Evantide Photography

First of all, I can’t believe we’ve arrived in the month of September, yikes.  Summer is fading fast and I’m not ready:-).  I’m also excited because we tend to have mild beautiful weather in September and so far that’s held true in the last couple of days!

Okay, so here’s the deal, I have many friends who are working on an event in Seattle called Get Hitched Give Hope.  It’s an uber swanky event in Seattle where wedding vendors have offered their services but the catch is that all the proceeds go ‘To grant wishes to stage 4 breast cancer patients for whom the cure can’t come soon enough.’  What an amazing opportunity, right?  Well if you are getting married or want to attend the event, definitely follow the link as I place it all over this post!

I was chatting with a couple of the organizers of the event and they are all set with their vendors that will be offering their wedding services for the auction… But Meg and I still wanted to help!  So with a some creative help from the GHGH ladies we came up with a plan, and here it is:

—–>>>>>For the month of September we’ll be doing our portrait sessions for a discounted rate starting at $200 and of that $200 we’ll be giving $50 to Get Hitched Give Hope!  Meg and I really believe this to be such a worthy cause and we are so excited to be able to help in any way we can.  So give us a call or send us an email and set up your portrait session today.  We do Families, Maternity, Babies, Children, Seniors, Musicians, Headshots, Pet’s…  I’ve attached some samples from the last few months to kind of give a taste of what we’ve been up to.  Enjoy and get a hold of us soon to set up a session!

Thanks to all the peops of GHGH for putting this event on and inspiring us to get involved as well.  If you haven’t followed one of the links yet, here it is again:-).

www.gethitchedgivehope.com

Meet baby Ella!! She is the pride and joy of Jenn and Nick!  Baby Ella is their little miracle!  Little miss Ella was so excited to come meet her parents, that she came a few months early!  I call that ambitious for this beautiful little girl!!

We headed to Whatcom Falls Park for their family shoot!  This is such a fun place to shoot because no matter what time of day it is, the light is always beautiful!  Photographers dream!

Jenn – you look amazing and you’re a new mommy!!  We had such a great time hanging out with you guys!! Can’t wait for our next round!

Helllloooo Ella!!!

Um – Aaron – I’m in your shot!

Love this!  Being new parents ourselves – we totally get that you are enamored by every little thing your child does!

Laughing at my joke so hard that she closed her eyes! So sweet!!!

Ok – this is funny!!!! Nick is shielding baby Ella’s eyes from the pack of shirtless, sweaty, 6-pack sporting highschool boys that just ran by!!!

Not yet, Ella, not yet!!

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~Megs

Aaron and I had such a great time grabbing some senior photos for Shannon!  She is going to be a senior at West Valley HS in Yakima – but has spent her summer here in beautiful Bellingham!  Shannon is looking forward to graduation where she can then head onto Gonzaga to start college.  Not so much for the basketball, but more for her degree in Psychology.   She has a heart for researching traumatic experiences in children, and how to work with them.

We started the shoot off right by heading to our faves Leah and Anna of Tart Beauty.  Is it ok to say you are addicted to people! These two are an absolute blast to hang out with and are incredibly efficient while doing hair and makeup at the same time!  From there we stopped in some cool downtown Bellingham alleyways and then up to beautiful Westerns campus!  It is such a versatile place to shoot with the old library, lots of brick, and beautiful trees that rotate color throughout the year.  We are fortunate to live only blocks away from this campus and it’s such a playground for us to shoot in!

We’ll be doing a round two come this fall! Can’t wait to shoot this gorgeous face again!  Enjoy!

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What a day it was!! Holy moly!  Vanessa is such a striking bride!  She is so fun, mellow and at the same time a perfectionist, and the absolute light in Brian’s life!!  Vanessa rocked her dress – thank you Vera Wang for making my gorgeous bride even more beautiful! Brian and Vanessa hosted their event at Semiahmoo Resort – and it was beyond gorgeous!  Wendy Fisher and the crew did a great job creating a space to celebrate the marriage of these two!  It was a nonstop party until they were sent off in a semi truck (Yeah, Lynden!!) that Brians grandpa had restored.  Photos to come of that!

Vanessa and Brian – thank you so much for letting us be a part of your big day! It was such an honor and so much fun! Enjoy!

Vanessa and Brian’s recipe to success -

Venue – Semiahmoo Resort

Florist – Botanikal Design

Caterer – Semiahmoo Resort

Cake Artist – Mechealle Devries – soooo yummy!

Music/DJ – Whatcom Sound

Officiant – Rick Todd

Gown – Divine Designs Bridal – Vera Wang

Makeup – Tonya Ward with Creative Design in Lynden

Photographer – Evantide Photography

Vanessa and Brian really found a great team of vendors to really nail the theme!  Check out how these flowers perfectly complement both Vanessa and her dress!

Stunning!

Add Brian and it just gets better:-).

Details, details, details.

Aahh, So gorgeous.

We’re not neglecting the fellas here:-)!

We have absolutely been eating up the beautiful scenarios that we have been able to photograph in.

Everyone should ask Aaron what that face means… I’d like to know.

-Megs!

We’d love to hear your comments and you can leave well wishes below!

Jessica and Brandon had an amazing northwest summer wedding!  Beautiful weather, beautiful view and beautiful people.  What more could one want, oh of course, it was a beautiful wedding as well:-).  Meg and I really did have a blast with Brandon, Jessica and the rest of the crew… but I want to get to the photos and I’ll kind of have a running commentary along the way!

Jessica and Brandon’s recipe to success -

Venue – Golf Club at Newcastle

Event Coordinator – Geoffrey Gilmore

Florist – Geoffrey Gilmore

Caterer – Golf Club at Newcastle

Cake Artist – Creative Cake Designs

Music/DJ – Wavelink

Cinematographer – Willowcraft Media

Photographer – Evantide Photography

Newcastle is a gorgeous wedding venue inside…

… and out!

Jessica, you looked amazing!!  And Brandon… you looked fantastic as well!

As a side note, with Brandon’s help, I’m dubbing this one ‘Little House On The Prairie’.  Awesome!!

I’m pretty sure Brandon had no chance at this shot:-).

The Wooly Toad Bar was the perfect setting for a lot of fun photos!

The ladies.

C’mon, how could anyone pass up this shot?

Lebron ain’t got nothing on this billiard king!

The ceremony was absolutely beautiful, a big kudos to Geoffrey Gilmore for all the hard work he put into helping make this day happen!

After the ceremony, we knew at some point we would be able to get some photos with the piper that plays in the evenings.  What we didn’t know was that while they were getting ready to sign the marriage license was right when he would start playing.  These were photos that we had talked up to Jessica and Brandon and they knew they wanted to have them captured, so we booked it down to the hills.  It was so worth it:-).  It was pretty funny, the piper saw the pace that Jessica was moving at and stopped what he was playing and began playing a rushed version of ‘Here Come’s The Bride’.  It was pretty cute.

Seriously, an amazing evening!

I love this big picture angle that Meg captured!

The toasts were both funny…

… and sweet!

I can’t get over this image of Jessica!

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I met up with the Gaspers recently because they wanted one shot.  That’s not much to ask right?  We met up at Western and they got their shot:-).  Here’s cute lil Kate with her parents.  Enjoy!

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With all the heat, I seem to be functioning better as a night owl as things cool down.  I even processed three photo shoots last night after 10 pm.  Even at 10 this computer has been keeping the room warm:-).  I took a quick break tonight to head down to the Chrysalis to take a few dusk photos.  It’s fun to take photos because I can and to mix it up a bit.  The sunset was at 9:10 and I took these at 10:15.  Enjoy and continue to keep your eyes out for our wedding and portrait bloggeration that is coming very soon!

It would be cool to see some more stars but just seeing a few is fun for me!

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Today was a bit of a rough day with our little man.  Grant has been fighting an upper respiratory infection and it’s been a pretty rough go.  But in the midst of it this morning, he was having a happy moment and was practicing mimicking mom and dad.  My sister who was in town from Dallas got these shots with her little point and shoot and I’m so glad she captured them for me:-).  Happy Fathers day to all you Dads out there!

I can’t get over how cute this next one is.  He thought it was my turn to be photographed:-).  Thanks for capturing these Christie!

I re-connected with Becca to do a quick shoot with her while she had her cap and gown and still had her band uniform.  Congratulations to Becca and all the 2010 Seniors on your graduation and all the best in the future!

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Our workshop is on sale!  That’s right! If you sign up by midnight Wednesday – June 16th – you will receive $10 off your registration!  Killer deal!

Info is below!  Please join us!  There are a limited number of seats!

We have been overwhelmed with your response to host another beginner’s photography workshop – and we are not ones to say no!!  It is happening again!  If you have purchased your first digital SLR or have owned one for a while…this is for you!  It’s time to stop only shooting in auto and really utilize these great cameras.  We’ve secured an amazing spot for a fantastic workshop – our favorite little coffee shop on the water!

This is coming up quick and there are a limited number of spots so be sure to sign up soon.  You asked for it and here it is!

Evantide – Beginner Photography Workshop

When – Saturday, June  26th, 2010 from 9:00 am until 1:00 pm

Where – Boulevard Park Woods Coffee Shop

Cost – $99.00 for the workshop

How To Register - You can click this link – Evantide Workshop to register and view all the details!

We hope you decide to join, it’s going to be a blast!!!

What our first group is saying:

Shara -  “Just spent 4 hours of my Saturday attending a photography class put on by Evantide Photography. So excited about what I learned! Things I already knew but never took the time to practice finally “clicked” for me today, plus I learned more great skills.  Best $ I’ve ever spent. I could have stayed all day. Seriously! More excited about photography now than I’ve ever been! Thanks so much Aaron and Meg!”

Kim – “Learning more about photography from two talented photographers = great day!”

Naomi – “The workshop was so, so, SO worth it! I learned more in a few hours than I have in a few years. It was put on by Evantide Photography. I am looking forward to doing another training with them some time in the future. No more auto for me, I am going to do my best to stay in manual mode! ”