Seattle Wedding Photographers Blog of Candid Wedding Photography

I have been getting asked if I have ever photographed an Indian wedding before and so I though I would post a few of the photographs from Eshwar and Nafisa’ wedding here. They were married back in 2004 and they flew me over to Bangalore, India to cover their celebration I had photographed a few Indian weddings before but this was my first real Indian wedding to photograph in India. it was awesome. There were festivities to cover for more than 4 days. And when I was not photographing the festivities, I went out on the streets of Bangalore to witness and photograph the life of that great city. It was an unforgetable trip.
I was still shooting film back then for weddings and shot more than 75 rolls of the wedidng, perhaps 2/3rds in black and white and the rest in color. I made the above candid wedding photograph with the panorama camera and really like this photo. the two below were also made with the same large format camera and are of the family of the bride and groom and the bottom was taken in Seatle where they had a second Moslem ceremony.

I have been meaning to put up Josh and Lindsey’s wedding panorama but was busy the last week covering the Bellevue Jazz Festival and then posting the photos to my jazz photography blog EyeShotJazz. Sorry for the delay.
I am looking forward to this weekend and the wedding of Elizabeth and Jason on Friday the 29th at Pioneer Park in Steilacoom and then to the Saturday May 30th wedding of Jennifer and Paul who are getting married at Freeland Hall on Whidbey Island. I had a wedding at Freeland Hall last year and for a Seattle photographer it is a great place to go and get away from the city to photograph a wedding.

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.

Lindsey gets her hair done as her bridesmaid Jess looks on.

Josh and Lindsey were married a week ago in Cincinnati,  Lindsey’s home town. they both live in Washington DC and work for Uncle Sam. They had wonderful weather the day of the wedding although it rained on Friday for the rehearsal dinner, the sun came out on Saturday and it allworked out in the end. Today I will begin to post ome of the photos and continue over the next couple of days.
I have finished the edit but still need to scan the wedding panorama and will post that last. The weather here n Seattle today is just too nice to spend too much time on the computer.

Lindsey inspects the hair.

The Wiedemann Mansion where the reception will take place.It is known as the venue with the view.

Lindsey and her Dad Rob talk as she gets ready at her childhood home. Rob gave Lindsey something blue for her wedding, the old blue dog tag from the family dog who has passed on. Lindsey attached it to her wedding bouquet.

Jess holds the blue dog tag and shares the memories of her dog.

More photos to come tomorrow.

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

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I photographed Karen and Tim up in the Skagit Valley tulips fields recently and loved the contrast between the beautiful colors of the flowers and the black and white of the bride and groom. It called out to me that it needed to be a panorama. Sometimes you just can not get wide enough with a normal camera.

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