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The entire group in attendance at Cassie and Robert's Seattle area wedding pose for a group photo at the conclusion of the wedding ceremony

Wonderful Seattle Backyard Wedding and Reception

Cassie and Robert get married in their own backyard! I need to start this posting by telling everyone that I have known Robert for about 12 years.  I was his javelin coach while he was at Bellevue High School, and we met when he was a 16 year old sophomore who got tired of playing […]

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Outdoor wedding ceremony held on the beach at Bellingham's Marine Park, photographed by Tom Ellis Photography

Happy First Wedding Anniversary to Shannon and Kevin

Happy First Wedding Anniversary Shannon and Kevin! It is hard for me to believe that an entire year has passed since the fantastic destination wedding of Shannon Buckham and Kevin Stewart at Bellingham’s Marine Park and Cruise Terminal, held on September 3, 2017.  Or as their friends called it, the “Buckwart Wedding”!  🙂  You can […]

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Brid and her father start down the aisle at her beautiful outdoor destination wedding ceremony at Clearwater Resort, photographed by Seattle wedding photographer Tom Ellis Photography

Sneak Peek Amazing Destination Wedding Clearwater Casino

Sneak Peek – Epiphany and Jesse get married at Clearwater Casino Resort I have been incredibly fortunate this year to have had the opportunity to photograph some of the most amazing weddings of my rather lengthy career.  Since I have personally photographed something north of 1200 weddings over 38 year that is really saying something!  […]

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Close up beautifully backlit photo of bride and groom before their Seattle area wedding at French Creek Manor, photographed by Seattle wedding photographer Tom Ellis Photography

Happy First Wedding Anniversary Anneliese and Mark

Happy First Wedding Anniversary Wishes to Anneliese and Mark! One year ago Anneliese and Mark were married at one of my favorite weddings of the year, held at the beautiful French Creek Manor.  This wedding was put together long-distance by Anneliese, who at the time was a grad student working on her PhD on the […]

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Alan and Terry during our pre-wedding photo session before their Seattle elopement wedding

Sneak Peek Seattle Elopement at Marjorie’s Restaurant

Sneak Peek – Alan and Terry have an Elopement Wedding in Seattle This wedding was apparently put together in less than a week.  All I’m giving is the short story for now, I’ll have more background when I do my full blog post on this wedding sometime soon.  But to show a bit of just […]

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Bride and groom recess down the aisle at the conclusion of the Seattle area wedding ceremony at Tibbetts Creek Manor in Issaquah, photographed by Tom Ellis Photography

Happy First Wedding Anniversary Brenda and Zack

Happy First Wedding Anniversary Wishes to Brenda and Zack! One year ago today Brenda and Zack were married at Tibbetts Creek Manor in Issaquah, and I was there to photograph their special day!  You can click the link to be taken to my blog posting of the day, which includes a large selection of photos.  […]

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Bride and groom and their four kids pose for a pre-wedding ceremony photo at Kerry Park in Seattle

Happy First Wedding Anniversary Richelle and Lance

Happy First Wedding Anniversary Wishes to Richelle and Lance Summer just keeps cruising along, hard to believe that August is almost at an end.  I remember last summer’s wedding of Richelle and Lance very well; summer was winding down, but we were still in the middle of a streak of gorgeous weather.  Richelle and Lance’s […]

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Surprise wedding proposal at Reflection Lake at Mt Rainier

Surprise Wedding Proposal at Reflection Lake, Mt Rainier

Derek’s surprise proposal to Abby at Reflection Lake at Mt Rainier In late July I received an email from Derek.  He lives in North Carolina, and he and his girlfriend Abby were coming out to Seattle in mid-August to start a vacation exploration of the West Coast.  Derek planned to do a surprise proposal to […]

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Bride stands in foreground while groom in the background gives a double "thumbs up" for the camera

Happy First Wedding Anniversary Lisa and David

Happy First Anniversary Wishes to Lisa and David I would like to send wishes for a very happy First Wedding Anniversary to Lisa and David, married one year ago at the Century Ballroom in Seattle.  You can click on the link to be taken to my blog posting of the wedding, which includes quite a […]

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Outdoor wedding ceremony of Amber and Peter at the Amphitheater at Magnuson Park in Seattle

Sneak Peek Seattle Wedding at Magnuson Park

Sneak Peek – Amber and Peter get married at Magnuson Park Today’s wedding was really a lot of fun, as Amber and Peter got married in the Amphitheater at Magnuson Park in Seattle in front of their family and friends.  I was extremely impressed with how cooperative all involved were in getting the area set […]

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