I met Kelda and Nebiyou at Gold Creek Pond at the top of Snoqualmie Pass for their wedding portraits. Gold Creek Pond is an absolutely gorgeous place for photography with amazing colors in the lake and surrounded by mountains.
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The American College of Mohs Surgery had their convention, conference, and trainings at the Hyatt Regency in Seattle. I was there to photograph the events. The Hyatt Regency is a great venue in a beautiful location in Seattle.
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Hayley and Adam were married on a perfectly Seattle rainy day in the spring. They and all of their friends got ready in a space above their wedding venue, Mad Art Studio.
Mad Art Studio is located in the South Lake Union neighborhood just a few blocks from the MOHAI and the Center for Wooden Boats. We went down to Kobe Terrace Park in the International District for their first look and some portraits. Kobe Terrace is filled with cherry trees and was absolutely beautiful for their first look with all of the blossoms.
Then, we went to Kerry Park to get views of the Space Needle and Seattle for more portraits and their wedding party images. After that, we went back to Mad Art Studio for the wedding and reception. Very cool couple and a fun day!
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Business portraits and headshots make up a huge part of my business. A lot of times places will want this more casual, modern style of business portrait, but will be asking for headshots because that is the term they know. In photographer’s circles this isn’t really considered a headshot because there is much more to it than just the head and shoulders, but how would a client know to call it something different? I have heard these call cinematic style or bokeh style, but whatever it is, I have been doing it for my clients for years. I will go to a business office and create really nice portraits of a bunch of people all in one day. Here is a set I did for a biotech firm in Seattle. All of these images were either taken in the lobby of their building or within a few blocks of walking. For this shoot, I created portraits of around 35 of their employees in one day.
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I had the pleasure of spending a day at the production bread baking facility of Grand Central Bakery in Seattle. I was creating storytelling branding images for their media platforms. The image really tell the story of the time and care they take in creating incredible bread.
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Jasmine and Mitch are an incredibly enjoyable and affectionate pair. Capturing their photographs was a pleasure. Their wedding ceremony took place at the stunning Imperia Lake Union in Seattle.
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I met Beka and Joe at the Smith Tower in Seattle before their wedding. I love Smith Tower and have used in the background of so many of my wedding and elopement images. For this event, the wedding was inside the tower, which I hadn’t been inside for year. I am very glad that camera gear has improved so much in the time between and now has enough dynamic range to allow there to be detail in both the couple and the much brighter background.
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I met Elena, Jacob, and their three boys at the Belle Chapel in Snohomish for the wedding. Belle Chapel is a very nice space in downtown Snohomish for a small wedding.
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I met Hao and Bonan on a cold February day at the Municipal Court of Seattle. We walked around City Hall and the Seattle Public Library before we went back to the courthouse for the wedding ceremony. The ceremony was indoors in the Judicial Library. Then, we went upstairs for a few portraits on the very cold rooftop deck.
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Anastasiya and Purvang are a fun and funny couple that are always ready with a joke. They also take their heritages seriously and were married in the traditional marriage outfits of their native Ukraine and India. That made for some very fun and colorful images. We walked from the Seattle Municipal Court into downtown Seattle and back for portraits before returning to the courthouse for their wedding ceremony.
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Butler Seattle produces the Northwest Event Show. They are also a great source of event transportation. This year the show was at the brand-new Summit building at the Seattle Convention Center. There were tons of cool ideas for corporate events such as Dirtfish driving school and Compass Outdoor Adventures. There were a lot of great venues and some really great food, decoration, and entertainment.
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Shannon and Kevin are awesome! They were a ton of fun to hang out with and photograph. We visited the Seattle library, city hall, and the Seattle Municipal Court.
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Corporate events can be a ton of fun. For this one, I was photographing the West Coast competition for the chefs of Aramark. There were people from convention centers, including Chef Jose from the Seattle Convention Center, stadiums, and national park resorts from Washington, California, and Nevada. The competition was held in the brand-new kitchen at the Seattle Convention Center Summit building.
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I met Meghana and Pranav at the Seattle Municipal Court for their wedding. At the beginning, you can see how incredibly hard it was raining. So we went and played at the Seattle Central Library. When we came back out, it was much better weather and we even managed to do an outdoor ceremony on the rooftop deck.
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I met Esther and John at the Seattle waterfront for some portraits a few weeks after their wedding. It was fun to get to photograph the two of them at Pier 62 and Myrtle Edwards Park!
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I had the honor of being the official photographer for the grand opening of the Seattle Convention Center’s new building, Summit. It is truly a spectacular building that has 580,000 square feet of event space. There were three days of events that I covered. The first was the press event and ribbon cutting featuring the state and local politicians that helped to make it happen. It was followed by a hospitality event for all of the industry professionals. The following day the dedication of the ballroom in honor of the long-time president of the board that started working on the convention center in 1982. And finally, on the third day was the public open house with around 5,000 people in attendance. The place is so large, though, that it seemed empty with that many people!
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Jasmine and Mitch are incredibly nice people. They were a joy to talk to as we walked all over Seward Park for the engagement portraits. I am very much looking forward to their wedding!
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I met Andree-Anne and Kyle with a couple of their friends at the Bellevue Downtown Park for some portraits before their wedding at the King County Court in Bellevue. They are a very nice couple that I really enjoyed photographing. After some portraits we went over to the courthouse for their ceremony and finished off with some family portraits on the grounds.
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Annette and Chase had a cold and rainy day for their wedding at the Seattle Municipal Court. They were troopers and were prepared to brave the elements for some photographs, which I really appreciated. They were married in the jury room and we created some portraits on the rooftop deck, inside the courthouse and at a nearby courtyard that I have used a few times. Very cool people!
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Heather and Aaron met me at the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle for their engagement portraits. We walked all over the park as we talked and created some very cool portraits for them. Fantastic couple!
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