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Immediately after Ann and Jonathan’s wedding ceremony outside the Summit House on top of Crystal Mountain, everyone gathered together for a group panorama portrait and what a grand panorama it is with Mount Rainier right there in the background. Ther were no clouds at this point so the view made the mountain look so close although within a hour it was socked in.

Just to the left of Ann in the white hat center, you may see someone is holding up a laptop computer hooked up to a connection using Skype to show Jonathan’s mom what was going on since she was unable to attend the ceremony. It is fitting that her virtual self is pictured in the group panoram portrait.

Their 12×36″ print was finished today and it is fantastic to see the details. Here is a link Crystal Mountain Wedding to the rest of the photos from their wedding that I previously highlighted on this blog. Congratulations to both Ann and Jonathan.

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Liz and Eric live close by in the neighborhood so when it came time to make an engagement photograph it was a no brainer to head down to Golden Gardens Beach. The weather was a little cool and the sun looked good but when we got to the beach the wind became an issue. It was much stronger than back in the neighborhood. We made a few pictures with Puget Sound and the Olympics in the background down by the water like the one above but soon headed for the protection of the bath house which was great for blocking the wind and we made what was their favorite image below.

So I am look forward to warmer weather with less wind when photographing their wedding which is coming up fast at the end of May on the Skansonia.

Seattle photographer Daniel Sheehan, specializes in photojournalism and portrait photography for publications, corporations and weddings.

The wedding of Rose and John, Lake Leonard, Mendocino, CA

Recently at a meeting with some clients, I looked at my list of packages and thought it seemed too complicated and should be simplified. In the process I thought of how things used to be I and became nostalgic for the old days when we used to shoot film, mostly black and white. Nowadays, almost every wedding I shoot is done with the latest and greatest digital Canon cameras. If black and white is needed, and I usually tire of looking at sets of pictures when they are all in color, it is easy to convert the digital files. It is funny that I never tire at looking at sets of only black and white photographs.

There was something about the process of shooting black and white film. Working with the limitations of 36 pictures on a roll. Having to wait until the film is processed before you know for sure you have the shot. I have been shooting a little black and white film with my Leica M6 and my  Hasselblad in the past few months and have come to appreciate the limitations of the medium. The Hasselblad only gives you 12 pictures on a roll but oh what great huge negatives they are. I shoot like crazy sometimes with the digital because I can. The number of images I can shoot effortlessly is almost infinite for practical purposes. The only problem is when it comes time to process the RAW files. Sometime it seems the time it takes to color correct, edit and convert the files to jpgs is endless. Maybe you can identify with me a little here but my life seems chained to the computer. I miss working in my darkroom without the distractions of the internet and email. Just go in there and make pictures.

So I decided to offer to return to shooting weddings in film only and also a mix of film and digital. I am not sure if any potential wedding clients are as enamored with the look of film as I am. The differences between a digital conversion to black and white and an original print from a film negative are subtle. Still I kind of long for the chance to  shoot whole weddings  with only my Leica’s. It is liberating.

In reducing the number of wedding packages prices to two it should be noted that most clients modify and customize the standard package to fit their needs so I am not really making any radical change to the actual cost structure. I always try to just give everyone what they want their end products to be when they have me shoot their wedding.

Let me know what you think of this change to to two packages and about shooting real film again. Here is a link to my Wedding Photography prices and packages page on my website.

Jessie Levin and Ian Mensher are the sweetest couple I think I have photographed in quite a while. They are so much in love they were beaming almost every time I looked at them on their wedding day. They were married in August at the Farm Kitchen, 18-acre organic farm near Poulsbo. The Farm Kitchen is a great place for a wedding as you are surrounded on all sides by wonderful displays of nature cultivated by loving hands, crafted into an elegant and relaxing space to just hang out or to get married.

Jessie getting ready as her dress stands by waiting for her. Here are some of the highlights from their wedding day celebration. At the bottom of the post is a slideshow of 39 images including these pictures.

Their first look outside the farm house where Jessie got ready.

Jessie’s parents walk her down the aisle

Below is a mini-slide show with these and some more highlights from Jessie and Ian’s Farm Kitchen Wedding, check it out. Click on “Pictures” at top right to hide the thumbnails; to start just click on the right arrow on the image.

Seattle photographer Daniel Sheehan, specializes in photojournalism and portrait photography for publications and corporations and is a Seattle wedding photographer who travels internationally to photograph weddings.

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 Francisco. It is at 342 Howard Street,  S.F. CA 415.908.3611.