"Capturing The Moment" A Beautiful Day Photography

Shameer and Bindu at the Seattle Art Museum Olympic Sculpture Garden before the reception above and below.

Shameerpaul Sangha and Bindu Dulai were married in a traditional Hindu ceremony in Houston, Texas and a week later on June 26th had a wedding celebration in Seattle at the Great Hall of Union Station for all of their family and friends in the Seattle area.

What a wonderful celebration it was with great Indian food and fabulous dancing. I was sorry the traditional Hindu ceremony was so far away and could not photograph it but the wedding reception was so much fun I had a blast making pictures and watching the fun everyone was having. Shameer and Bindu were moved by the welcome and danced for much of the evening.

The Great Hall at Union Station is a national landmark noted for being an architectural masterpiece. Also noted for it’s spectacular black and white mosaic floor and over 460 white lights glittering from it’s 55 foot barrel-vaulted ceiling, The Great Hall’s grand ambiance is unique and if you are having more than 300 people to a reception, it is one of your best choices for a venue. It can hold up to 500. Built in 1911 and restored in 1999, the stunning interior is dominated by a central barrel-vaulted ceiling, antique tile floors and classical pilasters accented by a series of archways. The Great Hall at Union Station has been completely restored to recreate its original historic charm.

Catering was provided by Jewel Hospitality

Here are some selected highlights of the evening. Below is a mini gallery of 40 images for the reception.

Below is a mini-gallery with some more of my favorite images from their wedding reception celebration.

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Seattle photographer Daniel Sheehan, specializes in photojournalism and portrait photography for publications and corporations and is a Seattle wedding photographer.

Linee and Michael were married on June 20th on board The MV Skansonia. and after the ceremony which was held inside because of the rain, everyone went outside since the rain had stopped, to the front of the boat for a large group wedding panorama. Once again the original print which measures 36 inches in length is full of detail that can not be seen on a computer monitor, but this gives you an idea of how it looks.

Seattle photographer Daniel Sheehan, specializes in photojournalism and portrait photography for publications and corporations and a Seattle wedding photographer creates award winning Seattle wedding photography and wedding photojournalism and is ranked among the best Seattle wedding photographers.

I just returned from a week in Washington DC photographing the wedding of Ganesh and Surbhi in a traditional Indian wedding ceremony according to the Hindu Holy Scripture using Veda mantras written in Sanskrit, the root of all Indian languages. I was lucky to work with an old friend and Washington DC portrait photographer Scott Robinson on this wedding. While I have just returned and have only downloaded and backed up the files and have not started to process any pictures this one caught my eye and I thought I would share it with you here. Scott made a behind the scenes photo of me as we started to do the formal posed pictures after the wedding ceremony. He had already set up the lighting and was just keeping an eye on me for problems and made this picture of me waiting for the bride and groom with the brides grandparents.  Thanks to Scott and thanks to Ganesh and Surbhi for flying me in for a really grand wedding celebration in the Indian tradition. Hope to have more pictures up here sometime soon.

Seattle photographer Daniel Sheehan, specializes in photojournalism and portrait photography for publications and corporations and a Seattle wedding photographer creates award winning Seattle wedding photography and wedding photojournalism and is ranked among the best Seattle wedding photographers.

Lisa Chick wrote a couple of days ago to  remind me that she and Tom Marriott were married 4 years ago this week and she was looking forward to seeing the pictures and enjoying the slideshow again on their anniversary. She is planning to have her wedding album ready for their 5th anniversary. Since I was not blogging 4 years ago,  I thought I would put up some highlights from their great wedding at St Joseph’s Church on Capital Hill and Lowell-Hunt on Lake Union. Here are a few of the images and at the bottom is a mini-gallery. If you want to see the complete slideshow of their wedding with music click on this link: Seattle wedding photography slideshow

Below is a mini-gallery with some more of my favorite highlights from their wedding.

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Seattle photographer Daniel Sheehan, specializes in photojournalism and portrait photography for publications and corporations and a Seattle wedding photographer creates award winning Seattle wedding photography and wedding photojournalism and is ranked among the best Seattle wedding photographers.

Palinee Makchuchit and Michael Leslie pose for some Gas Works Park wedding photos in the morning before their wedding on board The MV Skansonia.

Linee and Michael were married on June 20th and when I got up in the morning it was grey but dry. Rain was in the forecast but it held off for a while. I met up with Michael and his groomsmen in Gas Works Park for some pictures. Linee and her bridesmaids were getting ready and were set to join us. They ran a little late and by the time they arrived it had started to mist and then come down a little harder. We went ahead and made some pictures anyway. I really like this above shot of the two of them with the blue umbrella with the Seattle skyline barely perceptible behind them through the fog.

Below are a dozen pictures of some of my favorite highlights and at the bottom a mini-gallery with a total of 36 images of their wedding day photographs.

A float plane takes off from Lake Union in the background as Michael and his groomsmen pose for a picture.

The fog came in and we headed off to the Skansonia to get ready for the wedding ceremony. One of the great things about the Skansonia is if the weather gets wet, the ceremony can be easily moved indoors without a hitch.

Linee’s Dad gets set to walk her down the aisle.

Michael watches as Linee approaches with her Dad.

Michael gets a playful dab of icing on his nose at the cake cutting.

The first dance.

Linee and Michale pay traditional Thai respect and homage to Linee’s parents.

Linee and her bridsmaids lean over the upper deck rail.

Below is a mini-gallery with some more of my favorite highlights from their wedding.

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Seattle photographer Daniel Sheehan, specializes in photojournalism and portrait photography for publications and corporations and a Seattle wedding photographer creates award winning Seattle wedding photography and wedding photojournalism and is ranked among the best Seattle wedding photographers.

Immediately after Derrick Casey and Maria Holsman were married in an outdoor ceremony at the beautiful Kubota Garden last month, everyone assembled for a large group wedding panorama portrait. Using a larger format panorama camera I got everyone at the wedding in one moment on a black and white film negative. Then I scanned it and printed it as a 12″ x 36″ long print. Most of my wedding clients find the wedding panorama to be the one picture from their wedding that they want to hang on their wall. As far as I know I am the only Seattle wedding photographer offering this service and I include it in every wedding package if the circumstances of the wedding allow us to make one.

Seattle photographer Daniel Sheehan, specializes in photojournalism and portrait photography for publications and corporations and a Seattle wedding photographer creates award winning Seattle wedding photography and wedding photojournalism and is ranked among the best Seattle wedding photographers.

The weather on June 19th was kind of overcast, which I like as it gives an even soft light which can be flattering for pictures of a couple on their wedding day. What concerned me was the high probability of rain in the forecast since Derrick Casey and Maria Holsman were getting married in an outdoor ceremony at Kubota Garden and I was not aware of a backup plan in case it turned out to be pouring rain at the anointed hour. Fortuitously it never did rain despite the forecast and the day turned out well. We had great light and made some beautiful pictures from the ceremony and afterwards when we walked around and shot some portraits around the garden before heading out for the reception at the Uptown Hideaway on lower Queen Anne. One of the interesting aspects of their wedding was Derrick and his groomsmen all carried swords. Not sure which legion of swordsmen they belonged to but it made for an interesting wedding party portrait with the swords all unsheathed on a red bridge in the garden.

Above, Maria and her dad just before they waled down the aisle. Here are  some of my favorite pictures  from the wedding along with a mini web gallery below, at the bottom after these highlights.

I really love this picture of Maria cracking up as we did some bridal portraits. I also really like the two just below of Maria and her bridesmaids outside the Uptown Hideaway. Because of the sloe of the hill it creates an illusion of Maria being much taller than all of the others in the first shot and the exactly the same height as the otheres in the next one.

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Seattle photographer Daniel Sheehan, specializes in photojournalism and portrait photography for publications and corporations and a Seattle wedding photographer creates award winning Seattle wedding photography and wedding photojournalism and is ranked among the best Seattle wedding photographers.

Crystal Hill and John Pennington were married on June 6th with their ceremony at the Duvall Church. Afterwards everyone came out in front of the church for this panoramic wedding portrait before heading  down the street for the reception at the Duvall Grange Cafe.

Seattle photographer Daniel Sheehan, specializes in photojournalism and portrait photography for publications and corporations and a Seattle wedding photographer creates award winning Seattle wedding photography and wedding photojournalism and is ranked among the best Seattle wedding photographers.