and Nazir get married at the Redmond Courthouse In a “normal”, pre-Covid year, I would typically photograph at least several elopement weddings every spring, many of them at one of the local courthouses.  Last year that simply was not possible, since all of the courthouses were closed.  But things are starting to change again.  […]

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Mandy and James on the sundial at Gas Works Park after their elopement wedding at the Seattle municipal Courthouse. Tom Ellis Photography, Seattle wedding photographer

Happy Anniversary – Seattle Courthouse Elopement Wedding

Happy Anniversary Mandy and James – Seattle Courthouse Elopement I’m not going to lie to you, it is getting rather annoying to have to show wedding photos from weddings that happened more than a year ago, before Covid took over how most people live their lives.  But it is fun to look through the relatively […]

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Michelle and Jason had an elopement wedding at the Seattle Municipal Courthouse. Tom Ellis Photography, Seattle elopement and courthouse wedding photographer

Happy First Wedding Anniversary Michelle and Jason

Very Happy First Anniversary Wishes to Michelle and Jason I’d like to take this opportunity to pass on my wishes for a Happy First Wedding Anniversary to Jason and Michelle, married one year ago today at the Seattle Municipal Courthouse.  Wow, that seems like a LOT longer than a year ago!  This was the last […]

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Queen and Sebastian after their courthouse elopement wedding ceremony at the Seattle Courthouse. Tom Ellis Photography, Seattle elopement photographer

Seattle Courthouse Elopement Wedding that wasn’t

Sebastian and Queen get married at the Seattle Courthouse – or do they? As we all know very well, things have gotten a little crazy for the last six months or so.  And many things that we have always taken for granted have changed in ways we would no have expected.  This wedding is an […]

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Seattle elopement wedding ceremony on the rooftop of the Seattle courthouse. Tom Ellis Photography, top-rated Seattle courthouse wedding photographer

Happy First Seattle Wedding Anniversary Mandy and James

Happy First Wedding Anniversary Wishes to Mandy and James Have any of you found that with the current changes in how we are able to live our lives due to the Coronavirus that the passage of time seems to have changed?  I have a hard time believing that it has already been over a year […]

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Michelle and Jason outside the Seattle Municipal Courthouse after their courthouse elopement wedding. Tom Ellis Photography, Seattle courthouse elopement wedding photographer

Seattle Municipal Courthouse Elopement Wedding

Michelle and Jason Elope at the Seattle Municipal Courthouse Yesterday afternoon I joined Michelle and Jason at the Seattle Municipal Courthouse to photograph their elopement wedding ceremony.  I love elopement weddings!  They are quick and frequently intense, and are always a lot of fun. We met at the Courthouse about 30 minutes before the judges […]

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Julia and Matt's wedding ceremony at the Seattle Municipal Courthouse. Tom Ellis Photography, Seattle elopement and courthouse wedding photographer

Happy Anniversary Julia and Matt, Seattle Courthouse Wedding

Happy Anniversary Julia and Matt! I never know when I’m going to get a call for an elopement wedding.  Kind of the nature of the beast I guess.  These weddings might be planned out months in advance or literally be a spur of the moment “Hey, why don’t we get married tomorrow?” kind of situation. […]

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