Whitney and Jon

I met Whitney and Jon a few months ago to discuss their wedding and I KNEW I would love shooting this couple! They had such a positive energy and knew exactly what they wanted from a companion.

Moses, Lindsey and I had a lot of fun with Whitney and Jon on their special day. They cracked us up!!!

They had a beautiful ceremony at Sunset Hill Park in Ballard, with a reception at the Nordic Heritage Museum.

I've previewed some of the images and will be posting those up shortly. Until then here's a teaser. Also, here's a photo of Whitney, Jon and me.









Stay tuned...

Abad Family Portraits

The Abads are such a loving family!

Ronnie called me last week to schedule a last-minute family portrait session with her in-laws and children at her brother-in-law's beautiful home.

Here's a quick collage from their session:



She said that there was no special occasion, just that, with all the new additions to the family, they haven't had an updated portrait.

She said her mother-in-law is a huge fan of framed canvas art. I thought, "Perfect timing!" I've JUST added the ability to add canvases to my E-STORE (http://www.blogger.com/www.asencilimaging.instaproofs.com)
You can see theirs there now :)

(Check out some of my canvases here: http://asencilimaging.blogspot.com/search?q=canvases)

Anyway, it was great and the kids LOVED the camera -- especially when they were able see themselves and each other in the LCD on the back of my camera (btw, I use this "trick" to get people comfy in front of the cam. It works great!)

Keep checking back for more photos from their session shortly. I'm also prepping for a wedding this weekend, so I'll some of those photos up too!
Hope you have a great week!!

Dara and Ronnie's Images are online

Happy Monday all, I just wanted to give you a quick heads up that ALL the images from Dara and Ronnie's wedding are online and ready to view and purchase.

You can go directly to my E-STORE (http://www.asencilimaging.instaproofs.com/) You can also also go to their ALBUM (www.asencilimaging.com/daraandronnie/albumdesign) and click on the "Order Photos" button on the bottom right. It'll take you directly to all the photos. Go ahead and breeze through them. Let me know what you think.

You can purchase images directly from this site. I offer MANY standard sizes, but if there's a size on there that you don't see but would like, just contact me directly and I'll be able to price those out for you! By the way, I offer beautiful CANVASES now! E-mail me for details.

Mostly all of the images are STRAIGHT OUT OF THE CAMERA and haven't been run through any post-processing scripts. Once you choose images for print, I process, edit and color-correct them INDIVIDUALLY so the final products come out beautifully.

I also tend to throw in freebies when people order from my e-store, so you'll definitely not want to miss out :)

I hope you all have a great week!

Dara and Ronnie's Album Design

Hi all,

I'm up to my neck in album designs right now, but I just wanted to let you know what I've just completed Dara and Ronnie's from their wedding two weeks ago.

Check it out by clicking HERE (or here: http://www.asencilimaging.com/daraandronnie/albumdesign).

I'm currently uploading ALL the images from their day onto my E-STORE. I'll let you know when they're ready for viewing and purchasing. Keep checking back here for an update.

More albums to come soon...

Have a great weekend!

Rachel and Jaime's Photos are up!!!

Okay, here it is, as promised -- Rachel and Jaime's slideshow is now UP!!!
Click HERE to check it out (or click here www.asencilimaging.com/delgado).

I shot this wedding on 07/07/07 in sunny California and it was quite the treat. A beautiful bride and groom, a beautiful day and a beautiful venue made this the BEST 07/07/07 wedding… ever!!!

Rachel and Jaime are in Napa Valley on their honeymoon right now, but I know they would love to hear what you think about their images. Leave a bunch of congratulatory comments for them here.

I have a couple of albums I'm currently predesigning, but once I'm done with those, I'll post ALL of their images on my E-STORE (www.asencilimaging.instaproofs.com) and send a notification here on my blog. Stay posted!!!
Until then, have a great week!!!

Andrew's Album is Here!

I JUST got in from California today and I am processing RACHEL'S beautiful images as we speak, but I just wanted to take a quick break. If you want to view the preview, I'll have them up shortly :) Check back soon!

Here's an entry I wanted to write before I left for California, but I didn't have any images to post with it.

So.........

Andrew's album was delivered literally as I was on my way out the door and down to California last Tuesday, so I didn't even have time to open it up and take a peek! I did today and it's AMAZING!

This is the coffee table album I offer in my bridal packages. This particular one was for Andrew's baptism I photographed a few months ago (you can read more about it by clicking HERE). I predesign ALL of my clients' albums and present them in digital form online BEFORE I send them out to the printers. Once the clients have proofed, revised and authorized their album, then I send them out.

My brides LOVE these albums. I use them because they don't restrict my designs in any way. I can design whole spreads (left and right pages combined) without having to worry if any piece of the images will cut off (like your eyes, nose and face).

Also, these pages are hardbound and will not bend, ensuring it will last a lifetime.

These are beautiful. Check out some of the images of the hard copy below:


















Now, I gotta get back to Rachel's images... Stay tuned!

:)

Rachel and Jaime's Wedding in California!!

I just shot a wedding in sunny California, and it was a beautiful destination! Hank and Debbie are the Mother and Step-Father of the bride Rachel. Rachel hired me almost three years ago to shoot her wedding on 7/7/07... I was just starting out in the wedding photography business and she had alot of confidence in me. I REFUSED to let her and her new husband, Jaime, down. I had alot of fun shooting this wedding.

I MUST be lucky because this is the second wedding in two weeks that was SO MUCH FUN! Last week, Dara and Ronnie performed a two-hour long medley at theirs, and this week Rachel and Jaime's DJ, Matt from WILD 94.9 FM spun hit after hit! EVERYONE was on the dancefloor!!!

Congratulations Rachel and Jamie! You two make a beautiful bride and groom!!!

I'm exhausted now after the 16-hour shoot. But, you know what? It was well worth it!

I'm currently working on a preview slideshow now and should have it up by the time I get back to Seattle, but right now I have to help the bride and groom bring in their truckload of gifts!

:)

Keep checking back here for an update. You can read about Jaime and Rachel by searching my blog's archives or clicking HERE and scrolling down to their engagement session.

Just to hold you over, here's a quick image from my point-and-shoot I took of us towards the end of the weding (from left to right: Rachel, Jaime and me):



Also, feel free to leave comments about their wedding here as I KNOW Rachel and Jaime frequently visits my blog! They would LOVE to hear from you!!!

Dara and Ronnie's Wedding

Dara and Ronnie... wore... me... OUT!! :)

I mean it when I say that I had the GREAT OPPORTUNITY to shoot their wedding last night at the Doubletree Guest Suites in Tukwila. They had a BEAUTIFUL and intimate engagement that I will not forget. I don't mean to place any pressure on my future brides, butI think this is one of my most favorite weddings I've shot to date. Everything about it went perfectly. As a matter of fact, I think both Dara and Ronnie were the calmest people there... AND IT WAS THEIR WEDDING!

Here's a quick collage of their special day:



Here's a little background:

I used to work with Ronnie at the Guitar Center in Tukwila. I was in operations and he was a sales rep in the keyboard/pro audio department. I KNEW he was talented because everytime a customer came in to look at some equipment, they'd ask for him. He'd "demo" the equipment with his own music, making it that much more appealing for customers to buy the gear and follow their dream in making music. Well, since, I've moved from GC to photography.

Fast forward to last August, I assisted in shooting video for Christine and Ryan's wedding (if you follow my blog, and you should, you'll remember Christine and Ryan from this POST). Ronnie greeted me at the front door of the church. Turns out he was a close friend of theirs! Dara was even Christine's Maid of Honor!! They both performed at their wedding...

So, Ronnie contacted me about a month ago and asked me to shoot HIS wedding. I felt honored!

These two are amazing performers. They're in a group called Groove Edition. Dara also has myspace account (Ronnie was a primary producer - check out the myspace) and her own website. They are AMAZING!

Aside from the funny slideshow, unforgettal first dance and delicious cupcake tree, the best part of the reception was athe non-stop medley!! And they performed the WHOLE time. They got everyone up and dancing NON-STOP. It was great!

I love my job!!!

Here's a snapshot I took of all of us (from left to right: Dara, Ronnie, Ryan, me (partly) and Christine):



CLICK HERE to view a slideshow with just a PREVIEW of their images (or click here: www.asencilimaging.com/daraandronnie).

I'm off to California to shoot another wedding, but I made a secret promise to the couple and myself to get some images up for the world to view. While I'm down there I'll post up more images. I'm currently working on their album, so you won't want to miss that! Keep checking back.

I'll also have ALL the images up on my e-store soon. Let me know what you think of everything. Better yet, subscribe to my blog to receive automatic updates (I UPDATE ALL THE TIME). Feel free to comment here as I know Dara and Ronnie check it too ;)

Have a great week and safe 4th of July!