Engagements

Nick & Kelsey’s Wedding Crest Illustration

An extremely cool wedding illustration by Gaelan Kelly

January 28, 2012 Engagements
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What to do when you and your fiance have off-the-hook personalities and want to show the world what an awesome match you are together? Exactly! You have Gaelan Kelly illustrate the two of you into your very own wedding crest. Gaelan is an über-talented artist that has a knack for nailing the details that visually [...]

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Nick & Kelsey, Pt 2

Continuation session with a vintage Beech aircraft

January 25, 2012 Engagements
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A few days after their first engagement mini-session in Seattle, we all met up at the Auburn Airport where Nick and Kelsey are becoming flight instructors to finish. Airplanes and airports are a big part of these pilot’s day-to-day so it’s only fitting to include it in their shots. Even better, we had access to [...]

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Nick & Kelsey, Pt 1

Pike Place Market Engagements

January 25, 2012 Engagements
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Engagement sessions should be more than a collection of poses and a pleasant background. When we go out to photograph a couple prior to their wedding, we use this opportunity to capture their personalities and strong emotional connection. If possible, we integrate locations that are important and meaningful which lends to more relaxed and natural [...]

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Mackenna & Patrick

Olympic Sculpture Garden Engagements

January 17, 2012 Engagements
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To prepare for their upcoming Wild Rose wedding, we spent some time with the camera at the Olympic Sculpture park. These engagement sessions are an invaluable time to loosen up and become more comfortable being photographed, to talk more about the upcoming wedding and the people that will be involved and just getting to know [...]

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Chantel and David

Seattle Waterfront Engagements

January 11, 2012 Engagements
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What started out as portraits became an engagement shoot when I found out that they were secretly engaged and had plans to elope. I first recommended that we grab what was left of the maple tree color near the waterfront Ivars. So much color and energy! We then walked across the street to the abandoned [...]

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Sara & Kevin Engagement Portraits

University of Washington and Alki Beach

May 3, 2011 Engagements
Sara and Kevin enjoying the quad a the University of Washington in Seattle

It was great to see Sara again after our initial meeting at a family shoot many years ago. Her mother is a great friend to my wife and me. When Sara and Kevin made wedding plans, they hired us to be their photographers (see wedding here) and we recently got together for engagement portraits at [...]

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Danielle & Michael Engagement Portraits

Sedro Woolley, WA

April 27, 2011 Engagements
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We are a firm believer that the best portraits come from sessions where our clients are comfortable and playful. Sometimes, this means meeting with them in a familiar location. For Danielle and Michael’s engagements, I trekked up to their neck of the woods, about an hour north of Seattle, to Sedro Woolley. Danielle had a [...]

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Allison & Greg Seattle Engagements

Trip around Pike Place Market, Kerry Park and UW

April 25, 2011 Engagements
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Allison and Greg are coming from San Francisco for their upcoming wedding and we met up last weekend to do some portraits. They weren’t too familiar with Seattle, but knew that they wanted to include many of the town’s icons such as Pike Place Market, the Space Needle and a quick walk through the University [...]

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Brandon & David

University of Washington

March 1, 2011 Engagements
Brandon and David in front of the Suzzalo Library

Brandon and I were once neighbors and we became friends after a few dinner and TV nights. I met up with him and David at the University of Washington for some portraits in the quad and “red square” with the wonderful Suzzallo Library in the background.

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Annie & Jason Engagement Portraits

Bellevue Botanical Gardens

February 4, 2011 Engagements
Annie and Jason lounge on a large rock in the Bellevue Botanical Gardens

Annie and Jason explore the Bellevue Botanical Gardens on our fun engagement shoot. We shot in the Japanese Garden loop, by the awesome waterfall and near the alpine rock garden.

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