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Wedding during the time of COVID. Tom Ellis Photography, Seattle wedding photographer

Sunny Seattle Wedding in the time of COVID

Laura and Jimmy get married at Rock Creek Gardens Just last week Laura and Jimmy were married at Rock Creek Gardens in Puyallup.  But this was not exactly how things were supposed to happen.  Here is the story – In early July I was contacted by Laura.  She and her fiancé Jimmy were planning to […]

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Seattle courthouse elopement wedding that was not in a courthouse. Tom Ellis Photography, Seattle courthouse wedding photographer

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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Laura and Jimmy's wedding ceremony at Rock Creek Gardens. Tom Ellis Photography

Sneak Peek Sunny Seattle Wedding During COVID

Sneak Peek – Laura and Jimmy get married a bit earlier than planned Here are a couple of photos from today’s fantastic wedding of Laura and Jimmy at Stone Creek Gardens.  I have not had time to do much editing yet, but wanted to get at least a few photos online ASAP.  More to follow […]

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Wedding ceremony of Allison and Matthew, held during COVID restrictions. Tom Ellis Photography, Seattle wedding photographer

Fantastic Seattle Wedding in the time of COVID

Allison and Mark’s Fantastic Wedding in the time of COVID As you can probably guess, this wedding was not supposed to happen the way that it did.  The original plan was to have the wedding and reception in mid-August, and have roughly 150 family and guests in attendance.  But as we all know, this little […]

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Mathew and Allison exchange their vows during their Seattle area wedding at John Knox Presbyterian Church

Sneak Peek Allison and Matthew’s Seattle Wedding

Sneak Peek – Allison and Matthew’s Fantastic Seattle Area Wedding Yesterday (that would be Saturday) I had the great pleasure of being the photographer at the wedding of Allison and Matthew, held at John Knox Presbyterian Church in Normandy Park, which is a suburb just south of Seattle.  This was a wonderful wedding of two […]

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Jess and Julika during our pre-wedding photo session at the Ballard Locks. Tom Ellis Photography, Seattle wedding photography

Happy Fourth Wedding Anniversary Jess and Julika

Happy Fourth Anniversary Wishes to Julika and Jess As I was scrolling through my Facebook feed this morning I spotted a post from a couple whose wedding I photographed way back in 2016.  LOL!  I had a hard time believing that it has been four years since that wedding, it is still so clear in […]

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Close up photo of baby Hailey during our newborn photo session. Tom Ellis Photography, Seattle family photographer

Seattle Newborn and Family Photo Session

Time to meet beautiful newborn baby Hailey A little background on this session.  I was the photographer at Sarah and Ryan’s wedding in 2015 (which you can see at this link), and since then they had their first baby, daughter Violet, in the summer of 2018.  I was not able to do newborn photos for […]

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Bride Yoshimi and groom Jake recessing down the aisle at the conclusion of their wedding ceremony. Tom Ellis Photography, Seattle wedding photographer

Happy First Wedding Anniversary Yoshimi and Jake

Yoshimi and Jake celebrate their first Wedding Anniversary In spite of what we have all been going through for the last three-plus months with COVID and the massive disruption it has had on our lives, time keeps marching on.  While I have trouble believing that it has already been a year since Jake and Yoshimi […]

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Addison claps her hands while mom Ashley looks on during their birthday/family photo session. Tom Ellis Photography

One Year Old Birthday Photos at Bellevue Botanical Garden

Addison’s One Year Old Birthday Photo Session at the Botanical Garden Almost exactly 4 years ago I was the photographer at Ashley and Justin’s wedding; you can see the wedding at this link.  Since then we have loosely stayed in touch, especially over the last year.  Just about exactly 1 year ago, Justin and Ashley […]

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Bride and groom stand next to their car, decorated with a "Married and Quarantined" banner, after their elopement wedding. Tom Ellis Photography, Seattle elopement photographer

Seattle Area Quarantine Elopement Wedding In Car

Liliana and Greg’s Quarantine Elopement Wedding In Their Car This is a wedding that very nearly did not happen, or at least nearly did not happen as planned!  It is a great story of perseverance by Liliana and Greg, who had decided to get married and in spite of numerous challenges did not give up […]

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