I started photographing weddings in 1980, shortly after graduating from Stanford University. When I first started out I was frequently younger than the couples I was photographing; now I find that I am often the same age as their parents! LOL! Still kind of hard for me to believe how long I have been in this business, but if anything I love it even more now than when I first started.
If you do the math you'll see that I have been shooting weddings for more than 40 years. That means I started my photography career before the great majority of current Seattle area wedding photographers were even born. I have now shot well over 1000 weddings, most in the Seattle area but also all over the US. I shot my first "second generation" wedding (child of a couple whose wedding I also photographed) in 2015, and it looks like there will be a couple more in the next year or two.
So why should you hire an "old fart" like me? In a word, Experience! By the time most of the local photographers had their first pro job I had been operating a very successful photography business for more than 30 years. That doesn't happen if the clientele is not happy with their photos, and the rather silly number of awards I have won shows that my clients have been VERY happy with my work! You can see some of the reviews I have received by clicking this link to visit my Client Reviews page. You'll also see that my clients all describe me as a very nice (and fun) guy to work with (please visualize a modest smile and "Ah gee" shrug). This is VERY important, as you will work extremely closely with your photographer throughout your wedding day!
