Seattle Wedding Photographers Blog Moved to A Beautiful Day Photography Blog
Just a reminder that this is the final post to this blog. It is consolidating and moving to a new location on the website of the same name. The new blog will continue to feature the same great wedding photography as the old but by hosting it on our own server, it will give us a lot more options with the design of the blog and add functionality, like some new style slide shows.
Please change your RSS or bookmark to the new address: Click on blog at Wedding Photographer. It is called “Capturing The Moment”.
Hope to hear from you there soon. Visit my newest website eyeshotphotos.com to see samples of all my work as a Seattle Photographer.
Seattle Photographer Daniel Sheehan specializes in photojournalism and portrait photography for publications and corporations and is a Seattle photographer who creates award winning wedding photography and wedding photojournalism and is ranked among the best the best wedding photographers in Seattle.
Wedding Photography
Lauren and Jeremy jumped for joy when they hear their wedding photographs are ready.
I have been editing Lauren and Jeremy’s wedding photographs for a couple of days and will post a gallery to the new location of my wedding photography blog at A Beautiful Day Photography in a couple more days when I finish. I just let Lauren know and she replied that she is so excited that I thought I would post this one shot now to hold her for the next day or so until I am done with the rest.
They were so excited on their wedding day. It was a lot of fun working with them covering their wedding celebration. Please change your RSS or bookmark to the new address http://abeautifuldayphotography.com/blog or just click on Seattle Wedding Photography Hope to hear from you there soon.
This is the final post to this blog. It is consolidating and moving to a new location on the website of the same name. The new blog will continue to feature the same great wedding photography as the old but by hosting it on our own server, it will give us a lot more options with the design of the blog and add functionality, like some new style slide shows.
Please change your RSS or bookmark to the new address:
http://www.abeautifuldayphotography.com/blog or just click on blog at Seattle Wedding Photographers
Hope to hear from you there soon. Visit my newest website eyeshotphotos.com to see samples of all my work as a Seattle Photographers.
Seattle photographer Daniel Sheehan specializes in photojournalism and portrait photography for publications and corporations and is a Seattle wedding photographer who creates award winning wedding photography and wedding photojournalism and is ranked among the best wedding photographers in Seattle .
Engagement Photography Christine and Ryan
Had a lot of fun hanging out with Christine and Ryan out at the beach last weekend making some photographs of them for their engagement and wedding announcement for next year. Here is one I like especially with the sun setting behind the Olympics.
Seattle photographer Daniel Sheehan, a photojournalist specializing in photojournalism and portrait photography for publications and corporations and a Seattle wedding photographer with an unobtrusive, story-telling approach creating award winning Seattle wedding photography and wedding photojournalism is ranked among the best Seattle wedding photographers by the WPJA.
Black and White Wedding Photography – The Panoramic Group Portrait
The Panoramic Group Portrait from Kerri and Graham’s wedding at MOHAI was made just after the conclusion of the ceremony on the waterfront by the Montlake Cut entrance to Lake Washington.
Seattle Wedding Photography at MOHAI
The bouquet.
Kerri Higgins and Graham Sheldon got married on August 15ht at McCurdy Park and the Museum of History and Industry MOHAI. It was a beautiful summer day with great sunlight and warm tempertures. The complete wedding has been edited and will be uploaded to the client section of the A Beautiful Day Photography website shortly as soon as the slideshow is done, but I wanted to get thwese few pictures up here first to tease to what will be coming. There are so many really great photos from the day it is hard to select.
Graham getting ready at MOHAI.
Kerri with the rings before the ceremony at MOHAI.
Their first look under the clock out front of MOHAI.
The weddiing couple portrait in McCurdy Park before the ceremony.
And another one from McCurdy Park over by the shore of Lake Washington.
Some kayakers paddle under a bridge as we take some pre ceremony photos in McCurdy Park.
The groomsmens in MOHAI with the old landmark sign from the Rainier Brewery.
Graham and his groomsmen put on an action pose in McCurdy Park
Kerri and her dad in McCurdy Park just before it is time for him to walk her down the aisle to be married.
I will leave you with this one as a closer but there are lot more to come soon.
Seattle Wedding Photographer -Engagement Photos
A Beautiful Day Photography, the BLOG , has moved to our new wedding photography blog. It is now located at our website A Beautiful Day Photography. It will continue to look much the same and feature the same great wedding photography. It will give us a lot more options with the design of the blog and add functionality. So this is the final post of this here at this url. Please change your RSS or bookmark to the new address http://abeautifuldayphotography.com/blog or just click on Seattle Wedding Photography Hope to hear from you there soon. Also if you are looking for a great haircut at a Seattle hair salon try nola. Jenny and Brandon do marvelous work from their new hair salon/barbershop at 1090 N. Northlake Way in Fremont close to Wallingford too.
Kerry Park at the top of Queen Anne is a great place to make some engagement photos so I met Jeremy and Lauren there the other night and here are a few of the pictures. Lauren and Jeremy are getting married on September 5th and I am looking forward to shooting their wedding. It was a perfect day today and the visibility was fantastic. Mount Rainier was so clear, it looked like you could almost reach out and touch it.
Wedding Photography of Elizabeth and Jason
Moving Day Today A Beautiful Day Photography , the BLOG , is moving today to our new wedding photography blog. We are moving the blog off of the WordPress website to host it right inside our website A Beautiful Day Photography. It will continue to look much the same and feature the same great wedding photography. It will give us a lot more options with the design of the blog and add functionality. So this is the last post of this blog here at Word Press. Please change your RSS or bookmark to the new address http://abeautifuldayphotography.com/blog or just click on Seattle Wedding Photography Hope to hear from you there soon.
My last posting to this blog was the large group panorama wedding portrait of Elizabeth and Jason’s wedding in Steilacoom, WA and I would like to finish my coverage of their wedding by posting the candid wedding photographs today. They were married on Friday May 29th and it was a beautifuly day for a wedding. Warm, sunny and with a gorgeous view. Perfect for an outdoor wedding in a great setting at Pioneer Park with a view of the Olympics across Puget Sound. The wedding photography begins back at their apartment with shots of Jason getting into his formal Air Force uniform.
Jason’s dad stood by to help him get dressed.
And so Jason being almost ready I headed across town to catch up with Elizabeth at the hair salon Rumours.
After her hair and make up was ready Elizabeth got into her wedding gown with the help of her mom and her friends.
Something old for good luck
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Elizabeth and Jason have an affection for squirrels and along with the something blue on her bouquet, she added a small critter.
Elizabeth got walked down the aisle by her mom who flew in from Ohio for the wedding.
Jason see Elizabeth in her wedding dress for the first time as she approched with her mom.
After the ceremony and some family photos and the panorama, everyone went out to the reception at Jake’s Bar and Bistro.
Elizabeth had this beautiful cocktail.
The shoes and the shoes and the wedding bouquet.
Elizabeth got up on the bar for jason to remove the garter from her leg.
Saying goodbye to friends after wards.
On the spur of the moment they decided to stop off at McDonalds for a wedding ice cream cone instead of a cake. Elizabeth playfully dabbed Jasons nose with her cone.
Jason took it in good spirits, though there was talk of someone getting a unicorn.All in all it was a fun ending to a great afternoon wedding in Steilacoom, WA.
Wedding Photographers-Craig and Katie
Seattle Wedding Photography Here are a couple of photographs besides the panoramas I made at the wedding of Craig and Katie March 7th. I was shooting it alongside Laurie Matanich and it was a lot of fun. They are such a great couple. These pictures taken before the group panoramas were made. It was a cold and snowy and rainy day at the Red Barn Studios near Chehalis Washington. Before it started to rain Laurie made the formal portraits outside under an overcast sky. When the rain and snow came later, we were all safe and warm in the 1937 gothic barn, a former dairy barn, turned into a unique venue for weddings other social gatherings by Laurie and her husband Jason.
Laurie shoots some group portraits.
Katie and Craig right after they walked down the aisle at the end of the ceremony.
A Beautiful Day Photography – Seattle Wedding Photography
Suzzanne and Kurts wedding last year on the Skansonia on Lake Union.
I started blogging last summer and tried a couple of different versions of blogging software including Blogspot and WordPress and finally settled on this style from WordPress. It is called the Ambiru theme originally designed by Phu. It has been further customized for a Beautiful Day Photography by Neetnet, the web design firm run by my wife Jana. She widened the format to allow for the much easier posting of large format photographs. That had been my gripe about the other themes available for blogging. There do not seem to be any off the shelf blog themes designed to show big pictures and that to me is primary for a photography blog of any sort. I am lucky to be married to a talented web developer.We will very soon be linking the website A Beautiful Day Photography to this blog as the official blog.
Skansonia Wedding Photography – Kelly and Shaun
I wanted to put a couple of my favorites from Kelly and Shaun’s wedding on the ferryboat the Skansonia. They were a blast to photograph
Shaun dips Kelly at the end of their first dance on the floor of the Skansonia Ferry on Lake Union.
Kelly gets ready to snap Shaun’s suspenders on the dance floor of the Skansonia.
Seattle Wedding Photographers – Meghan and J.P Finale
Meghan and JP at St Ignatius Chapel at Seattle University wedding photographs continued from the end of the ceremony just after the signing of the wedding license to to the end of the reception. What a great wedding to have had the privilege to photograph. They had all had so much fun at the reception.
This is the end of the photos from Meghan and JP’s wedding.
Stella and Rob’s wedding in the Italian Alps will be the next wedding to be posted here. I am almost done with the first edit and should get them up soon.
Andrea and Eric
It has been a while since my last post. I have been away to a wedding in the Italian Alps in mid January and so between the holidays and the wedding in Italy and then Germany where I went after the wedding to stay with friends, I have been away from posting to this blog. I am back and plan to try and get up to date and finish posting Megan and JP’s photos and then start to post some of the Stella and Robert’s Alpine wedding. It was a real blast.
In the meantime I wanted to post this shot of Andrea and Eric who will be getting married in Minnesota this summer. They were out here for the holidays and asked me to make their engagement photo.
Seattle Wedding Photographer – Meghan and J.P
Back to Meghan and J.P ‘s wedding at the chapel at Seattle University, St Ignatius. Above, Meghan speaks with JP’s parents and below, JP with Meghan’s parents.
The wedding ceremony of Meghan and JP begins in the lobby of the chapel at Seattle University, St Ignatius.
And after signing the license it is official. More pictures to come in the next day or so. We did some formal portratis before we headed out for the reception.
Indian Wedding Photographer – Panoramic Group Photograph
I photographed Mychal and Sunita’s wedding last year and gave them this panorama but their dog ate the print. I just printed another one and thought I would post it here. Her family is Indian and the ceremony was a wonderful Indian ceremony outside near the water. This photo shows everyone at the ceremony.
Seattle Photographers – Narby Family Photograph
Tim Narby and Family = Note Bene Winery
Just taking a break for the wedding of Meghan and JP for an annual family photo shoot. Every year I for the past 4-5 years I have been asked to photograph Tim’s family photo which he then has Panda Lab print on a Christmas card. The cards are sent out to not just his friends and family but to subscribers and people signed up on the mailing list of his winery Note Bene. He makes really great bordeaux style wine from Washington state grapes and I look forward to getting this assignment from him every December. Right after the shoot he has an open house and I get to taste all of the 7-8 varieties he makes. What a treat.
Seattle Wedding Photographers – Meghan and J.P
Back to blogging after an all too brief week visiting New York. Thanksgiving with the family was sweet and making the rounds at the museums and photo galleries was refreshing. Now back to Meghan and J.P ‘s wedding at the chapel at Seattle University, St Ignatius. Meghan teared up after getting ready when she saw her Dad. then she got ready and went to show JP what she looked like in the gown she brought back from Africa.
Seattle Wedding Photography – Meghan and J.P
Meghan and J.P were married at the chapel at Seattle University, St Ignatius and that is where I started to photograph them getting ready. It is one of my favorite venues for a wedding. An award winning building with lots of good light and a really nice setting surrounded by lawns and a reflecting pool and bell tower.
More photographs from Meghan and J.P ‘s wedding at St Ignatius to come after a long awaited break for the Thanksgiving holiday.
Wedding Photographer and Family Photographer in Seattle
Got another commission for a family photograph from one of my former wedding clients Pam and Gary. They had a beautiful daughter Annabel this year and they will be sending this one out with their Seasons Greetings cards this Christmas.
They look so happy together.
Seattle Wedding Photographer Shoots Families Too
The Kreinherder Family pose for their family portrait not far from their Queen Ann Home
I am often asked to photograph families in the course of my work as an wedding photographer, and approach it much as I would a portrait at a weddng or an editorial assignment for a magazine. Look for good light and with a straightforward approach, show them at their best. Janee and her family made the assignment fun and the rare November sunshine made it easy. Late afternoon filtered sunshine is one of my favorite light sources.
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Wedding Photojournalism Defined
Adam smokes a cigarette just before he gets dressed before his wedding ceremony at Freeland Hall on Whidbey Island.
Wedding Photojournalism also known as Documentary Wedding Photography is here to stay. Many of the bridal magazines circulating today have conflicting information which only complicates a search for the right wedding photographer.
Often times when a bride looking to sort out the confusion over the term photojournalism needs only read a newspaper and see the storytelling photographs they publish. “Wedding Photojournalism” was coined by professional newspaper and magazine photojournalists to describe the kind of photography they practiced when they accepted commissions to photograph weddings. They were anxious to make sure people would distinguish the difference between the kind of photography they practiced in contrast to the traditional studio wedding photographers whose only work was almost entirely posed and highly styled wedding and portrait photography. Wedding Photojournalist’s work is best described as a documentary approach to wedding photography focusing on real moments, instead of staged moments. Instead of stopping action to get their staged posed shot, they stayed in the background and looked for real interactions and emotions that told the story of the day.
Wedding magazines soon picked up on the new trend and made it the “hot” fashion for wedding photography. This forced traditional wedding photographers to hop on the photojournalism bandwagon as well, including those without the real skills to do photojournalism. What they did was fake the “look” of photojournalism’s real moments by staging faked real moments that almost look like they are are real. the problem is the wedding couple still know every time they see the photo that was faked. Also adding to the confusion, several other styles developed during the same period – elements of fashion photography, beauty photography, and fine art photography were all being used in wedding photography.
Hiring a wedding photojournalist does not mean having to give up on having posed portraits at your wedding. Newspaper photographers have always been assigned to make been portraits of various subjects from movie stars to Presidents and the people next door since the first newspaper photographs were published. Most wedding photojournalists focus on relaxed portraiture – a directed image where the subject may or may not be looking at the camera. While such images may give the impression of being candid, a wedding photojournalist would never try to pass off the picture as a real moment. A wedding photographer to be successful today must dabble in several approaches in addition to newspaper photojournalism, for example mixing in some of the editorial fashion look and not just focusing on only one style in particular.
Some traditional photographers insisted photojournalism was merely a fad or a “buzzword.” But the buzz has persisted and many of the country’s top wedding photographers use a photojournalistic documentary approach. We are now past the point of calling photojournalism a fad. It’s simply what many brides want. With many newspapers across the country laying off their staff photographers due to the rise of the internet, many of the top wedding photojournalists nowadays come directly from the newspaper industry, where they were leaders in the photojournalism field and most of the experienced wedding photojournalists have a great understanding of their digital camera and computer equipment. Today’s discerning brides and grooms will pick the photographer that is right for them based on style and budget. For most of them, true to life real wedding photojournalism by a real photojournalist is the right choice for telling the story of their day.
Photographs by Seattle wedding photographer Daniel Sheehan at A Beautiful Day Photography. His Seattle wedding photography is created in an artistic, editorial fashion with classic photojournalistic style. He photographs weddings using a subtle, unobtrusive, story-telling approach and creates artistic documentary wedding photojournalism. Visit www.danielsheehan,com for other photographs by Seattle Photographer and photojournalist Daniel Sheehan. In addition to weddings, Daniel specializes in portraits, jazz photography and photojournalism for publications and corporations.
Getting Ready – Olivia
So as of today, Jana, my wife and webmaster, and I have redesigned this blog with the emphasis on displaying the photographs a bit larger than is possible with the default style of this template. With this design, the details in the pictures are now more apparent and easier to see. We hope you like the change.
Photographs by Seattle Editorial Photographer and Seattle photojournalist Daniel Sheehan. In addition to weddings, Daniel is a Seattle wedding photographer with an unobtrusive, story-telling approach, creating award winning Seattle wedding photography and wedding photojournalism among Seattle wedding photographers. His Seattle wedding photography is created in an artistic, editorial fashion with classic photojournalistic style.
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Wedding Photojournalism – Father of the Bride
Father of The Bride
Going through the wedding pictures I shot at Olivia and Adam Bergsneider at Freeland Hall on Whidbey Island on August 23rd, I think that this photograph is one of my favorites. It is a quiet moment of a bride, her Dad and her bridesmaids. Olivia’s Dad is waiting among the bride and her bridesmaids for the moment to go out and walk down the aisle with his daughter and give her away to Adam to start the wedding ceremony.
Daniel is a Seattle wedding photographer. His Seattle wedding photography is created in an artistic, editorial fashion with classic photojournalistic style. He photographs weddings using a subtle, unobtrusive, story-telling approach and creates artistic documentary wedding photojournalism. Photographs by Seattle Editorial Photographer and Seattle photojournalist Daniel Sheehan. In addition to weddings, Daniel specializes in portraits and photojournalism for publications and corporations.
