Erlan’s Surprise Proposal to Tanya at Snoqualmie Falls Back at the beginning of February I received an email from Erlan. He and his girlfriend Tanya were going to be visiting Seattle the following week, and he wanted to propose to her while in Seattle. he wanted to do the proposal at Snoqualmie Falls, and asked if […]
Read MoreGuada and Don Get Married at Ray’s Boathouse Back in early November Don and Guada had a fantastic wedding and reception at Ray’s Boathouse in Seattle. I’m going to give you a quick rundown of the day, as well as present a selection of photo highlights. But if you get bored with my commentary you […]
Read MoreCatherine and Steven Get Married at St Mary Magdalen Church This was one of my final true “Summer Weddings” for 2022, taking place at the end of August with wonderful sunny summer weather. I had done an engagement photo session with Catherine and Steven just a few weeks earlier, and was really looking forward to […]
Read MoreThe Return of the Down Syndrome Community of Puget Sound Buddy Walk After several years of either no Buddy Walk or a much reduced version of the Walk due to Covid fears, this year the Down Syndrome Community of Puget Sound was able to bring the Buddy Walk back. This was a very welcome return, […]
Read MoreCatherine and Steven’s Engagement Session at the Botanical Garden Once again I lucked out with the weather on this session, with a pretty much perfect August afternoon. Catherine and Steven are getting married in just a few weeks, and we had been trying to find a good time for much of the summer to do […]
Read MoreTom Ellis Photography wins multiple awards for Seattle Wedding Photographer for 2022 I am very pleased and proud to announce that once again Tom Ellis Photography was given multiple awards for Wedding Photographer for 2022. I really should have gotten a post up about this earlier but I’ve been too busy with more important aspects […]
Read MoreWelcome and Happy Birthday to Baby Ellie! I recently had the wonderful opportunity to take some newborn photos of baby Ellie, who was born just three days before our photo session. Ellie is child number two for Ashley and Justin, following older sister Addison by about 22 months. As you might guess, Addison is very […]
Read MoreGunnar’s Senior Photography Session at the UW Campus On a semi-sunny fall afternoon I met with Lake Washington High School senior Gunnar at the University of Washington campus for his senior photo session. This is a great location for almost any kind of photo session, a really beautiful campus with lots of locations that are […]
Read MoreSneak 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 […]
Read MoreSanta Photos at the 2019 Seafair Holiday Cruise Last Sunday I had the pleasure on being the “Santa Photographer” for the 2019 Special People’s Cruise, held at Meydenbauer Yacht Club in Bellevue. I have now been the official Santa photographer at this event for ~25 years. I first started in this role when my daughter […]
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