Intimate and emotional wedding photography
for those unapologetically in love.
Congratulations on your upcoming wedding, it’s a pretty exciting time huh?
Capturing someone’s wedding day is an honor I don’t take lightly. I know there are a lot of choices out there, especially in a city as creatively saturated as Seattle so I would first of all like to take the time to thank you for considering me.
I love capturing weddings. A lot of the time when people talk about weddings it’s with dread or sarcasm. How overwhelming they are, how stressful they are, how expensive they are. It’s true, they can be all those things, but they are also magical, exciting and full of love. You didn’t just decide to throw this party to spend a bunch of money, it’s because you want to stand in front of your nearest and dearest and tell them how much you love the person you are marrying. You want to point at them and say “that one? They’re off the market now because they are mine.”
Okay maybe you’ll not say it like that but weddings are about sharing an amazing day with your amazing people and my task in all this is to capture your amazing day for you to cherish forever.
I’ve been capturing weddings since 2016 and I still have the same enthusiasm for it as I did the very first wedding I shot. As cheesy and cliché as it sounds: I love love.
What’s my vibe?
When I sat down to choose my own wedding photographer, I had no idea what I wanted. I didn't know how much I wanted to spend, I didn't know how many hours I would need them for, I didn't know what kind of product I wanted at the end of it.
So when I sat down again to decide what kind of wedding photographer I wanted to be, I thought back to my own. I knew I wanted to be personable. Professional but not uptight, easy going and quick to laugh. I wanted to capture the candid moments, the fleeting smiles and laughs preserved forever. I knew I didn't want to do stuffy posing and rigid stances. And at the end of it, I wanted the couple to have as many photos as possible, no upselling or holding images hostage.
I describe my style as "editorial". I tell the story of your big day. It usually starts with you getting ready and ends on the dance floor. In between mostly varies wedding by wedding but I'll follow you around and capture candids of all the big moments, all the emotions, the tears and the laughter. The big kiss, the first dance, the we-said-we-wouldn't-but-you-just-did cake in face smooshing. The only posing I tend to do is during your family portraits, and that's only so we can make sure to fit as many in as possible.
My goal on your day is to be a stealthbot, you shouldn't notice I'm there but if you call, I'll appear as if out of thin air.
FAQs
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I find it kind of weird that I get asked this question so often, but for the record, I use Sony. I have two Sony A7IV’s which usually have my 85 1.8 and 24 1.4 attached to them. I have 24-70 and 70-200 zooms if space is at a premium. For the wide angle to capture it all (or do some star photos at the end of your night) I have my 16 1.8. I’ve got more batteries and SD cards than one person should ever have. When it gets dark, I've got flashes to illuminate everything.
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I deliver all the best ones, if it's not in there it's usually a blink, a burp or a blur. I aim to deliver 50-75 images per hour of coverage.
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I do, but you won't ever see them so please don't ask. Think of the RAW files as the ingredients a chef makes your meal with.
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About a month or so before your wedding I’ll reach out and we can go through a timeline of your big day where we'll go over things like this. Each wedding is unique but on average you should expect to spend about an hour for each.
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Being a gay man myself, I am more than happy to shoot queer weddings. I will shoot any wedding that wants to have me and isn't harmful to others.
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I usually show up midway through everyone getting ready. If there’s anyone getting hair and make up done I’m happy to be there to capture some of that. Otherwise this is usually when I do detail shots of all the lovely things you arranged for your day. I don’t want to overstay my welcome so I traditionally leave about an hour after the dancefloor has opened, assuming the first dance, cake cutting and toasts have occurred, if they are going to.
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I am always honored when clients feed me, and I'll never say no to delicious wedding food! However I always bring my own food to snack on so don't feel that you need to.
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Sure, send me an email and I'll do my best to answer, just use the Contact form here.
Pricing.
Wedding packages start from $400. All wedding packages include at least eight hours of coverage, one photographer, an online gallery, and full resolution digital downloads.
