Sitara + Ashish | Seattle Pre Wedding Photography

June 13th, 2018

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Ashish + Sitara have their wedding planned for next month in India, but first they wanted to have some photographs that spoke about their lives in Seattle. We started off at Discovery Park (where I found my FAVORITE yellow flowers growing; I love to shoot through these!), and then we headed down to the waterfront and took some time exploring around the Seattle Aquarium and the surrounding areas. These two charmed me and I couldn’t have asked for a better evening!

Congrats again guys and have an fantastic time in India!

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Jon + Kelly | Los Angeles Photography

May 31st, 2018:

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For their 5th wedding anniversary, Kelly + Jon decided to make a little vacation out to Los Angeles to celebrate. To mark the occasion, they reached out to me and scheduled an anniversary session so they’d have new images to hang on their wall and continue creating a visual history of their lives together.

I am always thrilled when people want to schedule a shoot “just because”, it’s never a bad time to get new pictures with those you love, so feel free to hit me up and we can arrange one for you too!

Congrats to you both on the first 5 years, here’s to many more together!

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Michelle + Daniel | Ventura Engagement Photography

May 30th, 2018

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I can never complain when I have two clients who absolutely love photography and the outdoors. Michelle + Daniel are fellow Southern Californians who can’t get enough of the outdoors and wanted to make sure to include some of California’s natural beauty into their engagement photography. First we headed to Olivas Adobe in Ventura for their gardens and classic Spanish look, then we were off to Point Mugu where Daniel popped the question.

They were both all smiles, all day, and I can’t wait to photograph their wedding in the fall. Thanks for the wonderful afternoon!

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Nile + Lauren | Bothell Engagement Photography

May 10th. 2018:

Engagement photography session in Seattle Washington at Bothell Park by artistic wedding photographer.

About a year and a half ago I went on a long bike ride along the Burke-Gilman trail in Seattle, after about 15 miles I needed to cross a wooden bridge, so I get off my bike, start to cross and the bridge collapses underneath me, I fall through up to my elbows and crack the ribs on my left side. I somehow managed to ride home that day, but then I could barely move for the next 4 days and I took another 2 solid months to mostly heal. After the accident, I never actually recalled where that bridge was…

Until a couple days ago when Nile + Lauren suggested we meet at the Park at Bothell Landing to do their engagement photos. As usual, I arrived a bit early to scout and I immediately saw “the bridge”. My ribs clenched and I chuckled, even going so far as to (carefully) cross over and examine where the city had repaired the bridge after my fall.

My bad experiences aside, the bridge and the surrounding area made an excellent location for Lauren + Nile’s session, and I had a fantastic, injury free afternoon with these two. Congrats again and I can’t wait to celebrate with you in September!

Engagement photography session in Seattle Washington at Bothell Park by artistic wedding photographer.

Myanmar | January 2018

May 8th, 2018

A travel photographer and photojournalist journeys through Myanmar and southeast Asia.

For the second January in a row I spent the month in Myanmar. I am absolutely fascinated by the country, its amazingly open, welcoming and charming people and the sheer brilliance of the scenery. I figured since I had a hard drive full of pictures from that trip, I should share some sooner of later (although, it’s obviously “later”). I am in love with this country and will definitely keep going back.

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Behind The Leaf Coffee | Inle Lake, Myanmar

April 1st, 2018:

Behind the Leaf is a coffee plantation in Myanmar sponsored by USAID which specializes in locally sourced coffee from the surrounding villages.

Time passes WAY too fast, it’s already April and I’m planning for another trip (to Europe!) but I also remembered that I hadn’t even blogged about my time in Myanmar in January. So here is the first of a few posts about my weeks in Southeast Asia doing some work with a few various NGOs (Non Governmental Organizations) and social enterprises.

This post is about the days I spent with Behind the Leaf Coffee in the mountains outside Inle Lake. Behind the Leaf is a social enterprise that works to empower local communities by buying their raw coffee beans in small batches and setting up one main facility for processing, drying, roasting and finally overseas sales.

Thanks Melanie for bringing me into your community in the mountains and for the inspiring work you are doing with the communities there.

Behind the Leaf is a coffee plantation in Myanmar sponsored by USAID which specializes in locally sourced coffee from the surrounding villages.

Nadiya + Dmitriy | University of Washington Engagement

March 21st, 2018:

University of Washington Wedding Photography Engagement session in the late afternoon light during springtime and cherry blossom season.

A couple weeks ago, after seeing that the cherry blossoms would be in bloom at University of Washington I got super excited and reached out to Dmitriy and Nadiya to see if we could do their session at the campus. Unfortunately the Seattle Times published a weekend to-do list the day before the shoot with the number one event for the weekend being “See Cherry Blossoms” and the entire city decided to show up. Around the trees were completely packed and nearly unusable as a shoot location.

While it was far too crowded to shoot much around the cherry trees, the rest of the campus was in full bloom (and nearly empty), the weather was perfect, and Dmitriy + Nadiya showed up ready to have fun. All in all, it turned out to be a damn perfect shoot, even with the last minute plan changes.

Congrats Dmitriy + Nadiya! I can’t wait to be with you at your wedding in Hawaii this summer!

University of Washington Wedding Photography Engagement session in the late afternoon light during springtime and cherry blossom season.

Anjana + Hitesh | Seattle Pre-Wedding Photography

March 15th, 2018:

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Anjana + Hitesh are getting married next month in India, but before that happens we headed out on the first spring day in Seattle to Gas Works and Discovery Parks to capture their pre-wedding photos. They were both super excited about photos and the weather made for a perfect afternoon to be shooting.

Congrats to you both and your families!

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Darren + Simrit | Joshua Tree Astrophotography

February 23rd, 2018

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Twice before I have had the opportunity to photograph Darren + Simrit and over the years we have talked about doing an Astroshoot, but their travel dates, the moons phases and our schedules were never able to align. Finally last week after nearly 5 years, we all headed out to Joshua Tree to a session under the stars!

I love shooting these, but the biggest thanks have to go out to Simrit who suffered through the literally freezing temperatures for her photos. Thanks to you both and I can’t wait to see you again at your next shoot!

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M+S | Waikiki Wedding Photography

December 20th, 2017:

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I was so excited to wrap up my year with M+S’s beautiful wedding at the Halekulani in Waikiki! Just when it started to get cold here, I was able to spend a week in the Hawaii sun (with a ridiculous amount of sunblock) and capture some nuptial memories for these two.

Thank you both for the heartfelt welcome into your weekend and for letting me celebrate with you!

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