Just a sneak peek of my last lovely fall engagement session in Kirkland! These two are super fun, super in love and I can’t wait for their destination wedding in sunny Eastern Washington! At one of my very favorite places…Sunserra at Crescent Bar!!

Crescent Bar is one of my favorite places because its there at Crescent Bay Resort, that late one night, as the summer sun was going down, my daughter finally learned to swim. We had been working on it for a few months and it just clicked! She put her face in the water and basically hasn’t gotten up since! ( not really, but figuratively! She swims so much that we call her Tadpole!).

Anyway…back to Courtney and Jeff’s Story! They met a years ago, then met again 4 years later on a fun weekend in San Diego…and the rest is kind of history.

We took a stroll around the waterfront in Kirkland and it was a blast! I loved that these two love to run together and we got to capture that as well!

This is one of my favorite places in Kirklnad! I LOVE LOVE LOVE this dock! Luckily for us, because it was fall, and not in the middle of summer, this place was kind of a ghost town compared to what it would normally be on a nice sunny day in the summertime!  

I just love images that scream “I’m Home!”

If you are looking for an eastern washington photographer that loves DIY weddings and fun people…I’m your girl! I would love to hear more about your fun plans for your wedding day and all about how you met your man. Contact me through my contact page, and tell me all about it!!  All though we are based in the Tri Cities, we are still currently booking weddings in Western and Eastern Washington.

I am officially in love with beach weddings. There is something so carefree and fun about having sand between my toes as I shoot a couple in love! We had so much fun at Justin & Morgan’s Day After Session! When I first met with them, I had this picture of them with a bow tie and veil on with their swimsuits and snorkel gears…when their faces lit up…I knew we would be a great fit!:) And in another case of “Its Such a Small World”…I found in the Honolulu Airport from her very cool maid of honor (hi miranda!) that we all went to the same High School (GO Arlington EAGLES!).  That one took me by surprise because I usually take pride in asking a billion questions!

Needless to say, this was an amazing way to spend our New Year’s Eve! We shot the wedding in Poipu at the Beach House Restaurant (yummo!) and then did a Day After at their very lovely secluded beach near Anahole. Pretty stinkin fun!

I loved the 2011 New Year’s Eve gear these two had at the After Party…what a fun way to remember their wedding day!

One of my faves from the whole day! I loved the veil and bowtie!

If you, or someone you know is planning a Destination Wedding, email me at kaylee@eylanderphotography.com to find out about current specials!

As most of you know, I have a love of traveling…and a love for shooting weddings! And I have a love for combining those two loves!:) I recently have shot a few weddings in California and have a wedding coming up in the ever amazing Kauai….in less than 2 weeks! Eek! I gotta say, I think this wedding will be one of the highlights of my photography career. I absolutely can not wait! I thought I might give you some ideas for my favorite destination wedding locations if you have just gotten engaged and want to plan a fabulous Destination wedding!

These are just some of my favorites {in no particular order….I love them all quite equally!}

1. Cayman Island

2. Fiji…um you could be like the fabulous Tori Spelling! :)

3. Santori, Greece. Especially if your favorite color is blue! Amazing!

4. Of Course, Hawaii!

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5. Jamaica- This place would lend a relaxed, easy going feel to your wedding day!

6. Lake Como, Italy….So gorgeous that George Clooney has a house there….so I’ve heard.

7. Punta Cana. A beach that is so beautiful…its calling out for you to get married there….or just renew your vows!

8. The Hills of Scotland….and if you love green…this is the place!

9.  The Bahamas….How amazing would it be to get married on this lovely secluded beach??? so..amazing. :)

9. Any where in the Dominican Republic. So glorious!

If you or your BFF  have just gotten engaged and you are on your quest to find a modern, fun wedding photographer who loves to get sand between her toes…and would love to come capture your destination island or otherwise wedding….than please email me at info@eylanderphotography.com

I would love to hear all about your plans….and my passport is ready!

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Cayman: Picture This

Just a little tiny sneak peek from an Ruben & Lisa’s amazing wedding at The Grand 1401 in Fresno, California that I had the opportunity to shoot last week. I LOVED every single part of it…and there are so many more images to come!

I love the sun. I love to travel. And I also love palm trees…So for our 8th year wedding anniversary my husband planned a little get away to Palm Springs. It was a short 3 day trip…But I knew if I had some sun, a pool, some heat and a good magazine, I would be relaxed in about 2 seconds flat. This was the perfect little get away for me and my handsome man. :)

First of all…if you have never had the delight of flying Virgin America airlines…you are missing out!  Not only did they treat us like celebrities when they overheard that it was our 8 year Anniversary, the ambiance, technology and service was entirely amazing. And it wasn’t any more expensive than the other airlines. They brought us some lovely Karma California Brut and 2 plates of the yummiest Cheese and Fruit Platters (with the best Brie, Swiss and yummy dates and figs!)…AND 2 veggie plates with Hummus! I just about fell out of my comfy leather seat!  They have won me over…and I will always try to fly with them if I can. Its worth checking out.

We stayed at the amazingly beautiful (and empty!!!) Worldmark Indio. It was incredible! I loved the huge condo space and the pool and lazy river (yes…I did say lazy river!!) were glorious.

So many palm trees. yummy. I wished I could just put one in my suitcase and bring it back with me…just so I could stare at it through my back window. I could just pretend…that I was in California again!

Notice there is like no one there! This pool was my home for 3 days….except for the 4 hrs a day we spent floating around the lazy river….I can’t wait to go back here!

So we flew into LAX and drove to Palm Springs from there. Neither of us had ever been there before and we loved seeing the fields of wind turbines!

I love sunny places so much that I’m waiving all Travel Fees to Destination Weddings….If you know anyone that is getting married and would like a fun, crazy Destination Wedding Photographer….Please send her my way!