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Photo Booth

I had an opportunity to shoot an incredibly fun wedding recently (by the way, congrats again Adam and Brandi – You two are such a great couple!) and decided to take the opportunity to do a blog post on the photo booth that I do at more and more weddings.  Simply, the photo booth is like a mini studio set up – an umbrella and strobe with a professional backdrop set up somewhere in or near the reception room.  It is an option couples will go with when they want lots of fun pictures of their guests – there are a few key reasons: 1. At most receptions all the guests are sitting at round or rectangle tables and, therefor, there really isn’t any fun or attractive way to photograph the guests without taking pictures of the backs of many of their heads.  The photo booth totally takes care of all of this and provides the bride and groom with great pictures of their guests.   2. The photo booth gives the guests a chance to play and have fun in front of the camera, all without the bride and groom seeing, so that when the newly weds get their pictures back, there is an entire set of surprise pictures for the couple to enjoy!

Here are a few shots from the photo booth at Adam and Brandi’s wedding – enjoy!

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Robert and Seaward’s Wedding

I absolutely love getting to shoot weddings where the bride and groom are crazy in love!  Robert and Seaward were totally and madly in love with each other!  Even if no one had been there on the wedding day, I’m not sure these two would have noticed – every smile and glance and laugh was so full of adoration for the other.  It was wonderful to get to witness and photograph these two on their wedding day.  I am however a bit stuck as I am trying to narrow down the many many pictures I love from this wedding into a reasonably length blog post… so I’ve decided to do two posts for this wedding!  Here then is part one:

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Nate and Jamie’s Wedding

Nate and Jamie were great!  They are certainly a couple that loves to make those around them feel welcome and they are quick to share their joy with everyone they meet.  I just wanted to share a few pictures real quickly from their beautiful wedding.

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Leah and Ryan’s Engagement

The day of Leah and Ryan’s engagement shoot turned out to be freezing cold!  But this didn’t stop them from coming out and enjoying themselves.  They are a fun couple to be around – they still have that slightly shy of each other but in love feel about them – which makes posing them together that much more fun and exciting!  I have a feeling that their wedding day will be one to remember – congratulations you two!

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Tabitha

Tabitha’s fiance is in Iraq and she wanted to do something fun for him – so we set up a shoot and took lots of fun shots for her to send over to him.  This way he’ll have some pictures to hold him over till he comes home and they get married.  Tabitha is a ton of fun and I’m thrilled that I got to be a part of her efforts to bless her fiance while he is overseas.

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The bone Family

It has been such a joy to get to photography this family every couple of months as their beautiful little girl has grown over her first couple of years!  Here are a few shots from the most recent shoot with them.

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Katy and Rick’s Engagement

It’s always fun to hear the many different stories of how a couple met and fell in love – for Katy and Rick it was connecting over the internet – becoming great friends and falling in love.  They are both modern in the way they met and classic in the joyful love they have for each other and my goal was to capture that in each of their engagement pictures.  Congratulations Katy and rick!

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Sweet Kiss Momma

I had the opportunity to shoot some promotional shots for the quickly rising band Sweet Kiss Momma.  There were lots of great shots from all over the Puyallup area – however, rather than show case lots of shots – I wanted to do something a bit different with this post.  So I am using one shot from the shoot and editing the shot in lots of different ways!  Ideally, my goal with this project was to capture the look and feel of images from several different eras in a way that would compliment this one image.  I had fun and I hope you enjoy!

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Aric and Janelle’s Wedding

Flying to Napa Valley CA to shoot a wedding in the middle of a northwest winter made me quite excited for some warm and sunny shooting – who would have guessed the weather would actually be better here in the Seattle area than it was there!?  But even the worst weather can’t dampen the spirits of couples who are fun loving, adventurous and totally in love with each other – Aric and Janelle are just such a couple.  Their wedding was great, and with the earthy California style, I edited their images with more of an intense and dramatic feel.  This really seemed to best capture the feel of the surrounding and the beauty of the day.

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Eddie and Ann Engagement Shoot

Eddie and Ann were such a great couple to photograph!  They were adventurous enough to let me drag them into a random bar/coffee shot to shoot pic of them talking and drinking coffee and then drag them down alley ways to find the perfect nooks for some more shots.  It was a great day and I am excited to shoot their wedding this June!

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