A very fine day

July 30, 2010

Thus begins my busy, busy, weekend. Two weddings, two days, 24 hours of shooting in one weekend. Luckily both weddings proved to be a whole lot of fun. Good people, good parties and great photos!

First up was Kari and Bryan. They were married at Bhy Kracke Park, a little known overlook at the southeast corner of Queen Anne Hill and the reception was back at one of my top wedding venues, Blue Ribbon Cooking which is just below Eastlake Ave on Lake Union. Blue Ribbon outdid themselves yet again with beautiful flowers, delicious food and an awesome array of cupcakes for dessert.

The view from the window of the bride's dressing room. We got to watch some of the local kayakers kick off from shore while everyone got their hair and make-up done.



Bryan and Kari got to have their first sight with this amazing cityscape as a backdrop. The park was a great find for a sunny wedding day! And so much more private than Kerry Park, we had the whole thing to ourselves!





The bride and groom had a rose ceremony to honor their mothers at the start of the ceremony. Such a sweet idea, they had the moms in tears before they even began.


We did stop by the better know Kerry Park on our way back to Blue Ribbon after the ceremony. I love this wedding party shot. Look at those cool kids!

Back to Blue Ribbon for an amazing party. I love photographing receptions here, the west facing windows make for some cool, and ever changing lighting effects throughout the night.




Toasts from the wedding party and the family kept the bride and groom laughing (and tearing up)

Kari and Bryan used their thank you toast to raise a glass to their grandparents, who were celebrating their 63 wedding anniversary that same day. Having the same anniversary as your grandparents! Way cool.


Being a little shy about their dancing Kari and Bryan decided to share their first dance, which was to the song "I'll Be" (oh the memories of high school) with everyone. I think a full dance floor made for some great first dance photos.

They had an old fashioned photobooth present with 321 Foto, everyone got 2 copies of each photo, one to keep and one to put in the guest book. Neat!
The dance party was amazing! I think more of the parents and relatives were out there having fun then the younger crowd. And they totally rocked.


Even Grandpa got out their to dance with his daughter's and granddaughters.

Congratulations Kari and Bryan!

A new site to be seen

July 28, 2010

Today was a marketing for the marketers day. Meaning we (being me and fellow intern Cassie) were tasked with overhauling the Marketing Firms own website. Taking it from TMI site with little focus to something simple and eye catching. We suggested a major strip down and consolidation of everything and I gave the home page a fresh look. Only thing missing now is some photos the firm in action to replace the filler photos I used of the cast of Scrubs and an ad for Yellowtail wine!

old site:


new site:

Dave's Killer Bread presents...

July 27, 2010

New project! Sort of. This time I spent the day putting together a Media Deck, also known as a Sponsor Deck or any other number of terms meaning "the packet you send out to businesses when you want them to sponsor your event, i.e. give you $$"

Savor the Sound is putting on a concert in Sandpoint, Idaho in September with these three bands, and is looking for local sponsors. I wasn't in charge of copy, just layout and design.






Interesting project... it's always something new!

One Mile Ahead

July 22, 2010

Back at the Marketing firm today where I got to put together this snazzy sandwich board promoting the same concert I made last weeks poster for. This one was all work art, just something clear, concise and eye catching enough to be noticed and from a distance. They were going to set it up out in front of Costco and entice all the shoppers to come and party... I hope it worked!

A bright, bright sunshiny night

July 21, 2010

Tonight I ventured out to Tacoma (and beyond) for a bridal shoot with Nala and Jimmy at Sunnyside Beach. We got started a little late but it worked out for the best as we also scored a beautiful sunset. The beach faces west and I had a lot of fun shooting for silhouettes and some stellar sunflares. Nala and Jimmy are getting married on August 7th so check back later for their wedding photos. They have a packed day planned with a morning Tea Ceremony near Tacoma, and Church wedding in Renton and a reception planned for Seattle.

A New Project Begins

July 20, 2010

I've been interested in design work since college, doing bits and pieces here and there such as designing my own fliers, postcards and info sheets, as well as designing all the wedding and guest books for my wedding clients. So this summer, even with the limited free time I seem to have once all my weddings get rolling, I decided to learn something new. I recently started an internship with two local marketing firms, Savor the Sound and That's not Wright! Marketing. Luckily these two firms are co-owned and operate under the same roof, or things would be far too crazy. Now I'm the first to admit that my design skills are very simplistic as you will see as I start posting some of my work on this blog, but hopefully with practice! They'll get a bit better :) Now if I can only find time to learn Illustrator...

This first poster ended up all over Georgetown promoting a concert. Savor the Sound provides marketing for musicians including bookings and events. It's okay and the colors are eye-catching but not very sophisticated. It was fun though!

Garden wedding at the Arboretum

July 17, 2010

At long last the wedding season is in full swing and this weekend I had the pleasure of photographing Lynne and Jeff's beautiful garden celebration at the Graham Visitor's Center in the Washington Park Arboretum. Their color was blue, to match the truly unique engagement ring Jeff gave Lynne ten years earlier. Their wedding was truly a celebration of the life they are already living together.

Thanks for everything!