Evantide Photography

There are two ideas about location for us as we head into a wedding.  We have a couple of Bellingham weddings I’ll blog about later this week where I’ll tell you why I love shooting in Bellingham, but this is a wedding on the road:-).  We were honored to be able to shoot Tamara and Kevin’s wedding at Cave B winery.  It’s close to the Gorge Amphitheater for reference.  It’s a beautiful and romantic setting for a wedding.  First you’re at a beautiful winery and second it’s set overlooking the Columbia River gorge.  The wedding day itself was beautiful, warm and just a lot of fun!!  Okay and that’s just the setting:-).  Kevin and Tamara were not only beautiful people but a lot of fun to work with.  Relationships were such an important part of the wedding day.

One big question throughout Kevin and Tamara’s engagement was…  Is Jennifer going to be able to be at the wedding?  We photographed Jennifer and Feras’ wedding a couple of years ago, she was due to have her baby right around the time of the Tamara and Kevin’s wedding and she was the matron of honor.  With the wedding fast approaching Friday, Jennifer went into labor on Wednesday night and  little Amir was born early Thurs. morning.  Jennifer was so excited, she stayed the night at the hospital Thursday night and got the okay from her doctor to ‘slowly’ head over to the wedding to be with her best friend on her wedding day.  Their whole family made it over and Tamara was so excited to not only meet Amir but have Jennifer there with her.  As the wedding party made their way down the aisle for the ceremony and as Jennifer started walking down, the whole crowd erupted with cheering that she was there:-).  That cheering was only outdone by the first kiss as husband and wife of Tamara and Kevin, of course!

Congratulations Tamara and Kevin on your beautiful wedding and all the best in the future as husband and wife!

How beautiful is Tamara!

Our shot in the cave:-).  This actually isn’t the cave (the cellar is the shots below).

Beautiful couple in a beautiful location, I love our job.

Welcome lil Amir!

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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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Amidst the wedding season – we absolutely love keeping up with our families!!  We met Whitney and Fernando and their two darling boys a while ago out in the county!  Ty and Blake took about two minutes to warm up to us – which is awesome!  We normally plan 15 minutes or so of just getting the kids used to ‘big bald guy’ Aaron and I, but these kids didn’t need that much time!  So we dove right in!  Blake and Ty were incredibly fun!  Thank you Whitney and Fernando! You guys rock!

Later that day, Aaron and I took Grant down to Boulevard Park to watch the sun set.  While we were down there we ran into Fernando’s brother and a large group of Whitney and Fernando’s friends!  I complemented Fernando’s brother on how stinking cute Blake and Ty were!  His response “They take after his uncle!!”  Awesome!

Enjoy the photos!

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Leah and Anna – We can’t rave enough about these two!  They are so much fun, so incredibly good at what they do, and down to earth!  I know that when we get our family photos done (yes, we get photos done, too!), I’m scheduling time with them!

Leah and Anna are the faces of Tart Beauty located in downtown Bellingham. They provide makeup and hair services on site for your wedding!

The great news is that they don’t just do weddings – this team does proms, homecomings, photoshoot hair/makeup, and more!

Look for their ad space in the upcoming North Sound Couture Wedding Magazine.

Enjoy, Megs

Meet: Leah and Anna of Tart Beauty!

This is Catherine on the day of her consult!  I’m thinking the man that marries her is one lucky man!!  Catherine – you’re gorgeous!

And Miranda for her consult – you are a stunning bride!!! Congratulations to you both!

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!

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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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Abbie and Brandon pulled a pretty amazing wedding!  It was a great partnership of vision and DIY.  You could really sense that people rallied around their day to make it happen and happen beautifully.  We felt blessed to be a part of it all.  It was fun collaborating with Abbie from the beginning with the engagement session.  Well I have lots of photos to show you so I’ll get to it:-).  Congrats to you both and enjoy this peak into your day!

Abbie and Brandon’s Wedding Day Recipe -

Venue – Fox Island Alliance Church and Chapel Hill

Caterer – Chapel Hill Catering

DJ/ Emcee – Bella Musica

Flowers – *As soon as I hear who did the flowers I’ll fill this in:-)*

Dress – Anna’s Bridal

Officiant -  Geoff Mumley

Sharing their gifts with each other.  Awesome moment to watch from a distance:-).

You know, just some family ‘formals’:-).

I am a big fan of details… Like pockets in a dress.  Nice.

And this hat that Abbie had Brandon bring along it was a nice touch.

Brandon couldn’t have been more happy!

Abbie couldn’t have been more epic!

A little rain on the wedding day is supposed to be good luck right?

The Ugandan Orphan Choir was a part of the wedding ceremony.  This was a very cool moment before the ceremony got underway!

The wedding party was introduced in a big way.  A really big way, ha.

Thanks Brandon and Abbie for letting us join you on your beautiful day!

Here is a note from Abbie as we prepared for the engagement photos and her vision for the day -

“Brandon and I have both traveled quite a bit, and hope to one day travel together…so the overall theme for our wedding will be travel. It won’t be a blatant theme–more like subtle details. More specifically, it will have a vintage travel feel, with vintage suitcases holding programs, old maps underneath centerpieces, black and white postcards, etc. We are also using a collection of blue and green vintage glass we’ve found at thrift stores. We are excited!”

I’d say they nailed it!  Below is a collection of detail shots from the day.  On a side note, it was so cool to see how much they were able to utilize the engagement session.  Yay!

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Julie and Micah’s wedding day just called out ‘Northwest’ to me.  Whether it was the plum and moss green color scheme, or the literal moss they utilized in their center pieces and throughout the decorations.  The feel in general was laid back and classic as well as a little cloudy:-).  I just felt at home the whole day:-).  It came together beautifully!!  I’ll get to the photos, there are a lot because I couldn’t narrow them down very well, it was tough.  Congrats to you both and all the best!! Enjoy this sneak peak.

Here is a recipe of success if you are planning your big day here in Bellingham!

Venue – Lairmont Manor

Florist – New Leaf

Caterer – Taste of Elegance

Band – Jesse Morrow and the Band

Hair Stylist – Plum Hair Studio

Officiant – Rick Todd

Photographers – Oooh, I know them! Oh, yeah Evantide Photography

Meg snagged this shot to try and embarrass me, yet I’ve posted on the blog myself.  I know it’s difficult to stop staring but…

…Okay, much better.  Julie, you are so much better at this than I am.  I guess that’s a good thing, right:-)?

Meg rocked this shot!  New Leaf did a great job with this bouquet!

‘How you doin?’… Am I allowed to add captions to these photos?

Love, love, love this shot!  Meg always takes the awesome photos.

Lairmont Manor.

Dude, Micah, this is your wife!!

And why was Julie not taking a photo of me?

The awesome center pieces.

We love seeing the engagement photos being utilized.  Love it!

Meg and I feel so blessed that people continue to trust us to capture their beautiful day’s.  This next one is fun because we’ll be shooting Whitney and Ian’s wedding very soon as well!

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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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Meg and I always like being able to visit with Colm and Tami but this visit was special because we had the opportunity to capture some images of lil’ Ciara.  I think she was just 5 days old when we did the shoot?  Perfect age for a newborn session.  They usually sleep 22 hours a day, so hey, if she’s awake the whole time we’re there and we’re there for three hours, we are guaranteed atleast an hour of her snoozing:-).  She was so beautiful and again I was so jealous of her hair.  Any baby with hair makes me jealous, can’t figure out why:-).  Alright, less typing and more photos.  Welcome Ciara, it was really great to meet you!

A family of four!

Lashes.

She even finished by flashing us a little smile!  So, cute!

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