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

Happy Anniversary Julia and Matt, Seattle Courthouse Wedding

Happy Anniversary Julia and Matt! I never know when I’m going to get a call for an elopement wedding.  Kind of the nature of the beast I guess.  These weddings might be planned out months in advance or literally be a spur of the moment “Hey, why don’t we get married tomorrow?” kind of situation. […]

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Seattle Wedding Photographer WeddingWire Award Winner

Tom Ellis Photography wins WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Award for the 12th straight year I am proud and pleased to announce that Tom Ellis Photography was announced a winner of the 2020 WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Awards®, an accolade representing the top wedding professionals across the board in quality, service, responsiveness, and professionalism reviewed by couples on […]

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Beautiful romantic photo of groom kissing bride on the forehead shortly before their wedding ceremony. Tom Ellis Photography

Happy Anniversary Elizabeth and Peter Seattle wedding

Happy Anniversary Elizabeth and Peter! I want to wish a very Happy Wedding Anniversary to Elizabeth and Peter, married January 7 2018 at the Bistro 76 Cafe.  You can visit my original post (with lots of photos) by clicking on the link. January weddings in Seattle are always a bit unpredictable.  I’ve had weddings this […]

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Dorothy Ann and Matthew at the altar during their wedding ceremony. Tom Ellis Photography, Seattle wedding photographer

Seattle Fantastic Solstice Sci-Fi and Fantasy Wedding

Dorothy Ann and Matthew’s Amazing Solstice Fantasy Wedding Dorothy Ann and Matthew first found me on a site called Offbeat Bride.  This site, as its name implies, is for the couple who is not looking for what would be called a “traditional” kind of wedding.  The people who come to Offbeat Bride definitely march to […]

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Judge Rosen, along with bride Jocelyn and groom Austin, display the marriage certificate for the newly married couple at the King County Courthouse. Tom Ellis Photography, Seattle courthouse wedding photographer

Excellent Elopement Wedding at King County Courthouse

Jocelyn & Austin’s Elopement Wedding at the King County Courthouse On December 10 I received an email from Jennifer.  She and fiancé Austin were planning a courthouse elopement in Seattle on December 18, and they wanted to know if I was available to be their photographer. I did have the date open, so we started […]

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Bride Dorothy Ann and groom Mathew in silhouette against the stain glass window before their wedding ceremony at Maple Leaf Lutheran Church. Tom Ellis Photography, Seattle wedding photographer

Sneak Peek Seattle Wedding at Maple Leaf Lutheran Church

Sneak Peek – Dorothy Ann and Matthew get married at Maple Leaf Lutheran Church Here are a couple of photos from my very recent (two days ago) wedding of Dorothy Ann and Matthew, at Maple Leaf Lutheran Church in Seattle.  This wedding was one of the most fun weddings I have attended in a long […]

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Austin tries to put the ring on Jocelyn's finger during their elopement wedding ceremony at the King County Courthouse in Seattle. Tom Ellis Photography, Seattle courthouse wedding photographer

Sneak Peek Seattle Courthouse Elopement Wedding

Jocelyn and Austin Elope at the King County Courthouse Here is a Sneak Peek photo from last night’s fun elopement wedding of Jocelyn and Austin at the King County Courthouse in Seattle.  I had a great time working with Jocelyn, Austin and their friends who joined them for the wedding.  It was a rather rainy […]

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Amanda and Joe leaving their wedding reception at the Lake Union Cafe. Tom Ellis Photography, top-rated Seattle wedding photographer

Happy Anniversary Amanda and Joe – Seattle wedding

Happy First Anniversary Wishes to Amanda and Joe! I am afraid that I am a bit late with this posting, but I would like to recognize Amanda and Joe’s first wedding anniversary and send them my congratulations on the event.  Amanda and Joe were married just over a year ago on November 10, 1028 at […]

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Santa on the deck at Meydenbauer Yacht club pointing at the boats returning from the Holiday Cruise. Tom Ellis Photography, Seattle event photographer

2019 Special People’s Holiday Cruise Santa Photos

Santa 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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The Knot Best of Weddings 2020. Tom Ellis Photography, top-rated Seattle wedding photographer

Tom Ellis Photography wins The Knot Best of Weddings Award

Tom Ellis Photography wins The Knot Best of Weddings Award for 2020 I am very happy and proud to announce that I have once again been selected to receive The Knot Best of Weddings, an accolade representing the highest- and most-rated wedding professionals as reviewed by real couples, their families and wedding guests on The […]

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