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Close up photo of engaged couples hands and engagement ring

36 Signs You’re Ready to Get Engaged

36 Signs You’re Ready to Get Engaged As a member and advertiser on WeddingWire.com, I sometimes run across articles there regarding weddings and engagements that are just too good not to share.  This is a great example!  Very funny, and also pretty darned accurate.  I hope you enjoy this as much as I did! by […]

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Close up photo of couple sitting in patch of forget-me-not flowers during their Seattle engagement photo session at Kubota Garden

Seattle Engagement Photos at Kubota Garden

Engagement Session with Colleen and Matt at Kubota Garden On May 1, I met with Colleen and Matt at the Kubota Garden in South Seattle for their engagement photo session.  My string of good luck with the weather this year continued to hold, and we had a gorgeous sunny day.  However, as far as Colleen […]

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Seattle area wedding ceremony at Lake Wilderness Lodge by Seattle wedding photographer

Happy Anniversary Kim & Jake!

Happy Third Anniversary to Kim and Jake! Three years ago today I was the photographer at the fantastic wedding of Kim and Jake, held at the Lake Wilderness Lodge in Maple Valley.  I remember this wedding like it was last week instead of three years ago, we lucked out with absolutely perfect weather after a […]

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Cactus flowers blooming in Phoenix AZ

Cactus photos in Phoenix AZ

Desert cactus photos in Phoenix AZ A few weeks ago my wife and I made a rather brief trip to Phoenix to visit with some friends, while on the way to help my parent move move back to Seattle from their winter home in Borrego Springs.  We usually make a journey to Phoenix early in […]

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Close up photo of Indian bride during the early part of the wedding ceremony

Slideshow – Indian Wedding at Willows Lodge

Seattle wedding photographer – Indian wedding at Willows Lodge Here is a new video slideshow of the wedding of Akansha and Tejas that I shot about two months ago at the Willows Lodge in Woodinville.  This was a wonderful wedding; I especially enjoy Indian weddings for two reasons.  First, because of the incredibly intricate Hindu ceremony, which is so […]

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Bride and groom turn to face the camera at their Seattle courthouse wedding, with Mt Rainier in the background

Seattle Courthouse Wedding Photography

Seattle Courthouse Wedding – Claudia & Brandon I was contacted by Brandon several weeks ago.  He and his fiance Claudia were planning to elope soon, and he wanted to know if I was available to photograph their wedding at the Seattle Municipal Courthouse.  We corresponded by email over the course of a few days, discussing […]

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Seattle area family photo session with 18 month old Emily, as she poses in front of her house

First-baby photos – Emily

Family/first baby photo session with Elizabeth, Brad and Emily Not quite seven years ago, I was the photographer at the wedding of Elizabeth Brownell and Brad Austin at St Louise Church in Bellevue.  About 2 months ago I got an email from Elizabeth.  She and Brad now had their first baby, a girl named Emily […]

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Katrina & Christopher on the front walk at the Stimson-Green Mansion in Seattle

Seattle wedding at Stimson-Green Mansion

Katrina & Christopher’s wedding at the Stimson-Green Mansion It has taken me way too long to get these photos posted, but I finally have finished editing all of the photos from Katrina and Christopher’s wedding at the incredible Stimson-Green Mansion in Seattle on March 24.  I had worked with Katrina and Christopher back in November […]

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Sam and Isabel surrounded by their friends at their joint Mitzvah party at The Ruins

Bnai Mitzvah – Isabel & Sam at Temple Beth Am

Seattle area Bar/Bat Mitzvah – Isabel and Sam Three years ago I met the McGinty/Haberman family when I was the photographer at the Bar Mitzvah of Nate.  I loved working with the family, and since Nate had twin brother and sister who were three years younger, I hoped that I would have a chance to […]

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close up photo of bride and groom in the deep woods

Wedding videos on YouTube

Wedding Video Slideshows on YouTube I have posted some new wedding video slideshows to my YouTube page.  These are short versions of the more extensive slideshows that I include with some of my packages, or provide to couples who want such a slideshow.  The full-length slideshows that I create for couples are provided in full-resolution and can be […]

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