Erik Seo Photography Blog

A few months ago, Eric Woodruff let me know he was getting married and talked with me about shooting photos for his wedding.  I was pretty excited to do so, I used to work with Eric back in the day when I was at The Canyons Resort as the photo/web/video guy there for a few years.  He’s one of the nicest guy’s I know so I knew it would be fun, getting to meet, shoot, and party with a bunch of good new people.  Just like the last wedding I shot, everyone danced a lot and late into the night, including the parents.  Another thing I was pretty stoked about was that Eric and Kary wanted more candid photos, instead of setup portraits.  These are usually a lot more fun, especially with a fun crowd that we had there and working when it’s fun is always a bonus!

Things had come a long way up at Red Pine Lodge at mid-mountain where weddings are usually held and the setting looked really great for Eric and Kary’s big day.   Being up in the mountains for a wedding in the Summer heat of Utah was also especially nice with the scenery as well as the escape from the Salt Lake City valley heat!

I got in touch with Winnie Forbes (now, Winnie Brinker) about doing a wedding with her as her 2nd shooter last summer for Cobey and Sarah’s wedding. As it turns out it was at Blessed Sacrament Church in Seattle, Washington where I had shot a wedding the previous year so she was stoked, already knew the location, etc. Winnie brought me on to roll with the guys and shoot with them while she took care of the girls. Yah, the guys are easy so I was stoked. It was a super laid back group so it was pretty easy and to make matters even better, Casey from Mindcastle Studios was there doing the video so for a lot of things, he directed what he was doing and I just rolled with it and shot what was going on with that which was really cool. Casey had some good ideas and was super good work with and Danielle.

It was a great day shooting and it was fun to be on the other side of things, not being the main shooter. Sometimes not having 100% of the responsibility is pretty nice! As it turns out, things were good, and more than just a fun easy day of being the 2nd shooter. Photo District News Magazine (PDN) selected one of my photos from this wedding in their Top Knots wedding photography contest a few months ago!  Check out the blog post here:

This was a super fun wedding to shoot.  I’ve known Ashley since birth so it made this one super fun knowing a bunch of people there.  The wedding took place at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Mercer Island, Washington where Ashley’s father Terry plays the organ for.  Ashley looked amazing and made it easy to get a lot of good photos.  We went out to one of the small waterfront landing parks on the East side of Mercer Island to get a few waterfront photos as well and finishing the night at the Lake Union Cafe in Seattle, Washington for the reception which was a really cool venue.  So, I’ve gotten a chance to edit through a few of the photos, I’ll post some more later.

So I got to go down to the Sorrel River Ranch in Moab, Utah for the wedding of Matt and Elisibeth. The place was amazing, one of those places where it was pretty much impossible not to get great photos! The scenery was gorgeous with red rock walls, mesas, the Colorado River along side the resort as well as being a beautiful ranch. I was stoked. The weather also cooperated giving us an awesome sunset. I hope I get to go back and shoot another wedding at Sorrel River Ranch It’s a great place!

Here’s a few shots from Dave & Lynn’s wedding at the Silver Lake Lodge in Deer Valley, Utah. I had some challenging lighting conditions for the group photos and I’m really happy with how they turned out. The groom’s side was all wearing kilts. I was kinda skeptical about how they’d look but everyone looked great and made for some fun photos. It was a fun night, as I got to shoot photos at a friend’s wedding and got to see a lot of people that I hadn’t seen since the days when I worked at The Canyons Resort.