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I had photographed Mollie and Justin’s engagement in the Seattle Arboretum last year and we had a good time walking around making pictures there and it was fun working with them. Months later then I again had a great time photographing their wedding at Willows Lodge in Woodinville, WA The garden at the Willows Lodge, which is just across from the famous Herb Farm restaurant, is a great location for an outdoor wedding and the ballroom perfect for a reception. Mollie and Justin had a warm, and wonderful wedding there. The wedding ceremony was in the gazebo which was really stunning and was adorned by a beautiful floral arrangement. I like shooting weddings there because there are so many places to go off and do pictures with different backgrounds. The panorama large group portrait was easy to do there as well. I will post it sometime later. Here are some selected highlights and a web gallery with some more just below.

Justin reenacts his proposal of marriage with his best man.

Mollie and Justin asked me to shoot them with this sign for the thank you card they were planning to send out to their guests.

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Wedding photography by wedding photographer Daniel Sheehan, a Seattle photographer who specializes in people and portraits and travels everywhere to shoot weddings in a photojournalist style that is real, straightforward, subtle and unobtrusive. Daniel was named among the best Seattle wedding photographers by the Wedding Photojournalists Association.

All photographs on this website are by Daniel Sheehan © 2010. All Rights Reserved. Please inquire for permission before using.

Jody and Mike at WAKE, in the Seattle Art Museum’s Olympic Sculpture Park.

Although Michael Zawacki and Judith Sanders were married  at St. Benedict Church in Wallingford,  in September and had their wedding reception at the Edgewater Hotel, we and their entire wedding party took a limo down to the Olympic Sculpture Park to make some bridal portraits and and photos of the wedding party using the sculptures fro a background. The photo above was one of my favorite wedding pictures from last year. The light was very nice just before sunset. It  had been raining earlier but we had the usual sun breaks at just the right time for pictures. I have always loved the sculptures of Richard Serra the piece of his they have there, WAKE is one of my favorites. Wake, 2004, consists of 10 plates, 5 sets of locked toroid forms made of weatherproof steel. Back in the days when I was on staff at New York Newsday in the 1990’s, I was assigned to photograph Richard at the Museum of Modern Art and found him to be a wonderful person as well as an artist. There was an installation there that was interesting but I think seeing WAKE out in the open, under Seattle skies, it surpasses that presentation.
Anyway I made a number of portraits of Jody and Mike and the wedding party around WAKE and then we were breaking up and moving on to another location in the Garden when I noticed Jody and Mike stealing a kiss. Everyone one else appears in their own world by they are together in one of their own.
It was a great moment and seems like a good example of a wedding photograph that tells the story of their day in one moment.  I had a call recently asking me if I had shot a wedding there so I wanted to put these up to show them off. Here are some of the other photos from our photo session at the park.

Wedding  photography by Seattle wedding photographer Daniel Sheehan, a Seattle photographer who specializes in people and portraits and travels everywhere to shoot weddings in a photojournalist style that is real, straightforward, subtle and unobtrusive. Daniel was named among the best wedding photographers by the Wedding Photojournalists Association.

All photographs on this website are by Daniel Sheehan © 2010. All Rights Reserved. Please inquire for permission before using.

Connie Wong and Alex Wang were married on Sunday Dec 27th a little more than a week ago. The wedding and reception took place at a venerable old San Francisco institution called the Town Hall Restaurant. Towards the end of the evening we cleared out some tables and chairs and got everyone in attendance together for a large group wedding picture right there in the center of the restaurant. I shot a number of frames but these two seem to be the best as far as exposure and best number of people looking good.

This one above one is cropped a little too tight on the here, but the original has all the details. Which one looks best to you?

You are welcome to leave comments below. Some time over the coming weeks when the editing and processing is done,  I will post a gallery of the highlights of this fun San Francisco wedding here on the blog. This picture reminds me how fantastic the food at the Town Hall Restaurant tasted. Check it out next time you are in San Francisci. It is at 342 Howard Street,  S.F. CA 415.908.3611.  Panoramic photography by San Francisco wedding photographer Daniel Sheehan, a Seattle photographer who specializes in people and portraits and travels everywhere to shoot weddings in a photojournalist style that is real, straightforward, subtle and unobtrusive. Available in Seattle, WA, San Francisco and Los Angeles, CA. Daniel was named among the best wedding photographers by the Wedding Photojournalists Association.

All photographs on this website are by Seattle photographer Daniel Sheehan © 2010. All Rights Reserved. Please inquire for permission before using.

The bouquet.
Kerri Higgins and Graham Sheldon got married on August 15th at McCurdy Park and the Museum of History and Industry,  MOHAI. It was a beautiful summer day with great sunlight and warm temperatures. 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 slide show 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.

Deana Satriano and Nancy Bronson were married on July 4th at the Camano Country Club on Camano Island to the sound of fireworks going off on the beach as Islanders hanging out on the beach celebrated our country’s birthday throughout the wedding lending to the festive occasion. Kirstie Warren of Simply Wed was the wedding coordinator and she made the place look fantastic for the celebration.

The other wedding vendors who helped make this a memorable wedding are:

Caterer: The City Catering Company rebecca@citycateringcompany.com
Florist S*Scents Design – Susan Snyder sgs_scents@yahoo.com
Rentals AA Party Rentals – Denise Novakn denise@aaparty.com
Decorator The Prop Gallery West – Greg Olsen greg@propgallery.com
DJ Bugsie Productions – Craig Slater 206-931-9361
Ceremony Musicians Katy Bourne (Jazz Vocalist & Guitarist) 206-718-5675
Cake Simply Desserts 206-633-2671
Chair Covers Margie Habel mdhabel@aol.com
Chair Ties & Outdoor Linens Choice Linens – Liza Ragan liza@choicelinens.com
Hair Salon Maison – Heidi = Stylist, Mary = Booker details@salonmaison.net
Town Car Elegant Limousines – Zen info@elegantlimous.com

Lindsey gets ready to get into the dress.

Into it she goes.

The shoes.

Rob looks on as Lindsey finishes her makeup.

The finished look of the bride with bouquet.

Meanwhile back at the hotel, Josh begins his dressing.

A close shave.

Tying the knot.

The rings to bind.

The look with the boutonnière.

Right on time.

Someting blue, the old blue tag from Lindsey’s dog

Rob and Lindsey counting down to the wedding ceremony.

Some final check of the wedding makeup.

Dana and Indira walk Josh down the aisle to the front of St Ursula the chapel of the Academy where Lindsey went to high school.

Rob Walks Lindsey down the aisle of St Ursula’s Chapel to begin the wedding ceremony moments later.

During the wedding ceremony, Josh and Lindsey shared a few moments together.

A view of the Chapel of St Ursula from the choir loft.

Josh drains a glass of wine as some elements of the Jewish wedding ceremony are blended in with the Catholic wedding.

As Josh stomps his foot on the wine glass for good luck, his dad Dana right, captures the moment from the front pew with his  trusty old Leica M3.

The moment after the kiss.

Walking down the aisle as husband and wife.

Then family wedding photographs outside the Chapel and school. What a fine Spring Day.

Back at the The Wiedemann Mansion, the venue with the view, evryone gathered together for a panoramic wedding portrait. This one was stiched together from a coupe of digital frames.

The real black and white panorama will be posted here in a couple of days. (It still needs some more post processing).

Sitting down to a wonderful dinner. the food was fantastic.

A portrait of Josh and Lindsey as the sune begins to set.

The first Dance. Josh and Lindsey cut the rug together for the first time as a married couple.

Then Lindsey danced with Rob.

Cutting the cake. It did taste as good as it looks.

And finally signing the ceremonial wedding license. There were so many more photographs but I have probably posted too many for just a tease on a wedding photography blog.

Stay tuned to Josh’s Photography website White Duck Workshop for the rest of the story. When they come back from the honeymoon in June he will be posting a whole lot more at whiteduckworkshop.com.

Photographs by Seattle photographer Daniel Sheehan, a photojournalist specializing in jazz photography, photojournalism and portrait photography and a Seattle family portrait photographer.

I have been talking with Jamie and Brian about their upcoming wedding at the top of Crystal Mountian in July and it brought to mind the wedding of Andrea and Derek I did there a few years ago on June 28th 2000. Thats right, Andrea was a June Bride but she still got caught up in a snow storm during her ceremony. While it was just raining down at the bottom, up on top it snowed all day until just before sunset when the clouds parted. Just then,  right there as close as your hand in front of your face was Mount Rainier.

Photo/ Seattle Photographer and photojournalist Daniel Sheehan.

Fred and Jenn and their entire wedding party outside on the steps of the Asian Art Museum.

Fred and Jenn had a big to do last month at the Asian Art Museum. What a great place for a wedding. Shooting as a local Seattle photographer, I was happy to get this shot of the two camels on either side of the entrance in the background.

More pictures to be posted here soon. They are now all done.

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.

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.