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Chris and Matthew pose near the altar before their wedding at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel in Seattle

Sneak Peek – Seattle wedding at the Fairmont

Sneak Peek Photos – Fairmont Olympic wedding On Saturday October 8, 2016 I was the lucky photographer at the wedding of Chris Doughty and Matthew Sullivan, held at the amazing Fairmont Olympic Hotel in Seattle.  I am only going to post a few photos right now; I have been editing photos for a couple of […]

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Twins Jay and Delynn pose together during their senior photo session at the Bellevue Botanical Gardens

Bellevue Senior Photos at the Botanical Gardens

Seniors Jay and Delynn at the Bellevue Botanical Gardens A few weeks ago I met up with twin seniors Jay and Delynn for their senior photo session at the Bellevue Botanical Gardens.  We lucked out with a great afternoon and headed into the park to see what would give us some good photos.  The Gardens […]

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Participants at the 2016 Down Syndrome Community Buddy Walk just before starting the walk around Seattle Center

2016 Down Syndrome Buddy Walk

Down Syndrome Community Buddy Walk Yesterday was the Down Syndrome Community Buddy Walk, held annually in early October at the Seattle Center.  I have been a volunteer photographer for this event for ~15 years, and every year it continues to grow.  We have been extremely fortunate with the weather for this event over the years, and […]

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Couple standing with their wedding officiant in a beautiful park for their elopement

Seattle Elopement Photography at Parsons Garden

Lois and Logan elope at Parsons Garden Back in early August I received an email from Lois.  She had been looking for a photographer for her planned elopement, and after looking through my online portfolio and seeing all my reviews thought that I was the person she wanted to record this special day.  I was […]

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Couple standing hand-in-hand on beautiful beach, with view across Puget Sound to the Olympic Mountains

Newlywed photos at Alki Point

Couple’s post-wedding photo session on Alki Point I was contacted by Baltazar several weeks ago.  He and his fiance lived in the Sacramento area in California, and they were planning to come to Seattle to get married the next week.  They wanted to get married at the Seattle Municipal Courthouse, and had seen samples of […]

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Couple walk hand in hand during their Seattle engagement photo session at Gasworks Park

Seattle engagement photos at Gasworks Park

Seattle Engagement Photos – Jia & Xuan at Gasworks Park In late July I received an email asking about my availability to take some engagement photos within the next couple of weeks.  The couple was fairly new to Seattle and did not really know the city very well, and hoped I could help them locate a good […]

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Wedding ceremony of male same-sex couple at the Georgetown Ballroom in Seattle

Seattle wedding photography at Georgetown Ballroom

Doug & Mike get married at the Georgetown Ballroom On Sunday September 4, Mike Samples and Doug Lyons were married at the Georgetown Ballroom in Seattle.  Doug and Mike are both huge sports fans, and also pretty decent athletes.  They met while playing in the Gay Softball World Series (different teams), and what started as […]

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Bride and groom walk hand-in-hand along the beach under beautiful blue skies, at Golden Gardens Park in Seattle

Seattle wedding photography at Golden Gardens

Colleen and Mathew get married at Golden Gardens Last Saturday September 3, Colleen Salmi and Mathew Luebert were married at the beautiful Golden Gardens Park in Seattle.  The last few days had been a bit wet, and Saturday morning started with a fair amount of rain.  The poor weather at the start of the day […]

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Sneak Peek Photos – Georgetown Ballroom Wedding

Doug and Mike get married at the Georgetown Ballroom Here are a VERY few photos from Sunday’s wedding of Doug Lyons and Mike Samples at the wonderful Georgetown Ballroom.  I still have well over 500 photo to edit from this wedding, so it will be the end of the week before I post a true […]

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Sneak Peek Photos – Golden Gardens Wedding

Colleen and Matt get married at Golden Gardens Park Here are a very few “sneak peek” photos from the Saturday September 4 wedding of Colleen and Mathew at beautiful Golden Gardens Park in Seattle.  I promise to have a lot more in a “proper” blog post of the event later this week, but first I […]

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