Anselm Photography Of Seattle

Waleska and Michael Wedding June 2010

Anselm — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:48:09 +0000

Event: Waleska & Michael Wedding — Preparation Location: Tacoma Landmark Convention Center, 7 St. Helens Ave Tacoma WA 98402, United States — Ceremony Location: Point Defiance Rose Garden at Point Defiance Park, 5400 N. Pearl Street, Tacoma, WA 98407, United States — Reception Location: Tacoma Landmark Convention Center, 7 St. Helens Ave Tacoma WA 98402, United States — Musician at the Ceremony: Dani Violin with Encore Four, Seattle, Washington

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This wedding is a little different in one way from all other wedding I have done so far: It was raining . . . But do you know what? It doesn’t matter, because their love is stronger then the weather, or any other obstacles there are in life. The whole wedding turn out great, simply great. It’s beautiful and the rain add that much more flavor into their wedding. I was shooting with an umbrella during the ceremony, and it was a cool experience for me. It was cold but all the guest and family brave the wind and rain to witness the proclamation of love between two loving people. I am thankful Waleska and Michael gave me this opportunity to photograph their important day. So thanks again!!! Below are some photos selected from the wedding day. I hope you like them.

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Kelcey and Scott Wedding June 2010

Anselm — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:57:55 +0000

Event: Kelcey & Scott Wedding – Preparation Location: The Westin Bellevue, 600 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue, Washington 98004, United States – Ceremony Location: Hamilton Viewpoint Park, 1272 Palm Avenue Southwest, Seattle, WA 98116, United States – Reception Location: Salty’s on Alki Beach, 936 Harbor Avenue SW, Seattle, WA 98126, United States – Musician: Dani Violin with Encore Four, Seattle, Washington.

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I want to thank you Kelcey and Scott for inviting me to photograph their beautiful wedding. The ceremony, the music, the reception and the whole wedding are just beautiful. I am glad I was there to record it in photo. You can’t ask for a better weather for wedding. It was bright and sunny. There were some worry about rain in the morning because it was so cloudy but that quickly went away as the day progress. Kelcey and Scott are as nice a person can be, I have a great time working with them. I hope to be able to work with them again in the future. Well, I will let the photos tell you the story. I hope you like them.

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I hope you like the photos! A comment or two will be much appreciated. You can post comment at the end of this post.

Jeanne Family Portrait June 2010

Anselm — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 08:30:12 +0000

Function: Jeanne’s Family Portrait

Location: St. Joseph Church, 732 18th Avenue East, Seattle, WA 98112

I am very happy to be asked to photograph Jeanne’s family portrait for her. This is in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of her parents. It was a very nice day. The sun is a little too hard for my liking but it eventually mellow down and give me some nice lighting to work with. St. Joseph church in Seattle offers a lot of nice corners for group photos. If I have not only one hour to work with, I would have try more spot around the church. I see great potential in this place for future shoot. Jeanne and her family have been very nice and pleasant to work with through out. I want to thank her and her family for using my photography service. I am glad all the kids enjoy having their photos taken. I hope they are having a lot of fun in the process as well. Overall it was a very nice photographing outing in the evening. Bellow is a selection of some of the photos from the day. I hope you all enjoy them.

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Vadim & Alena Engagement Session

Anselm — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:31:50 +0000

They are such a lovely couple to work with. They were relax and they were very comfortable in front of the camera. They even came up with a lot of their own original post, bravo!! Over all we had fun and it was a fun day. The engagement photo-shoot was at both Carkeek Park and Seattle Center. It was an extremely nice day. When we were at Carkeek Park, it was very very bright. A lot brighter than I would prefer. Very bright days are good for taking photos but it also take away a lot of lighting options from the photographer. However, we were able to work with the situation and came up with some nice photos.

I love train tracks. Train tracks offers so much photo options.

After Carkeek Park, we move on to Seattle Center.

It was a great day photographing an amazing couple. I look forward to photograph their wedding in August!!

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Remembering Fall

Anselm — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 02:23:24 +0000

Ah . . . the fall season, that was a while back . . . . But not that far behind. Let’s bring back our memory of how beautiful Fall was. These photos are taken when I was taking a walk down by the Madison Valley area. Fall has always been my favorite season.

Enjoy!!!

The feeling change completely when seeing fall in black & white.

Since I can’t avoid it (the wire), I will embrace it . . . .

That’s it folks!!! Now, let’s hope for some snow in Seattle so I can take some nice photos of Seattle in the snow. Thanks for visiting!

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Seattle Center At Night

Anselm — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 15:17:20 +0000

It was a very very cold and very very wet night. The rain come on and off so I have to shoot in between since my camera is not weather proof. Ah, it’s time to upgrade. Luckily the rain break long enough for me a catch a couple shorts outside.

Since this is Seattle Center, how can I not shoot the space needle? Plus I always thought Space Needle is very beautiful at night.

Almost all of the trees are decorated with festive lighting. Space Needle in black and white and wrap in lightings from the trees offer a different feeling.

I have to throw in at least one picture with crazy lighting

The food court is amazingly busy. The traffic in and out of the food court is insane.

The is the ceiling of the ice ring. Very festive decoration.

Lot’s of people having fun ice skating. I would love to join in except for two problems: I don’t know how to skate and I do not have insurance for my camera.

Those poor guys and girls who work very hard to serve a very busy ice ring.

I am having a lot of fun shooting the merry-go-round. I have always wanted to do this and I didn’t waste my opportunity this time and took a lot photos. I will open another post just for the merry-go-round photos.

By the way, did you take any photos of the Space Needles?

Decorations on the ceiling of the food court .

This is the miniature town display in the food court. It is “HUGE”! It’s literary a whole town!

The details of these miniature are amazing!!

The whole place is full of life and activities.

A couple is ready to get on to the monorail and get on with what Seattle has to offer at night.

People are still buying ticket to go to the top of Space Needle. It is going to be coooooold up there . . . .

I will end the post with a black and white photo that reflect how wet that night is.

Well, I hope you like the pictures. I have certainly enjoyed my night. Happy holidays to all

Karla, Guillaume and Lucca Family Portrait

Anselm — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:27:32 +0000

I am very fortunate to have a chance to work with Karla, Guillaume and their lovely son Lucca for their family portrait. They are such a lovely family. Their son Lucca is so cute and he is always happy and smiling. I have a blast taking his photos. It was such a pleasure working with them. I want to thank them one more time for giving me this opportunity.

The photo shoot was completed in two parts. The first time was in late fall and the second in early winter. We choose the Arboretum in Seattle for the first photo shoot for its beautiful fall color and falling leafs. Most of the photo shoot the second time is at their lovely home. I hope you enjoy the photos.

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Snoqualmie Fall, Bridge and Mount Si in Black & White

Anselm — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 08:33:02 +0000

These are some black & white photos of the very beautiful and stunning Snoqualmie Fall, bridge and Mount Si. It was a very very cold day to take pictures outside but the view is also very beautiful. At the end, its worthed. I hope you will enjoy these photos!!

Snoqualmie River with Mount Si in the background.

I have always loved photographing bridges. I am always attracted by their structures and patterns. This bridge in Snoqualmie also adds a lot of retro feeling to it. The rust, the moss, the fading paint and the broken stone pieces all add flavors to it.

Snoqualmie Fall is completely covered in mist that day. I cannot see a thing most of the time. I spend most of my time just waiting for openings that come and go so rapidly.

I was hoping the elks are still in the area but they are all gone. Well, Mount Si is still gorgeous. So I stay on and took a couple shots from different spot on the field. I was really really cold at that point.

I hope you enjoys these photos and thank you for visiting!

Sammamish River Trail

Anselm — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:22:57 +0000

Anselm Photography – Travel Photography/Nature Photography

It was a very cozy late summer afternoon. Dani is going to play a wedding in Redhook Brewery in Woodinville. I have nothing to do so I naturally become the driver. I brought along my camera just in case I find anything interesting to shoot.

I am glad I did because I found this lovely stretch of Sammamish River Trail just beside Redhook Brewery. The parking lot is just besides the brewery, so it was an easy access for me. I found plenty of my favorite subjects to shoot, nothing spectacular, but my favorite subject nonetheless.

The whole shooting experience is almost like walking in a dream. It most probably because I had a very good nap before I got here and I am still in the process of waking up. Of course the late summer sunset, the a bit chilly temperature, the sound of the running river, the singing of the homing bird, the rising mist in the horizon and the subtle darkening in the far corner of the sky help contribute to this dream state of mine. It was just so serene and peaceful.

I was so relax and loose and I was taking my time finding subject to shoot. At one point, I find my self sitting by the river and almost falling into a meditation state (different from falling asleep, mind you), just listening and feeling the surrounding. The whole experience is just beautiful. I haven’t felt this way in a while. From now on, I am going to take a nap before I shoot any pictures.

The Sammamish River Trail by the Woodinville part is right beside the Sammamish River. You can access it through the public parking lot right beside Redhook Brewery. The trail spread across grass fields, bushes, trees, and farmlands. You can see corner of the city vaguely from the trail, which is nice because it give you the feeling that you are away. The scenery is beautiful and there are lots of spots you can sit and rest. Walking there definitely help you take your mind away from things in life and induce relaxation to your mind.

The Sammamish River Trail is perfect for strolling, walking, running, bicycling, rollerblading, skateboarding, horseback riding (really, I saw people riding horses, I am not dreaming), smooching (how sweet . . .) and obviously, dreaming, just like I did. I was surprise by the number of rollerblader on the trail, there were so many of them. I have to bring out my rollerblade and try it there. May be I can try to combine rollerblading and photographing together. It might not have been done before, I could be the pioneer of this new and hip sports and art fusion activity. Let me go buy insurance for my camera before I start this. Oh, life insurance might help too.

Well, I think I write too much, enjoy the photos!!