Newcastle, Hindu wedding

Newcastle Golf Course Hindu wedding June 2012:

Stevens / Swedish Auction and Dinner 10-10-10

To see all the photos click on these links:

Before the dinner and auction

More before dinner and auction

During the dinner and auction

More during the auction

 

By the way…. there are lots of pictures… more than show on one page on your screen….Be sure to scroll down and look for the words “to see more files of this type”… If you click there and scroll down again until you reach the end you will see all the photos at each site.

One bride two photos….

Once in while (actually more than that)  I just see “something”  in my head and I have to make the photo.

Recently, GailAnn made some photos for our client the Prop Gallery. I saw the curtains draped and flowers laid… Then I had this idea to combine two photos for an ad for the prop gallery…illustrating their service for weddings….  Ditto for Newscastle Golf Course which is a spectacular place even if you could care less about golf.

Average Photo Fees…

The average wedding today here in the US is right around $20,000. While everyone has their own tastes and preference, averages show a couple will spend their money in the following way:

• 51 percent on Reception, including reception hall, catering, cake and alcohol

• 10 percent on Photography

• 8 percent on Videography

• 9 percent on Ceremony

• 7 percent on Attire

• 6 percent on Rings

• 4 percent on Flowers

• 3 percent on Music

• 2 percent on Limo and transportation

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So if a bride is planning a $20,000 event, she’s expecting to pay around $2,000 for her photographer at the average point. Some will like photography more, and be willing to bump that figure up, and others will obviously bring that down, going more for the show than the memories.

The important thing to remember here is if you only charge $250 or $500 for your photography, a bride expecting $2000 will wonder “what’s wrong with this photographer?”

Wedding at Bastyr University

Lots of moving parts to this wedding….

Ice Bar, Ferris Wheel, Dessert Bar, Tom Douglas dinner, Reggae band, DJ, Print on site arrival photos, red carpet, cigar lounge, dance floor. See for yourself….

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5th Ave Theater, Seattle

For more detailed photographs go here and here.

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The Bar Mitzvah

Here is a quick link to a bar mitzvah at the Bellevue Westin May 2010.  HERE

Seattle Tennis Club Luncheon

Lifelong AIDS fundraiser Columbia Tower 1-22-10

Here are some links to photos we have posted.

You can flip through them or download them.

http://drop.io/LifelongAIDS/chronological

http://drop.io/lifelongaidsb

Groundbreaking Event

It’s kind of fun to give “the suits” sledge hammers and reciprocating saws and see what happens. Molina Health Care opens a new clinic in Everett, WA.