Seattle Wedding Photographers John K. Hong and Joseph K. Hong
Born and raised in Korea, we were heavily influenced by our father who was a photojournalist and an owner of a fine-art gallery. We were both educated at the University of Washington studying anything but photography. John graduated with degrees of Microbiology and Economics while Joey graduated with Cell & Molecular Biology and Art History. Medicine was our initial career pathway, but after photographing our first wedding, we redirected our focus towards our passion for wedding photography. We are now full-time wedding photographers in a never-ending pursuit of perfection in wedding photojournalism. Our wedding photographs have won numerous awards from the Wedding Photojournalist Association (WPJA) and have been highlighted in multiple publications. Collectively and individually, John and Joseph are ranked among the top in the nation with Joseph being named the 2003 Portrait Photographer of the Year by WPJA. We thank you for considering us to be your wedding photographers. In addition to their primary website, additional and individual works can be viewed at John Hong Photography and Joseph Hong Photography. John & Joseph live in Seattle with their dog, Filson
Seattle Wedding Photographer Daniel Sheehan
Pulitzer Prize-winning commercial and editorial photographer Daniel Sheehan has captured images for some of the most respected corporations and publications the world over. Represented internationally by Getty Images in New York City, Sheehan has completed corporate assignments for Amazon.com, Alliance Capital, Encompass, Getty Images, Intracorp, Microsoft, Starbucks, TIAA-CREF and Unisys Corporation. In the editorial arena, Sheehan regularly accepts assignments from such publications as Newsweek, Business Week, Forbes, U.S. News and World Report, People Magazine, The New York Times and The Washington Post. Worldwide, Sheehan has covered such stories as the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993, the breakup of the Soviet Union and a famine in Ethiopia. He also covered the fashion collections in Milan, London & Paris and a number of Super Bowls. His work has been recognized with awards from the Society of the Silurians, the Florida and New York State Associated Press Associations and the National Press Photographers Association. For ten years until 1995, Sheehan worked at New York Newsday. In 1989, he was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for his photographs of war in Afghanistan and a devastating earthquake in Armenia. He and several colleagues were honored when they won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for local news for their coverage of the fatal crash of a New York City subway. Music has been one of Sheehan's longtime favorite subjects and he regularly photographs some of the most interesting jazz musicians on the Seattle scene every month for Earshot Jazz magazine. For the past few years he has accepted a limited number of commissions to document wedding celebrations. He is planning to publish a selection of these in a forthcoming book on weddings. He lives with his wife Jana and daughters Ema and Claire in a Craftsman style bungalow in Seattle, Washington.
Seattle Wedding Photographer Bradley Hanson
Since receiving a Voigtlander camera as a gift at the age of 10, I’ve been fascinated with the art of photography. When I first saw a print come to life in the developer tray, I knew I would be a photographer. I am fortunate to earn a living doing what I truly love. I have devoted my life to exploring and improving my skills as a photographer and continue to do so day after day. I find art in the beauty and geometry of everyday life, never leaving the house without my camera. Particularly with live music and weddings, I approach photography with the belief that the reality of each moment is the ultimate beauty, and that it's these fleeting moments that are the most valuable to my clients. My wedding work is often described as wedding photojournalism or documentary style. Although I am a Seattle area wedding and music photographer, I regularly travel for weddings, and have been commissioned to photograph weddings all over the world. My work has been featured in ad campaigns for Amazon.com and Ericsson mobile phones, album cover art for Pete Droge, Downpilot, Sugartown, Brother Sun Sister Moon, Visqueen and Broadcast Oblivion. Music and editorial photojournalism has been featured in local and national magazines, including Seattle Weekly, The Stranger, Photo District News (PDN), ROCKRGRL, The Big Takeover, Three Imaginary Girls, Washington Free Press, Local Planet, Seattle Bride, The Knot, Conde Nast's Brides Magazine, Wedding Pages Magazine, Wedding Expo and Bravo's promotional literature. I've recently been named one of the nation's top wedding photographers by PDN magazine and the Wedding Photojournalist Association.
Seattle Wedding Photographer : Paul Sanders
Your wedding day is one of the most important days of your life. I believe your photographs should reflect who you are and I approach every wedding with this in mind. I work quietly and quickly, in the background, to capture your day as it unfolds. The photographs in this site reflect a documentary style, capturing the event as it happens, in candid moments, the way you will remember it, not merely just the standard posed shots. Travel opportunities are welcome. I'd be honored to be a part of your celebration wherever it may be. I'm a graduate of Art Center College of Design, in Pasadena, California. I began my career as a fashion photographer in Milan, and later opened a studio in Los Angeles servicing major ad agencies for such clients as American Express, Beringer Vineyards, Carnation, Disney, General Mills, Hilton Hotels, KCBS, KNBC, MCA/Universal, Mattel, Microsoft, McDonalds, Nissan, Prudential, Sheraton, Toshiba, Unocal, and many, many others. I've been an advertising photographer for over 25 years, and am still very active in this type of work. But wedding photography for me is truly a labor of love. Literally. As sort of a hopeless romantic, I find my photobiographical approach rewarding, both personally and emotionally.
Seattle Wedding Photographer: Rebecca Sullivan
Growing up in Montana, in the last house on the edge of town, I spent my childhood among wide, lonely spaces and intimate settings such as kitchens and celebrations, where people gather and create, or become stories. My photography has grown from the fascination I developed for landscapes and the people who inhabit them—studies of rural Ireland or Newfoundland, the old men in the piazzas of Italy, Irish musicians in their cottages and the Roma children in the streets of Istanbul. Photographing a wedding in The Pacific Northwest is a natural extension of my desire to create a narrative with my pictures. It is my job as a photographer to take these images and tell a meaningful story. It is a privilege to record an important event in the life of a couple and their families. My work is stylish, interesting and very emotional. I see how important a marriage ceremony can be, and I want to honor all of the people who are involved with very lovely photographs. Each occasion is a unique assignment.
Seattle Wedding Photographer Laurence Chen
What do you see when you look at wedding photography? Beyond the beautiful dresses and flowers, beyond the picturesque settings, there are the emotions, the moments, and the personalities. My wedding photography comes from a documentary perspective. I concentrate on candid moments of people that evoke a sense of the day's special mood and character. Along with traditional posed, group photographs, my specialty is seeing and capturing those fleeting, unposed moments that reveal the spontaneous joy and energy of people being themselves. I photograph all the planned events, but I believe my photography is distinctive because I also aggressively seek those moments which are more subtle, yet nonetheless beautiful and stirring. Every image I make maximizes the moment's evocative, emotional, and compositional content. Every image works to tell the story about your wedding day through the personalities of you, your friends, and your family. After viewing my portfolio for the first time, a client once told me she could see herself, her fiancee, her friends, and her family in my photography, even though she was seeing images of other people. Feelings like that come from people being comfortable with the presence of the photographer—so comfortable that they just relax, have fun, and forget about the guy with the camera. I hope you see this in my portfolio, too. If the images here interest you, I'd be happy to speak with you to discuss in greater detail what I offer and how I work to provide you with distinctive memories of your wedding day.