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a bride and groom standing side by side at their Elegant Roche Harbor Wedding venue

Elegant Roche Harbor Wedding | Friday Harbor Wedding Photographer

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Wedding

Elegant Roche Harbor Wedding Venue This post celebrates the unforgettable moments of an elegant Roche Harbor wedding venue, a day filled with love and joy. There’s something about the start of a new year that makes me extra sentimental. As I look back on the beautiful weddings I photographed last year and look ahead to […]

Rosario Park Beach Elopement Editorial

Rosario Park Beach Elopement Editorial

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Editorial

Dreamy Rosario Beach Elopement Editorial My sweet friend Jade is beyond talented—not just at hair and makeup, but also at dreaming up and styling full “fake weddings” that look and feel like the real thing. When she asked if I would photograph a spring beach styled elopement at Rosario Beach she was putting together, I […]

fremont foundry wedding editorial photo of a bride on an old vintage couch looking away from the camera

Fremont Foundry Wedding Editorial: Elegant Burgundy Love

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Editorial

Fremont Foundry Wedding Editorial Every year, I try to team up with a group of incredibly talented creatives and put together a styled shoot—partly for fun, partly for inspiration, and partly to see who I can confidently refer to my couples in the upcoming wedding season. This particular Burgundy Bride editorial styled shoot at the […]

laurel creek manor wedding

Magical Laurel Creek Manor Wedding | Seattle Wedding Photographer

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Magical Laurel Creek Manor Wedding: Sara and Kevin Sara and Kevin’s wedding at Laurel Creek Manor felt like stepping right into the middle of a romantic movie—with a fun little twist of “Friends” humor woven through the whole day. From the moment I arrived, there was this soft, peaceful energy in the air. The colors […]

a bride and groom standing face to face on the roof of a building with the seattle skyline behind them for their sodo park wedding

A Classically Elegant Sodo Park Wedding | Seattle Wedding Photographer

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Sodo Park Wedding: Aimee and Philippe Philippe and Aimee’s wedding at SoDo Park was one of those days that felt effortlessly cool and deeply romantic all at the same time. Tucked in Seattle’s industrial SoDo district, the venue has soaring ceilings, exposed beams, and brick walls, but somehow still manages to feel soft and warm […]

a bride in a black dress leaning against a wall with her groom standing next to her for their winter paris elopement

A Stunning Winter Paris Elopement | Destination Elopement Photographer

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Elopement

A Winter Paris Elopement: Chad & Lisa There are some wedding days you feel in your bones long after they’re over, and Lisa and Chad’s winter Paris elopement is one of those days for me—quite literally. It was freezing. I don’t think I’ll ever forget just how cold it was, or how beautifully these two […]

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