Brea… I’m engaged!

Meet Annamarie and Luke. You may recognize them from back in October when CYE Photography was running fall mini session sales. Anyway, they got ENGAGED over the holidays! Congratulations!

We three had such fun last weekend. We spent the early afternoon downtown in Seattle’s Pike Place Market and did some engagement pictures for these lovebirds. Let me tell you, these two were incredible sports! They were more than happy to meet my every wild request despite the incredibly public location and the breezy weather.

This is where I was considering mentioning the fact that Luke ended up having to wear one of Annamarie’s teeny t-shirts as an undershirt because he forgot his own but I don’t want to embarrass anyone…

The future Mr. & Mrs. T, enjoy your sneak peek!

Thanks for the fun!

I love a good wedding.

I mean, really, who doesn’t? I like pretty much everything about it; the hustle, the floral arrangements, the party atmosphere, the really good food, an elaborate wedding cake. All the little details are what make it good. However, my favorite part of a wedding is afterward. Usually quite a while afterward. Do you know what it is? Any guesses?

The wedding album design!

That is my favorite part. I get to create fairytales! Every story has a happy ending, a beautiful woman and a dashing man but (bonus!)no villain (that is unless a crazy ex shows up or something)! Every story is different so I’m always intrigued. Every bride gets a different, custom design. Brides can have as much, or as little, input as they want in their wedding fairytale album. Some brides don’t even know I have designed an album for them until I reveal it.

Like tonight! Surprise, Breanne & Chris!!

Contact me for all the details on album design, wedding photography and anything else that comes to mind! info@cyephotography.com

FYI… summer dates are booking up fast

I saw love Saturday.

I had the pleasure of photographing a wedding with a friend, Michael Hertzog, on Saturday. It was a refreshing experience being that Mike asked me to be his second shooter and I didn’t have to be the primary go-to photographer. Very relaxing and fun and I got to spend a lot more time than usual with the bridal party. The guys and gals in this wedding party were great sports and highly creative!

Anyway, back to the ‘love’ part. I saw love during Matt and Nicola’s wedding service at Quest Church in Seattle. It was AMAZING.

Honestly, most wedding ceremonies are a snooze. Generic, non-denominational, limited piped-in music, etc. But not this ceremony. It was highly personal and romantic. Their love story was shared. The bride and groom served communion to all of their guests. They had a band that was incredible. Obviously a lot of thought was put into their service. I have the feeling that their marriage will be the same.

Incredible.

Matt couldn’t stop looking at Nicola with big lovey eyes. Even for pictures. She had a hard time tearing away from him too. So cute.

Congratulations M&N! Thanks for letting me be a part of your day.

Matt with his ‘Bro’-quet.

Every time I completely finish a full edited set for a client I do a little dance in my office.

With the doors closed. And the shades drawn. And my eyes closed because even I don’t want to see myself dance. But nonetheless I do bust a (short and without rythm) move. Why do you ask? The editing and enhancements I offer to my clients is the most labor intensive and time consuming part of my job. It is also the most rewarding. I don’t batch process my edits. I painstakingly open each and every file in Photoshop and tweak each one individually. That is why sometimes getting your enhanced images back can take a bit. 

Take Bree and Darrin here… they were married at the very end of this last May. I believe they submitted their edit list sometime in late June or early July. I had a few brides before them in line for editing. I started their (incredibly, extrememly long) list of edits September 1st (you know, I DID have a baby July 17 so I had to take SOME time off) and just finished all of them last night after 11PM. All in all, about 6 weeks of work. And THAT, dear readers, is why I dance.

Now… debuting the edited images of Mr & Mrs. Darrin M. (congrats you two):

Cheers!

The dress, the shoes, THE man. Dreams realized. Fairy tale beginning? Check!

She said ‘I do’ on the lawn of her mother’s home while facing the water of Juanita Bay as the sun’s rays burst through the overcast sky. He said ‘I do’ while staring in awe at his beautiful shortly-to-be wife. She said ‘You better!’.  Laughter? Joy? Check and check!

And love?

Oh yes, let me tell you, there was love there. It was pulsating behind them from the intimate gathering of family and friends. It fell to the mothers’ cheeks as they watched their babies at the altar. It was electric across the span of their hands as they exchanged rings. And we got to be there. Amazing, this life is.

Ken, Chelsea… Congratulations. And thank you for showing us your love.

And now, for your viewing pleasure, the sneak peek for Ken & Chelsea: