Chad and Lauren Solbakken

Chad and Lauren's wedding was an awesome way to wrap of my 2008 weddings. It had snowed abut 8-10 inches the night before, so there was new snow everywhere! You cna see more photos in the slideshow by clicking HERE. 

We took photos before the ceremony (a really good idea), so this is Chad seeing Lauren for the first time on their wedding day. This gave us lots of time to get all of the portraits done before the ceremony.
With all of the new snow, and it currently snowing while we were taking these portraits, I think these are the most unique portraits that I've ever shot. I loved it!

Lauren had seen these barns before, and knew they would be a cool background. Good call :)


We took pictures in the snow for a while, even though it was really cold. Props to Lauren for making it happen in her dress!
I love how you can see the snow coming down in these shots!



1st time ever bridal party snowball fight.
We made it out of the snow, and inside for the ceremony. They had all of these hurricanes with candles that lined the sides of the isle.

It was super dark during the ceremony, but the shots still worked out.




I went to school with Nicole Mullen, who connected me with her college crew from APU. I got to know all of these ladies while I was in Las Vegas shooting Jolie's sister's wedding, Ashley and Jebron.
I don't mind using a flash if I have to, but I much prefer to use natural light if it is at all possible. The natural light in this shot makes a cool vibe.
Getting down!



We snuck out to get this shot outside during the reception.



Chad and Lauren took the boat back to Seattle after the wedding. It was an awesome day!
Oh yeah, I almost forgot... it was my birthday today!! I turned 24. There were so many cool people and fun stuff going on, that it was a good way to celebrate my birthday too :)

Seattle

After a crazy morning at the airport, I was able to make it up to Seattle for Chad and Lauren's wedding this weekend. These are some pics from the pre-wedding festivities. You can also see more photos in this SLIDESHOW if you want.

When you go to a new place for the first time, you feel like you have to check out all of the cool sites. This is often where tourist traps come into play. In my travels, I have found that many tourist traps, while over-priced, are still really cool to see. The Space Needle fits into this category.

I was with Chad and Keith, and we were all impressed with the cool stuff that was at the top of the Needle. This one showed the view from the top of the Needle on the screens and you could pan them to the right of left, allowing you to see a 360 view. Not only could you pan the screens to the left or right, but you could turn a nob that changes the time to show what the view would look like at the corresponding time. Here Chad is making the sun rise.
Whoever created this is really cool!


These guys were climbing around on the edge picking all of the icicles off. Sketchy!
This might be surprising, but burgers at Dick's is another Seattle thing to do--since Starbucks is a site you see everywhere else.
We took a boat across the Puget Sound to get to where the wedding was going to be. Here you can see snow on one of the lines.


The water level changes, and the boats have to get out through a lock. You can see that we are a lot higher than the water on the other side of the gate. 
They are letting us into the chamber. Once we were in, they closed the gate, and then let water out until we were on the lower level. The next few shots show the process of the water going out.


You end up on the lower level, and then they open the other gate and the boat drives out. Cool, right?
I was stoked to see this totem pole after learning about them in a cultural anthropology class I took at SBCC.


We watched a slideshow at the dress rehearsal of Chad and Lauren pics. It was super cute.
It dumped snow all day today.


Hanging it... but if anyone asks, the tail light was already like that ;)
I was super tired, and I started passing out when I heard, "unlimited ammo!"  I gotta start using my cameras like machine guns more often--it looked fun.