We first met this awesome couple last year through one of our couples Jamie and Ryan who were married last July.

Suzanne and John are getting married this August at the Hotel Bellweather in Bellingham Wa. John and I have been looking forward to shooting this location for a very long time! You know what could make our first experience at this location even better??? Having an awesome and lively couple like John and Suzanne, that's what!

We just shot their engagement pictures on Sunday... the nicest day of the weekend I might ad, at the University of Washington Campus. They both graduated from UW where John played football and Suzanne played soccer so they both have attachments and fondness for their school. Because John and I had just shot another engagement shoot here the Friday prior, we made sure to keep things fun and fresh for these two. Campus is an amazing place to come if you want to just hang out and it's even better for pictures.

Here are just a few (Oh there are so many more) of our favorites from their engagement session. I just love how these two interact with one another... so natural and so obvious that they so in love.



















Thanks John and Suzanne for an awesome afternoon! We can't wait to be part of your special day!

Labels: Engagements

Got Trash? Of course you do. Everyone has something that they have been wanting or needing to get rid of. Appliances (no refrigeration however), Garbage, Mattress's/Furniture, Salvation Army Donations, you name it, New Life wants it!

Why does this church want our garbage you ask? It's simple. New Life want to serve others with No Strings Attached, just as Christ serves us. New Life Church in Renton will be taking all of your trash, donations and they will even have a paper shredding company on site to shred all of your confidential documents on Saturday May 10th from 10:00am until 2:00pm or until all dumpsters are full. BUT WAIT... it gets even better than that! Come and let us dispose of your garbage and we will also wash your car and feed you lunch! Yup, you heard me right!

Questions?
-Why would a church do this?
-What do they want from me?
-Is there going to be people asking for donations or pressuring me to join their church?

Answers
-To serve our community with no strings attached just as Christ serves us.
-Nothing but your trash. :)
-Nope... no money donations will be excepted and the type of greetings you will receive are smiles and hello's!

For more information and for a list of what NOT to bring, please visit New Life's website

New Life Church's Address
15711 152nd Ave SE
Renton, WA 98058
425.226.0880
http://www.newliferenton.com/

Labels: About John and Jenna

The wonderful and talented Event planner, Wendi Hroncich of Ethereal Events just blogged about an important date that even I was unaware of. Taking effect May 12th, postage goes up yet again from $0.41 to $0.42 cents. This is extremely important for those brides who have recently sent out their invitations or for those brides who are getting ready to send them out. If your RSVP date is later than May 12th you will want to be sure to notify your guests of the difference so that they can add extra postage to assure that there's no delay in getting you those much needed RSVP's in a timely matter. If you have not yet sent yours out, be sure to add the extra postage necessary.

Thanks Wendi for the heads up! Your brides are lucky to have you! :)

Labels: Bride tips, Great vendors

Steve and Kate are getting married this August here in Seattle. Both currently live in Philadelphia but have family here... not to mention they both graduated from The University of Washington. It was only natural for them to want their engagement pictures done right here on campus.

We were seriously playing it by ear up until the very last minute because it was supposed to rain on Friday. We decided to just go for it since it had yet to rain. Once again, John and Jenna Karwoski avoid cancellation due to the typical Seattle weather. YES! :)

We walked all around the UW campus finding some awesome places to shoot. Here are a few of our favorites.











Thanks so much Kate and Steve for hanging out with us Friday! It was so great to finally meet and get to know you both a bit more! John and I are looking forward to not just your wedding but getting to hang with you awesome people again! :)

Labels: Engagements

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY REESE!

Perhaps you remember about 6 months ago I took 6 month pictures of this adorable little princess?? Well, she's back! Reese turned 1 on Friday May 2nd and Mommy Megan asked if I would come and capture the milestone of her daughters first birthday. Of Course I was dying to get some more shots of this beautiful little girl!!!

Reese is just a few crawls away from walking. She is full of energy and those smiles are sure to melt even the coldest of hearts! Take a look for yourself!

All of these pictures were taken at Megan's home... what an awesome backyard I had to work with! Reese is sure to get plenty of use of her nice, big backyard once she gets those footsies a moving!

Labels: Portraits

You may remember Shari and Kyle from their engagement session that we covered back in January in Seattle. John and I had the pleasure of capturing their wedding last week at King of Kings Lutheran Church in Renton. The reception was held at the Meridian Valley Country Club and was just beautiful. Here are some of our favorite images from their special day.

Shari, the modest sweetie she is, I don’t think had a clue of just how beautiful she looked. But as you can see... these pictures speak for themselves!

Congratulations Shari and Kyle! John and I are honored to have shared in your day.

Labels: Recent weddings

My beautiful cousin Silvia lives in Oregon where she's a live-in nanny for a wonderful family! She had a few weeks off and made her way to Seattle to spend some time with her family and friends! I was so excited to get the chance to spend an entire day with my beauty of a cousin and of course, being a photographer just had to get her outside for some pictures!

If these locations looks familiar, it's because it's Gene Coulon Park and it's just across the street from our house... so I use it often! :-) Also, Ive used this opportunity to "play" with some of these pictures a little bit during post processing, so the look of these may be a little less than "traditional". Completely intentional however. Hope you enjoy!

Labels: Seniors

So you may be looking at our blog and thinking to yourself, "hmm... somethings looking different!?!" You are correct! John has been working on updating the look of our blog. In fact, we have spent a lot of time over the past few weeks getting ready to re-do or update all of our stuff including our website! So be on the look out for a new look with our blog as well as our website.

Thank you for being patient while we are undergoing all of our updates. There shouldn't be any disruption with the blog or web page (thank goodness, haha) however thank you for your patience during our transition! We would love any feedback or comments from you! :)

Labels: About John and Jenna

I can't tell you just how excited I was to shoot Sarah's senior pictures! Sarah was one of the 15 members to go on the Mission to Mexico trip we took in March. Sarah told me when we were on our way to Mexico that she had not yet gotten her senior portraits done... that's all I needed to hear! :) I gave her a card and told her that we would have to set something up this Spring!

Well, Spring has sprung (in a Seattle sort-a-way) and it was time for some pictures!!! We had a little bit of a scare the morning of, since it was doing well, what Seattle does best, RAIN! However it cleared up and we were able to get to it! This girl is just beautiful and I am having so much fun going through each of her pictures. There are tons of awesome pic's however I will now share with you some of my favorite from her shoot.

Labels: Portraits

Courtesy of David Beckstead

Labels: Portraits