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Happy Anniversary Lori and Patrick!

Happy Anniversary Lori and Patrick!  Seattle wedding photography Four years ago today I was the photographer at the wedding of Lori Gagnon and Patrick Johnson.  I still remember the wedding very well; they probably had the best processional/entrance for their ceremony of ANY wedding I have ever photographed, and I have shot more than 1200 weddings! […]

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Joyce & Tony – Kubota Garden Engagement Photos

Seattle area engagement photos at Kubota Garden A couple of weeks ago on a simply gorgeous May afternoon, I met with Tony and Joyce at the Kubota Garden in Seattle for their engagement photo session.  Tony and Joyce are getting married in just over a month, and we had been hoping that we would get […]

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Down Syndrome Community Valentine’s Sweetheart Dance

Down Syndrome Community Sweetheart Dance This past Saturday I was privileged to photograph the annual Valentine’s Day Sweetheart Dance, held at the Highland Center in Bellevue. I have been the photographer at this event for ~20 years now, and it is always a lot of fun. The dance may have been held a week after […]

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Tips for Brides when planning your wedding

Wedding planning Tips for Brides One of the pages on my website is devoted to sharing some of the things that I have learned over the 30-plus years that I have been taking wedding photos.  The link to this page is Advice for Brides, and I’d encourage anyone who is starting to plan the timeline […]

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Seattle Area Family Photos – The Uhde Family

Seattle Area Family Photo Session On October 6, 2012 I was privileged to be the photographer at the wedding of Kaleb Uhde and Shannon Sasek.  The wedding was held at the TPC Golf Club on Snoqualmie Ridge, and you can see some photos from the wedding by clicking here. A bit before last Christmas I […]

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Seattle wedding – Clarissa & John at Calvary Fellowship

Seattle area wedding at Calvary Fellowship Church Clarissa and John picked a great date for their wedding, 12-13-14. To make it even better, the time the ceremony was scheduled to start was 3:16PM, or in 24 hour time at 15:16. Which means the full wedding date was 12-13-14 15:16! Talk about an easy anniversary to […]

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2014 Special People’s Cruise

Special People’s Holiday Cruise For those of you who do not know about this event, the Special People’s Cruise is an annual event for Developmentally Delayed teenagers and adults in the Seattle area.  Local yacht club members provide their boats to take this group on an afternoon cruise around Lake Washington. This event almost always is scheduled on […]

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Adriane & Lonnie – Wedding at Wright Park Conservatory

Wedding ceremony of Adriane and Lonnie at the Seymour Conservatory Adriane and Lonnie were married on November 29 at the Wright Park Conservatory in front of their immediate family. The conservatory is a very beautiful spot, and worked perfectly for the intimate ceremony. Following are some photos to give you a taste of the wedding […]

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Jessica & Ryan – Snoqualmie Falls Engagement Photos

Seattle area engagement photos at Snoqualmie Falls Here are some photos from my engagement session a couple of weeks ago with Jessica Morey and Ryan Fowler.  I had to wait to post these because Jessica is pregnant, but hadn’t made the official announcement yet and (as you will see) these photos would have been a […]

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2014 Puget Sound Buddy Walk

Puget Sound Down Syndrome Community Buddy Walk Here are a few photos from the 2014 Puget Sound Buddy Walk, run by the Down Syndrome Community and held on October 5 at the Seattle Center.  To see the entire set of 200+ photos please visit my Picasa page.  The photos there can all be downloaded free of charge, […]

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