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Morea & Johnny | The Grand Willow Inn | Mount Vernon, WA

Morea & Johnny | The Grand Willow Inn | Mount Vernon, WA

What do you see your perfect wedding day as? Do willows, sunshine, and tulips sound lovely?

Well for Morea and Johnny it was a dream come true wedding. After a run of sad grey weather, the day of drive up to Mount Vernon Washington was clear, sunny and blue. And if youre from the PNW it was a “the mountain was out” type of day. Also, a wedding in Mount Vernon in the spring is GORGEOUS because you have the tulip traditions all around you to enjoy and make sure to feature in your day of.

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The Importance of a Photograph | Memories and Beyond
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The Importance of a Photograph | Memories and Beyond

Photos are still special, right? Let’s chat more…

In order to fully understand the value of photography and how special photos are in our lives we might have to journey back to the beginning, it’s time for a little photography history lesson!!

When did photography as we know it today begin and who pioneered this artistic revolution?

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3 Reasons Why Headshots are Important | Branding and Beyond | Seattle, WA

3 Reasons Why Headshots are Important | Branding and Beyond | Seattle, WA

First, let’s start from the beginning, what is a headshot? Well, a headshot is a professionally captured photograph of a person from the shoulders up, the photograph is cut or cropped in order to give focus to the person, not any product one is selling or background details. You’re probably thinking “okay so what’s the difference between a headshot and a portrait then?” The difference between a headshot and a portrait is distinguished with the model being camera aware and often looking directly at the camera with minimal posing and slight variations of facial expressions such as smiling with or without teeth and relaxing the mouth for a more neutral look.

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Aja and Gabe | Alternative Wedding on the Water | Bellwether Hotel, Bellingham, WA

Aja and Gabe | Alternative Wedding on the Water | Bellwether Hotel, Bellingham, WA

About a year and a half ago, Aja and Gabe won one of my couples photos giveaways! (I am telling you…these giveaways get me the COOLEST couples.) They asked me to come out to their home to take photos of them in their natural habitat. Their natural habitat being incredible forested land, and a library styled living room full of books. Everything my inner nerdy, emo, adventure kid needed.

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6 Tips for Crushing your Cherry Blossom Photoshoot! | Tips and Tricks | Seattle, WA

6 Tips for Crushing your Cherry Blossom Photoshoot! | Tips and Tricks | Seattle, WA

It’s becoming FLOWER SEASON! and in Washington everyone is flocking to the UW quad to capture the moments of the Cherry Blossoms!

So now is the time to book your cherry blossom sessions. Actually, you should have booked them a while ago, and should be shooting them now. But anyways, this is a guide that will help you plan in advance for next year’s blooming. These tips will help whether you book with a professional photographer or you want to go on your own.

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