{"id":18562,"date":"2023-08-17T17:22:55","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T00:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/?p=18562"},"modified":"2023-08-17T17:22:55","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T00:22:55","slug":"summer-elopement-wedding-at-the-seattle-courthouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/summer-elopement-wedding-at-the-seattle-courthouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Elopement Wedding at the Seattle Courthouse"},"content":{"rendered":"

Xiaoxi and Mike have an Elopement Wedding at the Seattle Courthouse<\/h1>\n

I recently was the photographer at the elopement wedding of Xiaoxi and Mike, who were married at the Seattle Municipal Courthouse<\/a>. Mike had contacted me several weeks earlier, wanting to know if I had much experience with courthouse weddings. I assured him that I have a lot of experience with elopement weddings at a number of locations, and had photographed dozens of weddings at the Seattle Courthouse.<\/p>\n

The day of the wedding we met for the first time as we were all entering the courthouse building. Mike and Xioaxi were accompanied by their parents; Joe and Mindy Luo (Mike’s parents), and Ron Chen and Hong Li Xiaoxi’s parents). We rode the elevator up to the tenth floor (where couples check in to see a judge) and had a chance to talk a bit about the plans for the day.<\/p>\n

As I had advised Mike, he and Xiaoxi had arrived early, and they were able to quickly check in. We were told that a judge would be ready in about 15 minutes, so we took advantage of the time to take some photos in the hall outside the courtrooms. This is a pretty nice place for photos, and we were able to take a nice variety of shots before we were told that a judge was ready to see us. We learned that our judge was Willie Gregory. I have worked with Judge Gregory many times, and he is always a lot of fun.<\/p>\n

After Judge Gregory discussed the ceremony with Xiaoxi and Mike, we all got onto the elevator and made our way up a few floors to the rooftop balcony. The Seattle Courthouse balcony is one of the more scenic locations in Seattle for a wedding, looking out over SoDo and both sports stadiums, with a view to the west across Puget Sound and to the south a great view of Mt Rainier, if the weather is clear.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately we did not have a view of Rainier, but the view was wonderful anyway. And frankly Mike and Xiaoxi were more concerned with the reason they were there than in admiring the view!<\/p>\n

Judge Gregory did his usual great job of officiating the ceremony, and Mke and Xiaoxi were soon married. After the ceremony we were able to spend a few minutes taking photos before the next couple arrived. And you can see some of those photos below.\u00a0 More photos from other weddings can be seen on my website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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