{Seattle Wedding Photography} A First for me - Lacing a Bride into her Wedding Dress!

I met Yadira at her home to take some pictures of her getting ready.  For most brides - there never seems to be enough time in the day.Yadira was a bit rushed to get ready and get to the church on time!  I was so thankful to have my good friend, Kim Preston, as my second shooter for this wedding because it ended up being the two of us lacing Yadira into her wedding dress. It was quite an honor to be helping Yadira on her wedding day.....having a daughter myself, I started to feel "Mother of the Bride" emotions!

I noticed this 8x10 picture of Yadira displayed on a side table. I couldn't believe my good fortune! Yadira explained that she was 3 in this picture.  It was sweet to watch her reflect on it.

Okay, getting down to business...the bridal shots.  Like I said, we had about 5 minutes to take these pictures because we needed to get Yadira to the church on time!  I should really start taking pictures of the rooms I photograph in - to give perspective.  For the next few images - we faced Yadira to the light coming through the window.  All of these images are with natural light only.... I love the effect.

Oh, those Spanish eyes!!! I love them!  They remind me of my Maid of Honor's big, beautiful eyes!  The next two images are taken at Saint Thomas Roman Catholic Church.  Yadira is in the church office waiting to go down the aisle...again, I faced her toward the window and shot both all of the images using only natural light. 

Getting ready to walk down the aisle, always a tender moment for the father.

Ceremony to come....

Alki Beach Sunset HS Senior Session

What a fabulous evening at Alki Beach! I sure don't take days like this for granted and am so glad I got to spend some time with my toes in the sand while taking pictures of the fabulous and fun Paige from Kentwood High School.  The warm glow of the setting sun was exactly what I was looking for.

I love the light in this image - I felt like I was in Southern California photographing a California girl!



  This little black dress was perfect and drew a bit of attention as we walked along the beach! :)


 When I shoot on location I never know what I am going to find and I LOVE that!

  I absolutely love that Paige was "game" for this image! Again - my sessions, although I do prepare beforehand, are so much about the "Now" and what we will find to use!


We were just about to have Paige change into her next oufit when I spotted these doors.. I just had to have one more image!


I love, love, love mother/daughter pictures! Often times mom's join us on our session and I love that because I put them to work as my reflector girl!!  Don't they look great together?

A few wedding details from Hugo & Yadira's wedding

I just had a minute to peek at the images from last night's wedding - what a fun day! I had a fabulous time at the reception - the music and dancing was so much fun I had a hard time keeping myself off the dance floor. The food --- oh my goodness, it looked amazing....but that is not what this post is about. Details!  I find that when I start the day - most brides are not ready for me and need extra time. Not to worry - this is when I photograph the details - the dress, bouquet, rings, shoes, jewelry and so on.

I start with the traditional  (some may say, old-fashioned) ring picture of the rings in the bouquet. Then I looked around the room and found this old camera. I thought it would be fun.

I love wedding shoes! Their off-white leather sofa was the perfect backdrop. In fact we liked it so much that we had the photograph the bouquet again. 

White on white - I love it!