Down Syndrome Community Buddy Walk 2019 Yesterday I was the photographer for the 2019 Down Syndrome Community Buddy Walk. This is an annual affair, and I have been the lead photographer at this event for 20+ years. It is always a lot of fun, and this year was no exception. In past years the Buddy […]
Read MoreTom Ellis Photography Blog in Feedspot Top 100 Wedding Photography Blogs A few days ago I received an email from someone whose name I did not recognize, Anuj Agarwal from Feedspot.com. The header on the email was what I have written above, “Tom Ellis Photography Blog in Feedspot Top 100 Wedding Photography Blogs”, and contained […]
Read MoreDown Syndrome Valentine’s Day Sweetheart Dance Last weekend I was the photographer for the 2019 Valentine’s Sweetheart Dance put on by the Down Syndrome Community. The dance had originally been scheduled to be held two weeks earlier, but the rather crazy amount of snow on the ground at the time necessitated rescheduling the date. I […]
Read MoreSpecial People’s Holiday Cruise 2018 – Santa Photos This past Sunday I was once again the Santa photographer for the 2018 Special People’s Cruise, held at Meydenbauer Yacht Club in Bellevue. I say “once again” because I have now been the official Santa photographer at this event for ~25 years. I first started in this […]
Read MoreWaterskiing Fun on Lake Sammamish This morning I met up with long-time friends Steve Loper and Hobie Stebbins at Steve’s house on Lake Sammamish for some of our first waterski runs of the season. When I say “long-time friends” I really do mean long-time; we have know each other since junior high school, almost 50 […]
Read More2018 Down Syndrome Community Valentine’s Day Sweetheart Dance Last Saturday I was the photographer for the annual Valentine’s Day Sweetheart Dance, put on by the Down Syndrome Community of Puget Sound. The event was held at the Highland Center in Bellevue, and as best I can tell this was at least the 20th straight year […]
Read MoreSneak Peek – Sree and Josh get married at the Hindu Cultural Center This wedding was actually a two-part affair; first a full Indian wedding ceremony at the Hindu Temple and Cultural Center in Bothell, followed by a much more conventional (at least for Westerners) ceremony at the Seattle Municipal Courthouse. Both ceremonies took place […]
Read MoreThe 2017 Special People’s Holiday Cruise On December 4 I was the “Santa Photographer” at the 2017 Special People’s Holiday Cruise, held at the Meydenbauer Yacht Club. This is an annual event, and has been going on for many years. As many of my clients know, my daughter Kerri has Down Syndrome. I first got […]
Read MorePhotos of the August 21, 2017 Solar Eclipse Yesterday I was extremely fortunate to be able to view and photograph the total solar eclipse. When I first heard about the coming eclipse sometime last spring, I thought that it would be a lot of fun to travel to a location where it would be possible […]
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