July 28, 2011
The fourth wedding or a four wedding weekend. Think I was getting tired? I’ll let you decide (Hint: check out the dancing pictures).
One of my favorite parts of a wedding is the happiness that is unique to wedding days. I get to experience that over & over & I love it. That’s especially true with couples like Laurel & Jack, as well as their families. Their smiles & joy are contagious & it makes for great, emotion-filled photos.
I loved shooting on Gonzaga’s beautiful campus (Go Zags!), which is where both the ceremony & reception were held.
Just a happy coincidence that the room the girls were getting ready in looked like it just hosted a “How to Choose a Mate” seminar.
Also a coincidence that the room where the guys got ready was playing a child development video on a loop.
May 17, 2011
I’m excited to bring you the wedding of Samm & Nathan which took place on a (rare this year) beautiful spring day at the amazing Davenport Hotel in downtown Spokane. I think you’ll notice the sweet & overwhelming emotion of the day that I felt fortunate to see & be able to capture with my camera. I had a blast during their wonderful day, beginning to end. Congratulations, Samm & Nate.
June 24, 2010
I had the chance to meet up with Naomi & Sean at Manito Park in Spokane to take some engagement photos. Most of the time I spend the first part of a session trying to put my subjects at ease & get them ready to be in front of the camera. I think it was the other way around with these guys, but I learned pretty quickly that there are few people who are easier to be around than Naomi & Sean. I had a great time listening to them each give their own funny, & somewhat different versions of their ‘first meeting’ story. They each love to laugh & make each other laugh. Of course I laughed right along with them. It was easy to see why they’re getting married—they already act like an old married couple that have decades of inside jokes saved up.
Not only did they not stop laughing the whole time we were shooting, they were both very easy to photograph & patient while I set up some of the more creative photos.
I can’t wait to shoot their wedding at the Hayden Lake Country Club.
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. But since we got to go over to shoot Sarah & Matt’s wedding on Kauai, we made sure to spend some time on Oahu to meet up with Chelsey & Barry. Usually I’m pretty good at finding locations to shoot, but I left it up to the locals this time & I’m so glad I did. They didn’t want beach shots since their wedding will be on a beach, and they wanted something different for these.
