Weddings

Bride and groom pose for a photo on the catwalk at the top of the Mukilteo Lighthouse

Sneak Peek – Eun & Han at Mukilteo Lighthouse

Sneak Peek photos of Eun and Han at the Mukilteo Lighthouse On Saturday I photographed the wedding of Eun and Han in Mukilteo.  I’m still working on editing all of the photos, but here are a couple of “sneak peek” photos from our pre-ceremony at the Mukilteo Lighthouse. More photos to follow in a few […]

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Fanny and John after their wedding at the King County Courthouse

Seattle Courthouse Wedding photos

King County Courthouse Wedding – Fanny and John Here are some photos from the wedding of Fanny and John, at the King County Courthouse on December 5, 2015.  While the Seattle Municipal Courthouse is not open on weekends, the King County Courthouse is open in a limited capacity on Saturdays, and weekend weddings are possible […]

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Wedding slideshow – Kiana Lodge wedding

Video slideshow of Kiana Lodge wedding, Seattle area wedding photography I have been making up some video slideshows of past weddings as another way to “show off” these weddings.  I am still experimenting a bit in terms of duration of the slideshows, as I am not certain whether people would prefer to watch longer or shorter […]

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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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Wedding ceremony at the beach

30 Wedding Planning Tips and Tricks

I copied this article from The Knot, you can see the original at https://www.theknot.com/content/expert-wedding-planning-tips-and-tricks.  Lots of great info here, I encourage anyone planning a wedding to read it! 30 Expert Wedding Planning Tips and Tricks 1. Guests Come First Get a grip on the approximate number of guests you’ll invite before settling on a venue. This will […]

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Close up photo of bride and groom looking at each other

Happy Anniversary Clarissa and John!

Happy First Wedding Anniversary Clarissa and John! It was just one year ago today that I was the lucky photographer at Clarissa and John Barrett’s wedding ceremony at Calvary Fellowship Church in Mountlake Terrace.  We started the day with photos in Mukilteo and had fabulous weather conditions, sunny and warm, more like early October than mid-December. […]

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Wedding ceremony inside the Seymour Conservatory

Happy Anniversary Adriane and Lonnie!

Happy First Wedding Anniversary Adriane and Lonnie! I’d like to send wishes for a very happy first wedding anniversary to Adriane and Lonnie Mixon, who were married a year ago today.  The wedding took place in Wright Park in Tacoma, in the Seymour Conservatory, and you can see photos of the day by clicking here. The wedding […]

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Pickering Barn in Issaquah is a great all-season wedding venue

Seattle Area Venue Review – Pickering Barn in Issaquah

Wedding venue review – Pickering Barn in Issaquah The Pickering Barn in Issaquah was once one of Issaquah’s largest dairy farms, with more than 100 cows. Construction on the hay barn began in 1878, and the large dairy barn area was added in 1906. Today the barn is on the National Register of Historic Places. […]

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What to do when your venue isn’t very photogenic

Your wedding venue isn’t photogenic?  Here is what you can do! At least a few times every year, I will have a couple tell me in advance of the wedding that the location where they are having their wedding simply is not very photogenic.  But they still want to get good formal photos, not only of themselves […]

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Wedding photos before or after the ceremony?

Should you take your wedding photos before or after the ceremony? A question that many couples have when planning their wedding is whether they should take their formal wedding photos before or after the ceremony. For many couples this is a difficult decision because they are being told different things by everyone they talk to. […]

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