Julia & Damon ~ Engaged!

July 15, 2010 | Posted in Engagements, Personal, Portraits by Jackie

It was a dark and stormy Seattle day.

Sounds like the opening to a horror flick, but in all honesty, it’s how Seattle’s weather has been up until about a week or two ago. Julia and Damon are getting married in two months, so we didn’t want to put their engagement shots off any longer, so we just went with the weather. I think the results are moody and contemplative, with a little bit of playfulness thrown in there.

They wanted shots taken with their son, Cedar, since they are a solid family unit. So, this is part family shoot, part engagement shoot, and 100% pure love.

All shots were taken in and around Alki Beach in West Seattle.

As always, I’m posting the highlights from our session. Enjoy!


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Lis & Jeff Are Engaged!

June 1, 2010 | Posted in Commerical, Engagements, Photojournalism, Portraits by Jackie

I worked with Lis a few years ago and have kept somewhat in touch over the years. She’s a wonderful person and I was excited to hear she’d found a really wonderful guy, Jeff. When she asked me to photograph their upcoming beach wedding, I was thrilled! I can’t hardly wait to capture them tying the knot. As evidenced from these photos, they are very much in love, and he adores her (and likewise).

All photos were shot on a rainy day at the Bellevue Botanical Gardens east of Seattle. What a lovely place, and it was the spot for one of their first dates. Thanks for braving the rain, you two lovebirds!

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Rebecca & Scott’s Seattle Wedding!

May 8, 2010 | Posted in Events, Weddings by Jackie

I love my job. And it’s couples like Rebecca and Scott that make me love my job even more. They are fun, sincere, and really love each other. There was so much joy on their big day!

They met each other at a photography meetup, so they are both into photography, too. You might remember they used vintage cameras in their engagement shoot. At their wedding, they had their friend Danny go around and take Polaroid photos of all of the guests. They got some great shots from what I could tell. Good fun!

The wedding was held at a church on Greenlake, which just happens to be a fabulous place to take wedding photos. What a gorgeous day (chilly but gorgeous). After that, they had an old Bentley (with driver) take them down to their reception at the fabulous Blue Ribbon Cooking School - a great venue next to the Lake Union houseboats - a perfect locale for a sit-down dinner party.

And would you just LOOK at how happy they are!! Sigh. They are just such an amazing couple and I’m honored to have been the one to document the day for them. It was beautiful from beginning to end.

Congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. Mongrain! :-) Here are my favorite photos from the day. And I almost forgot to note that the absolutely FABULOUS Kristel Wyman of Vancouver, BC, came down from Canada to shoot this event with me. I could not have done so well without her. She is a fabulous partner!

And now, they are on to the “living happily ever after” part.

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Melissa & Brian’s Wedding at Clise Mansion!

May 5, 2010 | Posted in Events, Weddings by Jackie

This was not only the first wedding of the season this year, but a lovely morning wedding! (Most weddings are in the afternoon or evening.) I really adored working with this couple and their three children. You will see (most notably during “the kiss”) that their youngest had some issues during the ceremony (fell down and cut herself) so ended up being part of the ceremony. Aside from her getting hurt, it was the cutest thing ever.

Thanks to Kristel Wyman, who came all the way from Vancouver, BC to assist me with this wedding. Here are some of the highlights of the day!

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Sneak Peak: Rebecca & Scott!

April 30, 2010 | Posted in Events, Weddings by Jackie

While I process their wedding photos, I wanted to give a sneak peak at the photos from Rebecca and Scott’s wedding a couple of weeks ago. They just returned from a fabulous honeymoon in France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, and they have a zillion photos to go through, but I thought I’d add a couple more.

I just think they are the bee’s knees. Check them out!

A longer blog to follow!

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Seasons

April 29, 2010 | Posted in Food by Jackie

Hello there! I haven’t updated this blog regularly in a while, mainly because it was off-season for weddings. Now that wedding season is in full swing again, expect some great blogs coming up shortly, particularly some “sneak peaks” at the most recent weddings I’ve shot.

In the meantime, if you’re so inclined, check out another blog I started in January, mainly for food photography and writing. I’ve shot quite a number of food-related events, documented my visits to eateries, posted recipes from cookbooks I’ve purchased, and will be reviewing new cookbooks and more restaurants in the coming weeks. Lots of activity over there!

This site has taken up the bulk of my off-season from weddings. Please have a look and, if you’re so inclined, bookmark that site, too (www.jackiewrites.com), to follow my adventures in food. Here are a few shots to tempt you.

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Stricken Smitten

April 5, 2010 | Posted in Commerical, Products by Jackie

I had the privilege of photographing the most delicious goods the other day: various hand-dyed yarns by Seattle’s Yarn Maven, Desiree of Stricken Smitten. This yarn is just yummy. I had heard great things about it from knitter friends of mine, but when I saw the real goods, I was indeed stricken, and then smitten. This is the kind of stuff you want to pile on the floor in a big mound and roll around in.

Ahem.

(I really did NOT do this to your yarn, Desiree. I promise!)

In any case, she had asked for a few glamor shots of her goods, for potential publication, and I was only too happy to oblige. And if you are a knitter, I highly recommend picking up some of her luxury skeins at her Etsy shop, linked above. You won’t be disappointed. This is high-quality stuff, and I can only hope that I portrayed this in the following photos. She pretty much gave me artistic freedom with this shoot, so I went nuts.

Here are, as always, a few of my favorite shots from the shoot! Enjoy!

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Foodportunity - March 2010

March 26, 2010 | Posted in Events, Food, Photojournalism by Jackie

I got to shoot yet another fantastic Foodportunity event, hosted by Tom Douglas and put on by Keren Brown (aka. Frantic Foodie) at the Palace Ballroom. As always, the food was incredible, the displays were great, and there was a trend toward healthy, sustainable products, as well as a bunch of great gluten-free goods. Many chefs who weren’t a part of the event made a showing, as well as lots of new people I hadn’t seen at previous events.

I had several culinary favorites from that night but I really think the deconstructed beef stroganoff by Fresh Bistro really hit it out of the ballpark. I also loved Crispin’s hard cider. Delicious! The one thing that was missing was the food expert panel from previous events. Instead, it was just a few tables in the front where people could talk to the chefs or writers, as they passed by. There were incredible raffle prizes this time, as well as another fantastic “speed networking” event at the end.

For me, I think the highlight of the evening was meeting Steve and Paul from my new favorite web site – www.rouxbe.com (Rouxbe Cooking School, in conjunction with Northwest Culinary Academy of Vancouver). Everyone scored a premium membership just for being there. How generous, and what a great way to promote the site. I know it’s going to be an enormous hit!

As always, here are some highlights from the event! Enjoy!

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Food Styling Workshop With Dolores Custer!

February 26, 2010 | Posted in Events, Food, Photojournalism by Jackie

What a fantastic day! The fabulous Foodportunity crew put on another spectacular event at the Allrecipes.com headquarters in Seattle. It was the Expression Food Styling workshop with successful food stylist, Dolores Custer of Portland, Oregon.

I shot the event for the organizers, and it was wonderful to combine my two specialties: event photojournalism and food photography. Thanks to Keren Brown for asking me, and thanks to Charity Lynne Burggraaf for partnering with me with part of the day.

Huiyona Restaurant of Seattle provided a really wonderful lunch!

Here are some highlights from the workshop! All of the food shots were styled by workshop attendees. Fabulous work, people!

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Lisa Yasmeen.

February 23, 2010 | Posted in Portraits by Jackie

Here’s another session with the fabulous and talented Lisa Youk-Yasmeen. She’s not only a repeat client, but also a friend, and I just love photographing her. She’s an absolutely natural at modeling and has the most fabulous head-tilt EVER.

I love working with Lisa and am pleased to showcase some new work with her. Here are some of our favorites from the session we did last month! All photos were shot on location on or around Alki Beach in Seattle, and the Seattle Waterfront Marriott Hotel.

Good fun! Thanks for being such a fabulous model, Lisa!

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