Considering Sammie and Christopher were SERIOUS troopers during their engagement shoot last January, when the heavens erupted and we were running around Seattle in a sleety haze, dang did these two deserve a real wedding day solid with a balmy, sunshiney day in Seattle (no matter what month it is, sun is never guaranteed here– […]
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By the time Morgan made it down the aisle to her cute Argentinian groom Nacho, she miiight have been a few minutes late. He was sweating bullets at the front of the chapel, wondering “did she leave me in the lurch?” And the palpable joy on both of their faces when they saw the other, […]
Ashley and Josh were flying into Seattle for their wedding, and they wanted to: -wander around downtown with us for a few hours to really focus on photos before their ceremony -eat donuts at Pike Place (BE STILL MY HEART) -get married at a restaurant they really loved in Seattle (hi La Spiga, we love […]
It all started with Jordyn and Cameron planning their dream wedding in Italy… but right before we all bought tickets, they realized they could have everything they wanted right in the heart of Seattle (thanks to the Corson Building, which is like stepping off the street in Georgetown to a magic fairyland of old European […]
A couple who love hip-hop, Hennessy, and the Huskies, who take the time to personally drop off gifts at your house two days after their wedding, who got married at the Fremont Foundry (a cement dream and one of our favorite Seattle venues), and who make sure to include a run for Dicks burgers at […]
When they were dating, Sonia traveled many miles to visit Chris in Africa. She knew it was real love when he woke up in the dark, long before dawn, and boiled gallon after gallon of water so she could have a hot shower (from a bucket, which he held over her head) when she woke […]
Day Two, ya beautiful babies, let’s get this dream team MARRIED! Saturday started at the Sikh Gurdwara in Palatine for Sonia and Chris’ gorgeous Anand Karaj (side note, the vibe in a Sikh Gurdwara is one of the most beautiful things we’ve ever experienced and we were really sad to leave). After a quick clothes […]
It’s not that I’ve been putting off blogging Sonia and Chris’ insane three day Indian wedding in Chicago, I just have SO MUCH TO SAY that I’ve been– ok wait yes I have been putting it off– in favor of trading dog photos with Sonia, texting the bridesmaids about how much I love them, making […]
HEY, here’s a good idea: if you just bought a house, and you haaaaappen to be driving by it on your wedding day, why not do your couples’ portraits in your still-unfurnished dining room? All we need is a window– let’s just chill at your house for a second before heading back out. Carissa and […]
Lots of weed. Lots of love. A groom whose tattooed skull might intimidate you, until you spent thirty seconds with his sweet soul (and saw him cry in gratitude for his new wife– over and over– their whole wedding day). A tight knit family who pulled us into their bear hug the second we showed […]
Listen, friends. If real fashion is the ability to combine high/low, and we have no greater examples of this in our modern midst than Barry and Lindsay and we owe them a debt of gratitude. The most stylish duo we know– when they emailed us to come down to our fave venue Prospect House in […]
Durham, North Carolina: Bull City. We broke into an old tobacco factory with the amazing souls Ryan and Cassandra to escape the rain on their wedding day and ended up with some of our favorite images ever, including one of Cassandra that somehow made the cover of Rangefinder Magazine and made our year (was this […]
Bros, listen. If you have a wedding tradition where you and your dudes rip the groom’s tux shirt off, take your own shirts off and scream-sing “Wagon Wheel” in an emotional circle before drinking beers out of your shoes, obviously we’re interested in being there (even though having that much sweat flung onto me is […]
Last New Years Eve, New York City had the second lowest temperature in recorded history: 11 degrees not counting wind chill, and holy shit what even is life. But did that stop Kara and Paul from dashing out to the icy waterfront in Battery Park or braving the wind tunnels of the tip of Manhattan […]
Like a freaking Dutch painting, but in upstate New York. Maryssa, getting ready to see her manpiece Adam, in one of the most beautiful hotel rooms I’ve ever laid eyes on. And a first handhold from behind the door before they really saw each other– portrait times like these give me goosebumps. And to all […]
So here’s how a Serbian wedding works: you start with the Skup Svatova, a huge pre-wedding party where the bride’s family takes shots of plum brandy together (see below for the reason we love non-boring people so much, Lauren’s fam is the real deal babies) and Serbian musicians jam out and everyone has a dance […]
HOW can two people could be so g-d adorable and still so laid-back, Megan and Danny, please riddle me this! These two angels got married in our backyard (ok not literally, they actually got married at the Hall at Fauntleroy, but anyone who gets married in West Seattle means we can basically walk to their […]
When I was little I used to put my long nightgowns over my head and pretend they were my hair. My frizzy little mullet was def NOT the silky blonde Barbie mane of my dreams and whenever I had that nightgown on I would sassily toss it around and pretend it was “in my way” […]
If we’ve met, you might know that the only reason we ever leave the house is on the OFF CHANCE that someone will saber a champagne bottle near us so we can revel in the abundant glory of living in a modern era where champagne is accessible and we can drink it out of sharded […]
Hi. FIRST let me get this straight: you can say “Emily” the good old fashioned American way but you have to pronounce “Martin” the way he does and the way Tim and I do when we’re talking amongst ourselves about how much we love them: THE IRISH WAY, “Mairtin.” Oh aye. Don’t say it like […]
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