Washington
Engagement session · Seattle
In short
Engagement session in Seattle starts at $450: 2 hours on location with a photographer who works in Seattle, and 60 edited photos delivered to a private gallery within 5 business days.
Why choose Engagement session in Seattle?
Seattle engagement sessions are unusually forgiving to schedule and unusually hard to promise. Forgiving, because the overcast gives even light all day, so the session fits your diary rather than the sun’s. Hard, because everyone wants Rainier in the frame and Rainier is visible on roughly a third of days. The way through is to plan a session that works without the mountain and takes it if it appears.
Worth knowing about Seattle
Kerry Park is about the size of a large living room and it is shared with everybody else who wants that view, particularly at blue hour in summer when it runs past half past nine. Sessions there are deliberately brief and scheduled as one stop on a route rather than as the session — twenty minutes of a two-hour booking, with the rest somewhere there is room to work.
What does the session in Seattle look like?
- Kerry Park
- Space Needle, downtown and — sometimes — Rainier behind. Blue hour, and it is a small platform so sessions are short.
- Discovery Park
- Bluff, meadow and beach with the Olympics across the water. No public parking by the lighthouse until 2027.
- Gas Works Park
- Rusted gasification towers above Lake Union with the skyline across the water. Industrial and green in one frame.
What does engagement session in Seattle include?
- 60 retouched photographs
- Two locations, including travel between them
- Outfit change included
- Save-the-date crops sized for print and for email
- Private online gallery within 5 business days
- Print release for personal use
Permits at these locations: Discovery Park: Seattle Parks photography permit required for a hired photographer, applied for 3 to 14 days ahead. Gas Works Park: Seattle Parks photography permit required for a hired photographer, applied for 3 to 14 days ahead.
FAQ — Engagement session in Seattle
Will Mount Rainier be visible?
It cannot be promised. Rainier is about a hundred kilometres away and clear enough to photograph on roughly a third of days, with the best odds between July and September. Sessions are planned to work without it and to include it if it appears. If the mountain is the point, photograph inside the national park rather than from the city.
Do we need a permit for engagement photos in Seattle parks?
Yes for professional work. Seattle Parks and Recreation requires a photography permit for a hired photographer in city parks, applied for 3 to 14 days ahead, which covers Kerry Park, Discovery Park and Gas Works. Snoqualmie Falls is on land owned by Puget Sound Energy and needs its permission separately. Which of these your route needs is set out for you at booking.