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Mey and Ramon’s Wedding

September 21, 2008 – 5:57 pm

Mey and Ramon represented the “double happy” Chinese symbol for the joining of two families.
The day began with a Chinese ceremonial processional of wedding guests bearing gifts for the bride and groom. These were presented in a wonderfully personal and ritualized ceremony. Other short ceremonies followed, roast pig and assorted Chinese delicacies were served and then we headed to Pt. Defiance Rose Gardens for some outdoor portraits - in spite of the light rain.
The next stage was our familiar American style wedding with a few twists. Mey entertained everyone with not just one, but two dancing performances. First a hula dance in her wedding dress, and then a change of costume for an awesome belly dance in her exotic red Chinese costume. This wound up being a 14 hour day for us, a very long one, but one we would not have missed for the world.
Enjoy!

Prints of these images, and many more, may be ordered here.

Double Happy

An Offering

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Raindrops on a Dahlia

September 21, 2008 – 3:23 pm

A sign the rainy season will soon be here in full force.

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Brittany and Levi’s Wedding

September 13, 2008 – 8:11 pm

Friday, Sept. 12th at Wright’s Park in Tacoma.
I learned many years ago that for the best landscape photography you need to either get up at the crack of dawn or be out there for the two hours before sunset. Well, the same applies to outdoor wedding photography. The light has such a soft and golden hue that is extremely flattering to the skin tones of our brides. Combine that sweet light with a beautiful park setting and you have the recipe for some dynamite photography. Of course a beautiful bride and groom obviously enjoying themselves can only help!

The on-line slide show is here.

Holding Tightly Together

A Kiss For A Smile

sunset In The City

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Lacey and AJ’s Wedding

September 7, 2008 – 11:44 pm

Leifer Mansion, Marysville, yesterday.

And now to push the creative boundaries a little with a special lens that Dan used, and work with it to produce a whole new look and mood seldom seen with wedding photography. You may or may not like the “look”, but as I’ve said before a camera is an artist’s tool and it is a means of expressing an inner vision, in this case to add a dreamy and nostalgic feeling to the images. After all, there is so very much of that going on during and following the wedding day, isn’t there?
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Mike Strickland Jazz Musicians Shoot

September 5, 2008 – 3:35 pm

Bryan and I had the honor yesterday of doing some promotional photography of some truly awesome jazz musicians. Mike is the main man in the ensemble. Greta Matasa, Jazz singer was included, as well as Jack on saxophone and Clifford on Bass. Mike’s web site is here. Naturally he offers CD’s of his music for sale on the web site, and you can even preview the songs before you make your purchase. These guys have a very sophisticated and moving rhythm to their music. I loved the little snippets of their tunes and singing as we went through the shoot. Sweet!

Mike Strickland at the piano.

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Pauline and Karry’s Indian Wedding

September 1, 2008 – 2:47 pm

This was a two day shoot for us. Saturday for the Hindu ceremony at Union Station, and Sunday the American style reception at the Tacoma Glass Museum. What a beautiful and colorful ceremony! It was very traditional and elaborate. Pauline has an excellent link on her wedding web site that explains the rituals that were involved. Highly recommended reading. This is only a small sampling of what we captured from the two days. Update: We now have an on-line slideshow for each day posted for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!

Pauline’s expression as she said I Do.