Steve Smith Photography | Seattle wedding and portrait photographer

It’s finally finished after months of planning.   We are excited to announce we are having an Open House this Saturday, April 17th from 11:00am-3:00pm and you are ALL invited!

Pass along the news to your friends and family! Come by for a tour and some refreshments. See the new face of JFK Studios and meet our extended family. We’ll be giving tours of the studio which includes an awesome shoot studio where we will now offer a wide range of (in addition to on-location sessions) in studio portrait sessions (Babies, Seniors, families, head shots, commercial & so much more!). Check out our gallery where we’ll be showcasing some of our favorite wedding images, you won’t want to miss this!

We think our new studio is just… well… swell!  But don’t take our word for it.  Come on by and see for yourself!!  

We hope to see you there!

JFK Studios
1133 Lake Washington Blvd. N
Suite 60
Renton, WA 98056

** due to the number of people attending this event parking may be limited, there is an additional pay parking lot located near the water. **

As you may have noticed I haven’t posted anything new on the blog in the past couple of months, but we’ve been working hard behind the scenes on several new developments. One  of the exciting things we’d like to announce today is that we’re teaming up with our good friends John and Jenna Karwoski at JFK Studios.  This new venture will offer us the use of their beautiful new studio space in Renton on the shores of Lake Washington and will further enhance our photographic capabilities.  My clients will have nothing to fear as I will remain in business as Steve Smith Photography, and you can expect the same level of service as in the past.   I will be extending my talents to the JFK photography team as their director of photography and shooting weddings for them as needed.  It is our goal to use the studio space for many training and networking opportunities, and give back as much as possible.

To kick things off before the studio’s grand opening, I will be joining them at the Tacoma Bridal Expo this weekend.  If you are in the area please stop by and say hi at booth #500.  

Stay tuned for details on the studio open house in a few weeks!

Opps, my apologies for not posting this last week, I didn’t publish the post after I created it!

Congratulations to Heather and Alex, they are the winners of the 2010 wedding photography giveaway contest. Their wedding is in Portland, Oregon later this August.

Here is my final post of the year, enjoy a few photos from my last two photo sessions of the year taken at Molbak’s in Woodinville.   You’ll see John and Jenna and their new addition to the family, Ellie.  Then photos of the Steve Smith Photography crew (taken by John and Jenna!). And finally Leah and Mark, who I had a session with last weekend, they wanted a photo session before Mark headed off to Afghanistan for a few months.

2009 was a challenging year for me both professionally and personally, it all started a couple of weeks into the New Year with the loss of my mother who put up a brave fight with pancreatic cancer.  Then a few months later another life changing event, although this one a bit more positive.  We got our first official mascot of Steve Smith Photography,  a young Pomeranian puppy called Simba!  As the summer progressed we noticed a significant reduction in weddings booked for the year.  But I’m glad to say I have some exciting things planned for 2010, and already looking forward to what the New Year brings.

I thank all the clients who I’ve had the pleasure of working with in 2009, and feel honored and blessed to be able to share their love story though photographs with everyone else.

From all of us at Steve Smith Photography, have a safe and happy holiday!

It’s back again for the third year, here are the details of my 2010 wedding photography giveaway contest!

While we have some great locations locally for weddings, I love to travel and experience as many unique and interesting locations as possible throughout the wedding season.  The requirements are pretty simple; the wedding needs to take place at a location I have not photographed before.  Your wedding location can be anywhere in or out of Washington State, but a preference would be in the Pacific Northwest, California or Vancouver, BC regions.  The more interesting or unsusual the location, the better (such as resorts, wineries or garden locations).  Previous contest winners have had weddings taking place in Hood River, Oregon and Lopez Island, Washington.

What you’ll receive if chosen; full day of wedding coverage, engagement portrait session (if located in Western Washington) two photographers, rehearsal dinner coverage or fun editorial style day-after or trash the dress session.  In addition you’ll have online viewing of images, digital negatives, and a DVD slideshow of the best images.  A retail value of over $4000!  

Ok so what’s the catch, you ask?  Just a few things to remember about this contest, it will have to be for a day that I am actually available, some 2010 dates are already booked.  Your wedding must take place in 2010. Clients are required to pay for two nights lodging and any other travel fees (billed at actual cost).

To be entered into this contest, please email me (or go to my website and fill out my contact form) your wedding date and location and why you think you should be chosen for this contest.  I’ll confirm your entry when received. Entries must be received by midnight, December 21^st.

To enter the contest, send me your details here (shortcut to my contact page).

The winner will be announced on my blog on December 24^th!