A mother's tear quickly wiped. A father's hug. A child's delight in her pretty dress. Timeless scenes, heartbreaking to hilarious, all gone in a blink of an eye. We make sure you end up with beautiful photographs that will help you remember your wedding day forever.
Wedding Photographer, Wedding photojournalism, The Photojournalist Approach
We are wedding photojournalists. And wedding photojournalism done well captures every moment as it happens.Our wedding photography is a blend of portraits and storytelling pictures. Portraits are important on a wedding day, but our passion is to unobtrusively capture the moments that tell the story of your day. We focus on the often-fleeting emotions of this one day, your day. The key to successful wedding photojournalism is candid wedding photography. Our wedding photojournalists are experienced in using candid photography to tell the story of your day – surely one of the most important in your life – with a distinctive, artistic, natural style. Telling stories with pictures is truly our specialty. Check out our photo galleries and you'll, pardon the pun, get the picture.
Wedding Photographers, Wedding Photography Seattle, San Francisco, New York
Daniel Sheehan created A Beautiful Day Photography to bring his seasoned photojournalist skills to wedding photography. An early pioneer of wedding photojournalism, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Seattle Photographer became one of the most sought after photographers in the Seattle area and the nation. After 15 years as an international photojournalist, he began to accept commissions for weddings in 1997 in addition to his editorial portraits, photojournalism and corporate assignments. Chosen as Conan O'Brien's wedding photographer, he has been recognized by some of the top industry resources as the best Seattle wedding photographer. Monica Frisell, his primary associate photographer and Daniel work together to do wedding photography in Seattle, San Francisco, New York delivering the highest quality imagery with exceptional customer service.
Seattle Photographer, San Francisco & New York Candid Wedding Photography
Artistic, creative portraits are part of the mix of pictures we make, but among photojournalists and candid Seattle wedding photographers, A Beautiful Day best captures the candid emotions and real beauty of a day. We tell the story with portraits and in a way only Seattle photographers with true photojournalism experience can. Specializing in candid documentary photography as wedding photographers in San Francisco, New York, Bellevue, Kirkland, & Redmond wedding photographers, and a Seattle, WA area photographer including Bellingham, Tacoma, Everett, WA since 1997 we have built an enviable reputation. A superior level of craftsmanship and stunning wedding photography Seattle earned us commissions from couples on three continents. Our reputation places us among the ranks of the best Seattle wedding photographers. For examples of our most recent work see our Candid Wedding Photography Blog , Capture the Moment.
Seattle Wedding Photographer & Wedding Photography Gallery
Visit our photo galleries to see the work of our skilled and experienced photojournalists. Daniel and his associate Seattle Photographers, San Francisco and New York Photographers create portraits and candid pictures that are real, straightforward, subtle and unobtrusive. Our associate photographers all have a pure passion for the art of wedding photojournalism and are held to the highest standards of photographic excellence.
wedding albums and Coffee Table Books
A Beautiful Day offers a coffee table style book in basic package and a choice of a number of different style wedding albums in our higher end packages. Our pictures capture the moments of the day and our books and albums collect and preserve those memories. Check out the pages that showcase in picture galleries details of some samples of our books and albums.
Celebrity Wedding Photographer Privacy Policy
Whether you are a notable celebrity or not, we welcome the opportunity and your confidence in us to photograph your wedding and we promise to give you the celebrity wedding treatment. We have had a number of notable celebrity clients and VIPs from the world of business but we are not permitted to share their photographs. VIP and Celebrity weddings often demand a degree of privacy. If you would like to maintain your privacy we understand and will be happy to make arrangements to keep your affairs and images private with a non-disclosure agreement.
Destination Wedding Photographer
We have traveled to some of the most beautiful destinations with dramatic scenery across the United States, as well as around the globe. From beach wedding photography to any destination we welcome the opportunity to be your choice of destination weddings photographers. For destination wedding photography only minimum travel expenses, detailed in the contract are charged. Recently we have photographed at resorts in Italy, India, Mexico, Czech Republic, and Dublin, Ireland. Destination weddings have taken us to New York City, Sante Fe, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Orange County, Mendocino and Napa, CA, Sun Valley, ID, Portland, OR, and Washington DC.
Seattle Photographers
What exactly what you are looking for in a photographer? How much coverage do you need? How much have you budgeted for photography? Do you want to include a photo album in your package and what kind of album are you looking for? Go to our pricing page for information on photography prices and packages. We can help you to decide the answers to these questions and more if you are not sure. We have experience helping brides and grooms with wedding planning and creating a timeline. Whether you are looking for Seattle wedding photographers or Bellevue wedding photographers, look no further because the best are found right here. See also samples of Daniel's work for the Bellevue Jazz Festival and the Earshot Jazz Festival as a jazz photographer.Our clients tell us that we deliver a fantastic experience and level of service beyond their greatest expectations. Read their raves here:
Recent wedding photography Client Raves
"We just wanted to drop you a note and let you know the wedding panorama arrived today. It is spectacular!! It is so amazing to see every single person's face and still feel their love. Thank you – beyond words – for this treasured gift. With hearts overflowing."
Mar and Adam
"Where do we begin? How can we even thank you for everything that you have done for our wedding? From the moment that we met you we knew we would be in good hands, but we had no idea how hard you would work to make our wedding look and feel perfect."
Judah and Sarah
"WOW! I knew I was going to love our pictures, but I am blown away; they are amazing!!! I am so glad that we had the opportunity to work with you! I really appreciate you getting some of those 4x6's out in time for our trip!! ...Thanks again, you are fabulous and so are the photos!!!"
Ali and Nick
"The pictures are amazing! There are moments captured that will be treasured for our lifetime. And,I LOVE the music you picked for the website... I couldn't have picked it better myself. Thank you."
Kelly and Shaun
"Thank you so so much for your wonderful work before and during the wedding. We have no doubt that our picturess will be amazing! I received many compliments from guests saying that you were all over the place, getting all kinds of different shots. In addition, I think the greatest fact is that for the most part, I actually didn't know you were there! I mean that in the best way because I have the tendency to 'pose' and you may be the first person to actually get some candid shots of me! :-)"
Mollie
"Yes indeed, we looked at all the wedding pictures through my computer and Daniel we couldn't ask for a better photographer. You captured everything, literally. Oh my god, it was such a blessing finding your website. Not only you are a great photographer, you're a wonderful and kind person as well. Mr Daniel, we can't thank you enough. We truly hope in working with you again perhaps, with our first child or something, LOL... Keep in touch. We love your work, you're gifted with such an incredible talent. I (Sugar) can't stop looking at those pictures, it brings back such good memories, you made it such a memorable one. Much love and Aloha,"
Chris and Sugar