Outdoor Weddings
Allas-Main Wedding
Today marks the 271st day in a row where temperatures did not reach above 75 degrees in Seattle, but thankfully for the Allas-Main wedding on June 12th, it sure came as close as it ever did throughout this cold weather streak. The skies cleared up after a week of depressing rainfall for the outdoor wedding at Parsons Garden, located just west of Kerry Park on Queen Anne in Seattle. I’ve known Erik and Tana for over eight years, and I was deeply honored to be asked to help photograph their wedding. I split the duties with their other photographer friend, each taking different duties for the ceremony and reception. This helped ease pressure on me, so I was able to definitely enjoy myself more than I typically would. I primarily relied on my trusty Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR lens for most of the wedding shots, then my Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 and Tokina 12-24mm f/4 for the formals and reception at China Harbor on Westlake Avenue in Seattle. We simply could not ask for better conditions, making this wedding a great way to kick off the summer wedding season. Congratulations again to Erik and Tana!
Link to all the photos: http://verdugo.smugmug.com/Weddings/Allas-Main-Wedding
A few selected favorites:
Wise Wedding, 9-8-07
After a hiatus from wedding photography, I returned back to the field with the wedding of my friends Kevin and Emily. This outdoor wedding took place at White Pass, WA right on the ski slopes that would normally be covered with snow during the fall and winter. I had known Kevin and Emily for a number of years prior so it was my honor to shoot their wedding. The ceremony itself only lasted about 15 min, with the reception easily going late into the night. I even came to the rescue of my friend whose radiator had blown on the way up to the pass the night before by bringing a replacement radiator with me early the next morning. Only among our group of friends would we not only have a wedding but also replace a radiator in the parking lot on the same day!
Walker Wedding, 9-23-06
My good friends Tex and Monica were married at the Shilshole Bay Beach Club in Seattle, WA. This wedding was much smaller than the Hallock wedding I shot just a month prior, plus it was full of my friends, which made the whole experience much more easy-going. I had taken Tex and Monica’s engagement photos previously, so it was very easy to work with them. The weather was gorgeous and not too hot, which made for very ideal shooting conditions.
Hallock Wedding, 8-5-2006
Fresh out of graduate school, the first wedding I photographed was for my grad school buddy, Joe Hallock and his bride-to-be, Maureen. The wedding took place at the famous Empress Hotel in Victoria, British Columbia. The scenery and day was absolutely gorgeous, which made for just about as perfect and outdoor wedding can be. A wedding of this size was a bit daunting being my very first one I’d be doing professionally, but I think everything turned out great.
