Sun + Paul’s Anniversary Session – Last week, I flew out to Seattle to photograph several events, including one of my favorite and long-time couples Ann and Vince‘s wedding. I’ll have a sneak peek of their photos soon enough but thanks to Ann, I met her cousin Sun and her now husband Paul. Sun and Paul actually got married the weekend BEFORE Ann and Vince! I got a phone call from Sun a few days before heading out to Seattle with a request to do an anniversary portrait/trash-the-dress session.

Having never met her and Paul, I was both excited and a bit nervous. However, all butterflies in my stomach went away the second I met Sun and Paul at Ann and Vince’s wedding last Friday and Saturday. The great thing was they had everythng all planned out for me as far as shooting location and time. Sun and Paul dressed up in some really gorgeous traditional Vietnamese attire for the first part of the shoot at Kubota Garden. They then changed into their white and black wedding outfits for the second part at Alki Beach, where we all had a chance to witness the beautiful Seattle skyline at night!

What was so awesome about Sun and Paul’s shoot was their wedding party actually came out for it. Both the bridesmaids and groomsmen were such troopers for taking time out of their Sunday and spending it with Sun and Paul, simply showing how much the couple means to them. Part of the wedding party was Sun’s maid of honor Mong, who brought her fiance Eric! So what’s better than one portrait session? Two! We actually had a mini pre-engagement session for Mong and Eric during Sun and Paul’s anniversary session :). Special thanks to Eric for being my light man for the night shots and a big congrats to Sun and Paul. Thank you all for spending last Sunday with me :). Now onto working on Ann and Vince’s wedding sneak peak!

And here’s Mong and Eric’s mini-engagement session; thanks guys for helping out and congrats :). I hope to come back up to Seattle and photograph your actual e-session soon!