joshua gene photography

NEW BLOG!

2008-04-24T20:25:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone! I have a new blog. I'm really excited about it. It's way easier to upload big pictures, so hopefully I'll post more often! The domain is short and sweet too. joshuagene.com. You can check out a wedding and an engagement session that I did over the weekend.

Megan + Simon = Married

2008-04-08T22:09:00.000-07:00

Megan and Simon got married at the fabulous Saint Michaels church near the University of Washington. The reception was held at Salty's in Alki.

It was a lot of fun. Check out some of the pics.

The girls knew how to have a good time.

Simon is Scottish and wanted to wear a kilt, but Megan didn't think that was such a great idea. But she did surprise him by getting the Seattle Firefighter: Pipes and Drums band to come play and escort them out of the ceremony.

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Sara + James = Engaged

2008-03-24T22:30:00.000-07:00

I recently had the pleasure of meeting with Sara and James and gettting some fun engagement pictures at Alki. I'm totally stoked to photograph their wedding next month in Olympia.

Nicole + Jason = Engaged

2008-03-03T19:57:00.000-08:00

Jason and Nicole showed me around one of their favorite places - the University of Washington campus. I could tell that they loved the place, and I have to say, I fell in love with it too. All of the buildings are so old and the grounds are beautiful. It it felt like I was in another country. I'd love to shoot a wedding or bridal session there. If any future brides are interested, let me know!

check out their slideshow

Sarah + Michael = Engaged

2008-03-02T23:35:00.000-08:00

Sarah and Michael came down from school for the weekend and we did their engagement session in Snoqualmie. We had a good time hiking around Snoqualmie Falls and exploring the Train Museum.

see the slideshow

Aaron & Michelle's engagement slideshow

2008-02-29T17:09:00.000-08:00

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Winnie + Tray = Engaged

2008-02-26T00:29:00.000-08:00

I met Winnie and Tray at Luther Burbank Park on Mercer Island. They are a totally cool couple and it was a blast working with them. Congratulations on your engagement guys!

See their slideshow

Aaron + Michelle = Engaged

2008-02-24T23:32:00.000-08:00

I had a super fun time taking engagement pictures in the sun with Aaron & Michelle. They were cracking me up the whole time. We started at Gasworks Park then headed up to Kerry Park to get a better view of the Space Needle. I’ll get a slideshow up by the end of the week so check back for more.

What a lucky guy. Isn't she gorgeous?

Aaron working it in the background

BFF Pics - Anna & Heather

2008-02-18T19:53:00.000-08:00

We had a lot of fun out in the country on this bff shoot. The girls were so easy to work with and natural in front of the camera. By the end of the shoot they said they want us to take their senior pictures, engagement pictures, wedding pictures, baby pictures, and family pictures! Yes, maybe they're thinking a little too far ahead, but we'd love to have clients that come back to us at different stages in life.

Sweet Amy

2008-02-09T23:37:00.000-08:00

It was fun capturing this little cutie in her element, playing with her toys and reading her books. She turned one last month and she's starting to take a few steps and say a few words.

I'm going to Vegas baby!

2008-01-28T21:21:00.000-08:00

For some people like me who don't gamble, that might not sound very exciting, but I'm totally stoked. So why you ask might I be going? For nothing other than the biggest wedding and portrait photographers convention in the world. You can ask Kristy. For the last year there hasn't been a day when I don't think about photography. I love it. I'm infatuated with it. Over the past year I've taken nearly 70,000 photos.

At WPPI, I'm going to be taking classes from some of the biggest names in wedding photography. I'm excited to bring back some of the latest in albums, techniques and ideas for all of my clients.

Any of you wedding photographers out there may find this video funny, it's got some of of the big names in photography in it.

Amanda + Aaron = Engaged

2008-01-14T23:00:00.000-08:00

Amanda and Aaron live in California and flew up over the weekend for their engagement session. After weeks (possible months) of rainy, gloomy weather, I woke up yesterday to the sun shining through my window and looked outside to find a perfectly clear sky. It was a perfect day in Seattle for an engagement session. Amanda and Aaron are a cute couple and way fun to work with. I can't wait to see them again at their wedding in August.

Click here to see their slideshow. I switched the songs to one of Aaron's favorites. Let me know what you think.

Amanda spotted this on the ground. It originally said joshua green. I couldn't help myself with the photoshopping.

What a trip

2008-01-12T12:30:00.000-08:00

I finally decided to go through my pics from Mexico. It was absolutely awesome. I mean I do love the rain and the all the green of the northwest, but it's nice to go get some sun and forget about working for days. I didn't think it would be a highlight, but not having access to my cell phone or internet was like living an alternate life. Our biggest worries were what to see and eat next.

I loved the port In LA. We were next to the coolest bridge.

The dining on the ship was excellent, some people chose to eat hot dogs and hamburgers by the pool but for the same price we always opted to eat 5 course dinners.

I love fresh fruit, it's amazing what you can get on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere.

We were able to see some ruins in Colima, they just discovered them less than 20 years ago and they've only dug up a small percentage of what's there

Kelly, Matt and Kristy

Our ship, it's kinda big

Water taxi taking people from Yelapa (a small beach only accessible by boat) to PuertoVallarta

Check out this construction, this house is sweet.

The best tacos are made on the street, not the restaurants.

I was so excited to find these huge sparklers, it was kinda anti climatic watching them burn, I was hoping for a bigger ball of flame from the unregulated homemade sparkler.

This church was awesome

After a day of excursions we would come back to our rooms to find our towels made into all sorts of creatures

Matt working it for the camera

Maybe you had to be there but I think this one is hilarious

Kristy and Andrea waiting for there turn to go para sailing

Matt loved his meal choice

Christmas dinner

All of my wife's family and Me

Kristy's favorite on ship activity, resting

The girls

It was a shocker going back to Portland weather the day after it snowed

Walter and Charlie

2008-01-01T13:27:00.000-08:00

Joel wanted to do something fun for his wife for Christmas, so we went out and got some pictures of his boys so he could make a calender and get prints. We had fun posing the dogs and running around with them.

Now that Christmas is over Joel said I could post these. His wife loved the pictures.

The Palmer Family

2007-12-17T00:44:00.000-08:00

The Palmers wanted to get outdoor family pictures. We only had about a half hour before it started raining and it got too cold for baby Ella, but I was still able to get a bunch of great shots. How could I not with such a great looking family?

Cletus

2007-12-17T00:32:00.000-08:00

My brother Jon's wife had a baby last week. I think the poor kid's nick name will probably be Cletus. They weren't sure what they were going to name him and wanted to get a reaction out of the family, so Jon sent a serious email letting everyone know stats on the new baby including his name "Cletus Luke." I think his joke is going to backfire and the family is all going to call him Cletus for years to come.

His name ended up being Zachary, and he's a cute little guy. My wife helped me set up and get some fun shots of him and new big sister Sarah.

The Cameron Family

2007-12-17T00:02:00.000-08:00

The Cameron Family is all back in town for Christmas and asked me to take some family portraits at Luther Burbank Park. They're a really laid back family and we had a fun time on this cold Saturday morning.

Oh Mexico

2007-12-16T22:17:00.000-08:00

Wow, it's been a crazy couple of weeks. My daughter Abby burned her hand pretty bad in a cup of hot apple cider and she ended up seeing two emergency rooms and stayed the night in a burn unit. The burn is finally starting to look better and she's a lot happier now. Sorry for not blogging last week but with Abby in the hospital, my last week's photo shoot being a top secret Christmas suprise, Kristy having a kidney stone, and me putting together my new computer it just didn't happen. The next couple posts will be of some fun families I got to work with this last week. Enjoy!

For the next week and a half I'll be on a cruise in Mexico. I'm going with all of my inlaws and I'm so stoked to see and feel some sun. One of Kristy's aunts is watching our kids. We feel bad for ditching them over Christmas, but at least they're only 1 and 3 and hopefully won't get scarred for life. I'll reply to all of your emails on the 27th when I get back. Merry Christmas!

PJ's Birthday with Ichiro

2007-12-02T17:04:00.000-08:00

I'm not much of a sports fan to be honest with you. I like going to games if there are people going with me but it's a social thing not a sports thing. I'm always embarrassed and feel a bit like a wuss when I'm around the guy's discussing sports. When we get together with Lauren, Eric and PJ it's funny because Eric is as obsessed with baseball as I am with photography so Lauren and Kristy can relate with their husbands being obsessed.

PJ is just as obsessed with baseball as his dad. He loves the Red Sox and knows all of the major players and what teams they're on. He can tell you specifics about different games and he's a fierce ball player. It was only fitting that he have his birthday party at Safeco field.

Happy 7th PJ!

Our tour guide "Uncle Bobby" (who loved to refer to himself in third person) had a contest to see if the kids could find Icharo's seat. As soon as they got out of the dugout they spotted someone running stairs in the empty dark stadium and to everyone's surprise it was Icharo (the Mariners all star) which made everyone's day. The 6 & 7 year old kids soon decided to follow his example and show him he had nothing on them and raced up and down the stairs. Check the Slideshow to see. This one's a little slower to load.

Eric made this sweet cake of Fenway Park. I don't know many dads that would make their kid's birthday cake (with fondant!)

It's Snowing!

2007-12-02T15:30:00.000-08:00

I love snow. I love that when the snow sticks here everything shuts down, and makes it seem like simpler times. It's the perfect reason to play hooky. It gives an excuse not to go to school or work and provides something to do in the off time. I love how it makes everything so quiet. I love the white vegitation everywhere and the cold (especially while I'm under my electric blanket).

couldn't resist

2007-11-29T19:13:00.000-08:00

My 3 year old got a kick out our friend's elf video, so we had to make one of us. Click here or on the pictures to see it.

Merry (early) Christmas from our family!

Sisters

2007-11-29T10:30:00.000-08:00

With all of my wifes sisters in town they wanted a little shoot with all of them and I was happy to do it. I got the group and a couple individual shots of each of them.

Stephanie

2007-11-29T10:05:00.000-08:00

This is Stephanie, who other than being a totally cool person, a nurse, a student, and completely available, is my wife's sister. After seeing some of Jenna's pictures in the cabbage patch, she had to go and get some for herself.

Kelly

2007-11-29T09:49:00.000-08:00

Kelly I another of my wifes sisters, she got to have her pictures taken under the most wonderful evening sun.

Andrea

2007-11-29T09:42:00.000-08:00

Here's another one of My wife's sisters Andrea.

Jay

2007-11-29T09:39:00.000-08:00

When we were out taking pictures, I asked Jay what makes him smile. Other than girls, he said it was his sales pitch, so he gave it to me over and over and I could see He likes what he does. And what he'll likely be doing when he gets out of school.

Jenna

2007-11-29T09:03:00.000-08:00

We went out on thanksgiving to Womens Forum and Vista House on the Colombia George in Oregon to get a few shots. Jenna was a lot of fun to work with, she knew how to move to get a lot of fun photos.

The wind was absolutly crazy at vista house, the gusts had to be in excess of 60mph, jenna and her mom had to walked together so they wouldn't get blown into anymore rails.

PS. a bit of advice for anyone visiting the Vista House on a windy day, park so the wind blows your doors shut, instead of parking so the wind rips the door out of you hand and nearly blows it off, I discovered this one the hard way, and quickly corrected for Jenna and her Mother

My Parents - Love Shoot

2007-11-29T08:31:00.000-08:00

I've never done a photoshoot of my parents, this summer they had me get the rest of the family, but we forgot to get their picture. They were willing to go out in the cold with me for a couple of minutes so I could get a few shots of the two of them together.

Evan & Annette's Slideshow

2007-11-23T00:24:00.000-08:00

Wanna see Evan & Annette's slideshow? Click Here

Evan + Annette - Wedding

2007-11-18T23:30:00.000-08:00

Annette and Evan had a beautiful ceremony at Olson Mansion. She has a great bunch of sisters and it was fun to see them together.

I've been editing pictures all day. I'm about halfway done now and decided to take a break and get of few of my faves up. I'll have an update with more pictures from their wedding later in the week

Lindsay looked so cute looking out the window at the big tent

Here's the big heated tent.

Tina & CO.

2007-11-14T22:14:00.000-08:00

I was able to take pictures of these adorable cousins in the middle of the university of Washington arboretum in Seattle. They were so fun playing in of all of the leaves. I love all of the fall colors. It makes for great backgrounds.

Abby's Birthday

2007-11-12T19:47:00.000-08:00

Holy cats! has it really been a year? They grow up so fast. Did I get a picture of her when she was a baby?

One of my favorite parts about being a wedding photographer is getting the kid pictures. I love taking taking pictures of kids. (not just my own.) Their little personalities always show.

I've been all over the Seattle area looking for cool places to take pictures of brides,

couples, and kids it wasn't until yesterday that we discovered this little jewel only

a minute away from where we live.

What could make a 1 year old happier than a xylophone?

Did I really eat all of that cake?

It's Kristy's Birthday today!

2007-11-06T09:05:00.000-08:00

Kristy is the best friend and wife ever! Happy birthday Kristy!

You should go to her blog and tell her Happy Birthday (even if you don't know her) she'll appreciate it, especially since she's getting over a little flu today.

Since I don't believe in posting without a picture, here's another one from the pumpkin patch.

Xiaozheng & Ning - Engaged

2007-10-30T23:51:00.000-07:00

I met up with Ning and Xiaozheng at Pike Place Market. They're a totally cool couple, and I'm excited for them to get married. They wanted photojournalistic style pictures so we had a really fun time cruising around the market, Seattle Art Museum, and Kerry Park. Thanks for the fun day guys and congratulations on your engagement!

CLICK HERE to see their awesome slideshow.

It's really hard to put words to the awesomeness of an art exhibit like this!
I'm wondering Ning and Xiaozheng will have some wedding decorations inspired by these cars, think of all the sweet wedding photos they would get with these in the background.

Pumpkin Patch

2007-10-21T08:03:00.000-07:00

This year we went out to Remlinger Farms to get our pumpkins. Dallin loved riding the tractor out to the Pumpkin patch. There are so many great pumpkin patches in the Seattle area we decided we're going to visit a new one every year.

I love this one of Abby Kicking it.
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Abby was kind of sad when she figured out she couldn't just take a bite out of the pumpkin

Kristy's boots are stylin

Trent + Jenny - Married!

2007-10-15T21:18:00.000-07:00

We went down to Portland for Trent and Jenny's wedding. They got married on a beautiful fall day. I love the shots of Jenny with the leaves. Congrats you guys! It was fun being a part of your wedding.

To see a rough draft of their album click here

Tammy & CO.

2007-10-14T21:48:00.000-07:00

We had a great time walking along the waterfront, and I got some fun night shots of Tammy with her son and niece. We walked around Pioneer Square and went up to Queen Anne for some some pictures with the city. Thanks for the fun evening!

I love the Ivy on this old wall.

There wasn't any light here so I had to make my own.

Kim & CO.

2007-10-03T21:30:00.000-07:00

Kristy (my wife) and I have had the opportunity to take pictures a couple times for Friends of Youth We love to be able to give pictures to young moms who don't have very many pictures of their babies. We also got some shots of Kim (the amazing lady who manages the house) and her kids.

We'll share some baby photos after he comes out.

Josh & Malory - Engaged

2007-10-01T21:39:00.000-07:00

It was fun getting to know Josh and Malory while hanging out at Alki. I'm excited to shoot their wedding in June 2008. I love getting to know my clients by doing engagement sessions, it makes the wedding day a bit nicer so they know my style and it's easier to get great pictures when people are comfortable and relaxed around me.

CLICK HERE to see their slideshow

Jeff & Patty - Married!

2007-09-24T21:41:00.000-07:00

Congrats Jeff and Patty! Thanks for letting me part of your fun day.

Jeff and Patty are really into cars. There was a really old truck outside the barn where they had the cermony that was a perfect place to put the bouquet for this detail shot:

Mike & Angela - Wedding!

2007-09-12T22:29:00.000-07:00

Mike and Angela are totally in love. I loved watching them together at their wedding. The way they kissed and hugged, the glances between one another during the ceremony. Congratulations Mike and Angela!

CLICK HERE to see the slideshow

John & Donna - Married!

2007-09-11T21:45:00.000-07:00

John and Donna had an awesome wedding at St. Mary's Church in Seattle. Things were getting put together until the very last second, but when it was go time they were ready and the ceremony and reception were beautiful. Donna and John, thanks for letting me be a part of your wedding day.

I couldn't help but laugh with everyone when John kissed her through the veil.

So pretty

Lauren + Eric - Married!

2007-08-19T22:14:00.000-07:00

Lauren and Eric have been best friends for years and finally decided to make that permenant. Lauren works at a floral shop, so she was able to come up with some fabulous decorations and floral arrangements. Everything turned out perfect.

Lauren had a vision for her dress, and the vision was materialized by Kiko, a local Seattle designer.

Jesse + Hannah - Engagement

2007-08-06T22:53:00.000-07:00

I had the pleasure of meeting with Jesse and Hannah at the Seattle Center, and we had a fun time around the space needle and then we later went to Kerry Park and got some fun photos with the city.

Cheryl + Rick

2007-08-05T22:22:00.000-07:00

Rick & Cheryl had a beautiful wedding at the World Trade Center in Seattle. They were high school sweethearts, and after years apart, fell in love again, got back together, and decided to get married. Congratulations Rick & Cheryl! Thank you for choosing me to be your wedding photographer!

The view of the skyline from here was absolutly incredible.

I love it when the brides to be get into the bouquet toss like they did here.

All of Rick and Cheryl's friends and wedding guests were as fun to be around as they were.

City Flowers

2007-07-28T10:06:00.000-07:00

City Flowers had a big wedding to decorate and they brought me along to get some pictures of their hard work.

Dallin at Glazers

2007-07-23T22:38:00.000-07:00

I feel like i'm naked if I go somewhere without taking my camera. My wife Kristy used to poke fun at me for it but now she's accepted it. Anyway we were cruising around seattle and we stopped by the Glazers camera shop and there was this fantastic wall in front of the store and we just had to stop to get some pictures.

Big #3 for Brent

2007-07-21T16:25:00.000-07:00

Brent turned 3 and celebrated with friends and cousins at a Bellevue park. The little guy had a blast running around with cousins and friends, eating pizza and cake, opening presents, and trying to break open the pinata.

Now that's how to smile!

After breaking the pinata it's best to sit by yourself so none of the younger kids get your candy.

I'm now a member of

Lauren + Eric - Engagement

2007-07-16T22:57:00.000-07:00

Even though it was raining we had a great time getting some engagement shots at Hamilton Viewpoint Park in Alki. Lauren and Eric are a fun couple to be around and Eric is hilarious.