Courthouse Weddings

Bride and groom hold hands during their wedding ceremony at the Seattle Municipal Courthouse

Courthouse wedding – Jennifer & Chris

Jennifer & Chris – Seattle Courthouse Wedding On a beautiful warm May afternoon, Jennifer and Chris were married at the Seattle Municipal Courthouse.  Courthouse weddings can always be slightly unpredictable since you never know how long it will take for a judge to be available to perform the ceremony,  or even just who that judge will […]

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Photo from a wedding at the Seattle Municipal Courthouse

Sneak Peek – Seattle Courthouse Wedding

Sneak Peek – Jennifer & Chris at the Seattle Courthouse On Friday May 20 Jennifer and Chris tied the knot at the Seattle Municipal Courthouse, with several friends and family members in attendance.  After the ceremony we drove to Kerry Park for a few photos before everyone headed off to their reception dinner.  These are […]

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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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Bride and groom at Kerry Park in Seattle, with the Seattle Center, Space Needle and Mt Rainier in the background

Seattle Courthouse Wedding Photos

Sabrina & Michael’s wedding at the Seattle Courthouse I was contacted a couple of months ago by Sabrina, who lives in the Monterrey area in California.  She and her fiance Michael were planning to get married at the Seattle Courthouse on February 20, and they wanted to know if I was available to photograph their […]

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

Seattle Courthouse Wedding – Julia and Matt

Seattle Municipal Courthouse Wedding Two weeks ago I had the pleasure of working with Julia and Matt as their wedding photographer.  I always like to ask the couples that I work with how they met; it is fascinating how this has changed over the last 20+ years.  Julia is a fairly recent transplant to the […]

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Michelle & James – Seattle courthouse wedding

Seattle Municipal Courthouse Rooftop Wedding When Michelle and James contacted me last spring about photographing their wedding, they told me that they were planning to have a quick wedding at the Seattle municipal court building, followed a couple of weeks later with a large party/reception on the roof of their apartment building for all of their family […]

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Beljit and Pirthipal – Seattle courthouse wedding

Beljit and Perthipal were married in the King County courthouse building on June 12.  Because we had  nice weather, we decided to walk up the street to the Seattle Courthouse, where we went to the roof to take some photos with the incredible city backdrops visible there.  I loved Beljit’s wedding dress and jewelry, absolutely beautiful! After […]

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Michele and Frederic – Seattle Courthouse wedding

Michele and Frederic were married at the Seattle Courthouse on a beautiful summer day.  During nice weather it is possible to get married on the roof of the courthouse building, and it is a very nice spot indeed!  Afterwards we walked along the waterfront and took a few photos.        

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