Blissed Photography » Seattle wedding and family portraits

Julia and Shaheed took long-distance dating to it’s greatest length- they went international.  They were introduced by a mutual friend in New York City in 2005, and were immediately infatuated with each other. They dated for an entire 2 weeks before Shaheed had moved to Mexico to go back to architecture school.  They decided to give the international long-distance relationship a try, and extra calling charges and different time-zones couldn’t keep these two apart  They spent their savings on airline tickets to be with one another, and three years later Shaheed moved to Seattle to be with Julia.   One year later they were engaged, and they are getting married this weekend- one week after their 5 year anniversary.

Tina was born in Taipei, Taiwan.  Yury was born in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.  They met while learning kendo at Highline Kendo Dojo, and their love blossomed from there.  While they are both disciplined, hard-working, and competitive, they are balanced by their big hearts and gentle humility.

This stunning, stylish couple is getting married Saturday, so we ran outside to play in the sun last Friday while we had the chance.  Melissa and Abdul have the most beautiful energy, and it’s obvious they appreciate each other deeply.  They come from completely different backgrounds (Abdul was born in Saudi Arabia and Melissa in St. Louis, MO) but compliment each other in so many ways- they love traveling, reading, making art,  delicious food (I have a feeling we’ll be joining them at Cactus this summer), and world music.  Spending time with them was dreamy, and we can’t wait to photograph them this sunny Saturday.