Jeff & Michelle {Seattle Wedding Photography}

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It was so much fun to hang out with this great couple, Jeff & Michelle, during their wedding weekend. Anyone could see just by looking at the two of them how in love they are - I'm not gonna lie, I teared up during the ceremony and even during the reception. Both of their families, as well as the entire wedding party were just the nicest people - and the wedding was full of so many creative and beautiful details - breakfast for dinner, a gorgeous purple & green theme (complete with purple vans for the groomsmen, and purple and green candies on the cake table), lovely flower arrangements... the list goes on and on!

Now, Michelle is beautiful even without makeup. But both her mom and Jeff's mom cried when they saw her all made up.

Matt, Jeff's brother, officiated the wedding - he was ordained online!

The couple wrote their own vows.

Jeff's ring is made of tungsten - it matches his gun holster.

Michelle designed a lot of the wedding's most fun details - she made the I-Spy placecards and the invitations, and she and her aunt made the purple hanging decorations that adorned the vases forming the arch for the ceremony. The cake topper is so cute - Michelle & Jeff are both US Marshals, so it's very fitting.

"all the single ladies! all the single ladies!" I never realized how much fun that song could be.

What a beautiful night! I wish you both all the happiness in the world.

<3

||| frances |||

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it was one of the first truly pretty days, and we all spent it indoors, working and gazing longingly outside. at five thirty frances and i got dressed quickly and raced away to catch a little bit of the light. i got to try jeff's 24mm (causing an obsession that i have not been able to escape... it will soon be MINE!).

jeff got some great shots of fran & i, and they are on display right now at interzone cafe on monroe in corvallis! go check them out! :)

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this season is going to be an interesting time for me - i'll be getting new equipment and trying some different styles. i'll be able to shoot my first quinceañera and co-shoot my second wedding - and i'm really excited and nervous. :)

alphabet land with b (*)

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a few weekends ago i went to portland to visit my friend brie - we had been planning a shoot based around my tattoos for quite some time. (to see a few of the resulting images, visit http://briemullin.com/blog/ ) i wanted to photograph as well, but i didn't really have a theme in mind and after prancing around half naked downtown for awhile (very cold, also embarrassing when cars would drive by) i was a little tired. but i did manage to capture a few of brie at this church near her house. <3

help haiti {round 2}

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I've totaled up the bids and we raised $881 for Haiti with our first auction! That is more than I expected to raise, and I am hoping to raise even more with the second auction. And, as an added bonus! My boss, Holly Peterson, owner of The Ball Studio, donated $119 so that we could meet our goal of $1000. Thank you so much, Holly! Now all that remains for the first round is for me to orchestrate the receiving of funds and the shipping of prints, which will probably take a few weeks. I will be emailing winners tonight!

Thanks so much to everyone who bid on the artwork. Thanks to the wonderful artists who made this possible. Thanks to everyone who passed the auction link around to their family and friends. I really appreciate the support, and I am so pleased that we are able to send a nice check to Mercy Corps.

And please! Don't neglect our newest selection of artwork up for auction! The work is fantastic, and there is more to come. Follow us on the RSS feed to keep updated with the new pieces added to the auction.

'underland', hamentaschen, ice skating, and the end of auction 1 {today}

in ,

i have just returned from a lovely and much-needed four-day vacation. it was my little sister's 9th birthday, and we went ice skating. besides many near misses, and a few actual tumbles, i think i mostly have my pride intact. we also made hamentaschen, which are 3-sided cookies with jelly or chocolate centers {yummm!} and my sisters and i saw the new 'alice in wonderland,' which was thoroughly enjoyable and extremely beautiful. i really needed this trip. i feel like my brain is re-calibrated and i can finally focus on what needs to happen for me in the next few months.

my parents live in bellingham, which is a very long train ride, so lots of time to think and lots of time to read. i also experimented a bit with the camera on my new phone. i shot some film as well and i can't wait to see how it turns out!

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today is the last day of our first auction - we've raised 836 so far, which is fantastic. i'm still hoping for some last minute bids to get our total up to 1000! so bid away! you've got till 11:59 pm tonight.

i've begun receiving submissions for the second auction which begins tomorrow. i am blown away by the work, once again, and am so grateful to all of you for helping me get this project going. you are all amazing!

love from the GT {newspaper article}

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[caption id="attachment_268" align="aligncenter" width="510" caption="In the stairwell at Fairbanks Hall at Oregon State University, Daron Jackson, right, and Tyler Sessa look over the photographs in the online auction they created to raise funds for relief in Haiti. (Scobel Wiggins/Gazette-Times)"][/caption] Tyler and I had the opportunity to speak with a reporter from local paper Gazette-Times yesterday! The article ran on the front page today, and we're so excited to share the Help Haiti Auction with our community! To bid on the artwork, go to the Help Haiti Auction page on the top right of the screen. Thanks for the love and support.

Here's the link to the online story:

http://gazettetimes.com/news/local/article_58d0b228-21e0-11df-b327-001cc4c03286.html