Featured Wedding: Irene & Grace

I've been a photographer in Kitsap County for 14 years, and there's one place I go back to over and over again: Manchester State Park. It's my favorite publicly-accessible spot for photographing couples, families, seniors, babies, anything you can think of. Beautiful old-growth forests, water views, cool old brick and concrete buildings, amazing color year-round - there's a background for every type of session and it's always one of the first places I suggest for local clients. 

But somehow, in all those years, I'd never shot a wedding at my favorite place - until now. 

Irene and Grace booked the lovely old Torpedo Warehouse at Manchester and invited their family and friends to help them celebrate their union on a gorgeous fall day. With the sun beating down, a breeze coming in from Rich Passage and vivid fall leaves crunching on the ground, their wedding day was pretty much perfect. 

They decorated the old historic warehouse with deep-hued fall flowers, handmade signs and centerpieces and - my favorite part of all - vintage teacups instead of place cards at every seat. Each cup was carefully sourced from a local second-hand stores labelled with the guest's name and doubled as a favor to take home. I'm using mine for coffee to get me through late-night editing sessions. 

The guests made good use of both the indoor and outdoor space at the park and took advantage of games set up on the lawn.