About Jamie Buckley Photography: why I do this
How I got here.
I don't know how many times I've sat down to write an 'About Me' page. It is incredibly difficult to write how passionate you are about something without coming off cringeworthy. Anyway, here goes...
Hi! I’m Jamie. I’m originally from Glasgow, Scotland where I lived for 26 years before moving to the United States to live with my husband. We lived in Seattle for 9 years and then sold our house, moved into a 25-foot RV and now we live on the road full time! Don’t worry, we tow a regular sized car so I won’t show up to your wedding in an RV like something from a National Lampoon movie.
I picked up my first "real" camera almost two decades ago in the summer of 2007. I had birthday money that needed to be spent and my husband suggested I buy a camera. I'd always been creative but I'd never considered photography before that moment. Needless to say, my life changed forever the day I purchased my Canon Powershot S3.
Over the next few years I took ALL THE PHOTOS, then someone said I should try shooting people. Finally in 2014, I took the plunge and I haven't looked back since.
All these years later and I am more in love with photography than ever. It's such a delight to capture precious moments for people day in, day out. There's honestly nothing I'd rather be doing in life.
What I get up to outside of wedding photography
When I’m not capturing beautiful weddings, my husband and I are traveling in our RV. We spend summers in Washington and then go somewhere warm for the winter. It’s been an amazing adventure so far, there have been negatives of course but I’ve gotten to see so much of my adopted country. We’ve been to 35 states, 27 national parks, and more state parks than I could mention.
My goals on your wedding day
-Capture your day exactly as it happened. No inserting myself into your day.
-Being unintrusive. If you forget I’m there or think of me as a guest at your wedding rather than a stranger, there’s no higher praise.
-Making sure you get the images important to you. I have a questionnaire I send over a few weeks before your wedding that asks which parts of the day are most important to you.
-Being a human first, and a vendor second. I like to check in on my couples and make sure they’re doing okay. Are you drinking enough water? Is someone getting on your nerves? Do you need an excuse to slip out the party for a breather? I’m happy to be your excuse.