Yiqiu and Jian, it was my pleasure meeting you two.  I really look forward to your wedding next week, I know it’s going to be really beautiful!

The minute I met them, I am instantly welcome by Susan’s bubbly and happy personality.  You will see exactly that in these pictures, her smiles are infectious, I had smiles on my face when I was editing these pictures.

Nate is very sweet too.  He was the quiet designated driver that is way better than a GPS, and he understands us, photographers.  He literally pull off to the side of the road of a fast going street with emergency signals when I called out: this is it! this is the place I want to shoot in!

Let’s meet these two lovebirds, we had so much fun spending the afternoon getting pictures done and hang out with another fellow photographer at the workshop.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, that’s why I have to start the sequence of pictures here, because this captures the essence of their personality.   Be sure to read till the end for the slideshow of their session.

They can be sweet like this:

But Susan can never contain her beautiful smile, or maybe cuddling in front of the camera is just a bit funny – now that the table has turned.

This is the location where we almost just parked next to a 4 lane road with traffic going at 50mph next to us.  We decided to play it safe and walk a bit to come here instead.  I think the walk is totally worth it!

We moved on to Huntington Beach, just because we are in CA, I had to touch the sand.   Thank you Susan for bearing with me despite not being a big fan of the sand.   It was quite chilly and windy on the beach, and because of that we had the luxury of an empty beach.

Susan shooting Nate whenever she could.

Nate, did you just make this face after Susan’s camera turned away?

It looks like you are not just a great model for Susan, but also the goofiest target I have ever seen!

Susan, you are beautiful and fun, I wish you so much success in your photography business!  Look at how she rocks the camera here and shows the true face of herself!

Susan, Nate, it was such a pleasure to meet you both!  I hope you get great pictures done of yourselves more often than every 8 years :D

If you ask me, I’d say this picture looks like one from a magazine commercial and these two could get by as models.

And here they are, down to earth and in love

Haleh, Guillaume, congratulations on getting engaged!  I can’t wait to see how beautiful your wedding will look like.  Oh, Guillaume, I’d say you are pretty photogenic too.

As I was waiting for the new website to be designed, I had to hold back the excitement that I have been accepted by the Wedding Photojournalist Association! It is really an honor for me.  WPJA was the place where I find out more about awesome wedding photojournalists from my area and around the world. Being accepted into that list of photographers is humbling and exciting for me. If you are a bride, I hope you can find great resources about photographers from that website as I did when I planned for my wedding.

Laura, Mike, congratulations! Can’t wait to photograph your beautiful wedding next year!

We met up near Pike Place Market and headed later to Seattle Center. The EMP is a photographer’s paradise, such cool back drops and fun backgrounds!

To see all their pictures in a gallery: click here

To see all their pictures in a slideshow, click play below:

Tags: seattle engagement photography, seattle wedding photography, experience music project, pike place market

Diana and Joe, congratulations on your engagement! Thank you both for putting up with me for setting up the shots with lights etc. You make such a sweet couple together!