This weekend was great fun. I got a call out of the blue from a couple who wanted photos of the two of them for her husband’s birthday. They’ve been married 10 years. They have 4 young kids. They decided to live it up for his birthday and spend the night at Willows Lodge with a dinner at Barking Frog topped off with couple photos of the two of them in the lobby and bar of Willows Lodge. It was beautiful. I was so proud of them. I would love to do that all of the time. If you think about it how many times do you really have professional photos taken of yourself in your life? After high school senior photos it’s your wedding then family photos. We all have many photos of our kids as did they but how romantic of them to have photos of each other to cherish and renew their love for each other. It’s something all couples should do for special occasions or just for no reason at all but to surprise your loved one. They held each other and giggled and hugged and walked hand in hand. I could see that he adored her and she him just as much as on their wedding day. It was truly an honor to capture images of their love for such a sweet couple.

I left straight from Willows Lodge full of people, drinks, live music a big roaring fire. Into the cold and dark I drove past farms and wineries in the crisp air to a beautiful house for a 40th birthday party for another wonderful person, Erin. It was a crazy, silly fun group of people all dressed wild and laughing loudly all night long. I set up my photo booth then ran back and forth between action party candids and the booth. I ate homemade chili and vodka with fresh berries floating in it, perfect on a chili night ;). I took family photos, pictures of Erin altering Emily’s purple floor length dress into a mini skirt of sorts, everyone singing Happy Birthday in their best Marilyn Monroe voice with the lights dimmed and my iso cranked to capture the glow of the candle from her cake in her eyes.
I captured artistic photos of pool table balls arranged in her birthday date 11-12-13. Took photos around the table at a heated poker game. Got my photo taken with the beautiful birthday girl with her feather boa, packed it up and said good night.
I felt a bit like The Cat in the Hat. I rolled up my bag of tricks and headed down the road.
Once home I slept like a rock.

Woke up to coffee, pancakes and an itinerary that included swimming with my family, spaghetti dinner out and a trip to the mall to use a gift card at an accessory store full of many shiny, colorful goodies for kids.
I’ll put in an hour of work now then straight to bed at 9pm as I can barely now just keep my eyes open.

Just another day in the life of a Seattle wedding photographer.

Good night. 1f609
Dawn