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Bride and groom pose for a photo on the catwalk at the top of the Mukilteo Lighthouse

Sneak Peek – Eun & Han at Mukilteo Lighthouse

Sneak Peek photos of Eun and Han at the Mukilteo Lighthouse On Saturday I photographed the wedding of Eun and Han in Mukilteo.  I’m still working on editing all of the photos, but here are a couple of “sneak peek” photos from our pre-ceremony at the Mukilteo Lighthouse. More photos to follow in a few […]

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Fanny and John after their wedding at the King County Courthouse

Seattle Courthouse Wedding photos

King County Courthouse Wedding – Fanny and John Here are some photos from the wedding of Fanny and John, at the King County Courthouse on December 5, 2015.  While the Seattle Municipal Courthouse is not open on weekends, the King County Courthouse is open in a limited capacity on Saturdays, and weekend weddings are possible […]

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Wedding slideshow – Kiana Lodge wedding

Video slideshow of Kiana Lodge wedding, Seattle area wedding photography I have been making up some video slideshows of past weddings as another way to “show off” these weddings.  I am still experimenting a bit in terms of duration of the slideshows, as I am not certain whether people would prefer to watch longer or shorter […]

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Ahlam and Khalid cut their engagement cake during their Seattle area engagement party

Ahlam & Khalid – Engagement Party in Bellevue

Bellevue engagement party at the Caspian Restaurant Last Saturday evening I was the photographer at the engagement party for Ahlam and Khalid at the Caspian Restaurant in Bellevue. Khalid is British, and has been living in England even though his fiance Ahlam lives in the Seattle area. But Khalid has quite a few family members […]

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

Seattle Courthouse Wedding – Julia and Matt

Seattle Municipal Courthouse Wedding Two weeks ago I had the pleasure of working with Julia and Matt as their wedding photographer.  I always like to ask the couples that I work with how they met; it is fascinating how this has changed over the last 20+ years.  Julia is a fairly recent transplant to the […]

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Enagagement photo at Seattle's Discovery Park

Seattle engagement photos – Eun and Han

Seattle area engagement photos – Discovery Park and Pike Place Market I recently had the pleasure of doing an engagement photo session with Eun and Han.  They will be getting married in late February, and we needed to squeeze in an engagement photo session so they will be able to display some of the photos […]

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Wedding ceremony at the beach

30 Wedding Planning Tips and Tricks

I copied this article from The Knot, you can see the original at https://www.theknot.com/content/expert-wedding-planning-tips-and-tricks.  Lots of great info here, I encourage anyone planning a wedding to read it! 30 Expert Wedding Planning Tips and Tricks 1. Guests Come First Get a grip on the approximate number of guests you’ll invite before settling on a venue. This will […]

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Justin gives Ashley a kiss on the neck while she smiles at the photographer

Ashley & Justin – Seattle engagement photos at the Arboretum

Seattle engagement photos at the UW Arboretum Wow, I don’t know how I missed getting this online earlier, but here are some photos from my engagement photo shoot with Ashley and Justin from way back in early October 2015.  We had fantastic luck with the weather, and even though we shared the Arboretum with hundreds […]

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Close up engagement photo, woman behind man with her arm draped around his shoulder and chest

Seattle engagement photos – Anna & Curt at Carkeek Park

Seattle engagement photos at Carkeek Park Anna is a newcomer to Seattle, and she met Curt at church soon after arriving in the area.  Things clicked with them very quickly, and they are planning a wedding in Summer 2016. I met up with Anna and Curt a couple weekends ago for an engagement photo session […]

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Engagement photo with Indian couple at Kerry Park in Seattle, Space Needle and Mt. Rainier in the background

Vanita and Aman – Seattle engagement photos

Seattle engagement photos – Gasworks Park & Kerry Park A couple of weeks ago I met up with Vanita and Aman for their engagement photo session, on a beautiful sunny Saturday afternoon.  It was even fairly warm, making it a great day for taking photos. We started out at Gasworks Park, one of my favorite […]

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