It’s hard to describe the love I have for this particular couple. First of all, Rick has been a great friend of mine for years, and we’ve even collaborated on some projects together. Which is why, when he told me that he was going to marry his long-time girlfriend, Kirsty, I just about jumped out of my chair in response, and demanded that I photograph their wedding. (I am quite demanding sometimes, indeed!)

Kirsty is every bit as wonderful, witty, intelligent, beautiful, and warm as Rick is. They are a perfect match and I’m truly honored to have spent a week in sunny Glasgow (yes! it was sunny as you can tell from these photos!) in order to capture their wedding week.

First off, we took a trip to Pollok House and roamed the surrounding taking the pre-wedding (engagement) shots. (Wedding photos to come in a follow-up blog!)

Here are some of my favorites!

We met in downtown Issaquah (my home town!) for some nature shots and some vintage cars photos. They were so much fun to photograph. They constantly laughed with each other and seemed very comfortable in front of the camera. Well, except for one point when Melissa was posing next to him and said “Are you smiling?” and he said “I don’t know! I need direction!” to which we all laughed. I think sometimes the men just humor us and keep us on our toes!

They were good fun and I am really excited that they’ve chosen me as their wedding photographer. They are getting married next April in Redmond at the Clyde Mansion. Good times ahead!

As always, here are my favorite highlights!

Congratulations, Melissa and Brian! I can’t wait to photograph your wedding in April!

This week’s engagement shoot was just spectacular!

First of all, Kim is a friend of a friend, so we already knew each other a little bit, and I’d met Adam already, both of which made things go smoother. Her and I are both detail-oriented (okay, anal-retentive) so we had the whole shoot planned out in advance—me with the techie stuff, and her with her hair, makeup, multiple outfits, locations, times, and so on.

To start, we hit Discovery Park in Seattle (where they got engaged), which is one of my all-time favorite spots in Seattle. We spend an hour-and-a-half shooting there, and at one point, we even illegally parked, in order to get “the shot” at the spot where they got engaged, with the lighthouse in the background. (Good fun!) After that, we drove across Lake Washington to Bellevue and went on their sailboat in Meydenbauer Bay and ate fish tacos. All that shooting made us hungry! Finally, we booked it back to Seattle to catch a lovely sunset at Alki Beach.

Here are some of my favorite shots from this photo session. Adam and Kim are a fun-loving couple who are not afraid to be in front of the camera, which makes our job easy! Rick and I cannot wait to shoot their wedding in six weeks at Semiahmoo Resort just south of the border (the Canadian border, that is) in Blaine, WA. Looking forward to the big day!

I recently took engagement photos of a couple whose wedding I will be photographing in January. We met at Seattle’s Discovery Park for the shoot. For several days leading up to that day, the weather had been typical Seattle fall weather, drizzly and gray. But they never canceled, and I thought to myself “The show must go on!” And, wouldn’t you know it, a couple of hours before our session, the clouds parted and sun appeared! About halfway through, the sun went back behind the clouds, which ended up also being nice, as it added a lovely filtered light on the couple, and no one was squinting.

Some highlights of the lovely Andrea and Jonathan!