Affinity Photography

s of photographers, and eventually settled on Affinity for three reasons. 1 - Affinity takes fantastic photos. 2- We immediately got along with Sean and his wife, and feeling comfortable with your photographer seemed to be an important aspect to getting natural and fun photos. 3 - Perhaps most importantly, they talked us through all the various caveats and ways that they safeguard against anything possibly going wrong and ensure that they are there no matter what to get all the photos that are important. Boy, we are so glad we made that decision! Sean committed to staying for the duration of our wedding, not just a set length of time. He also included an engagement session. It turned out that an emergency during our engagement session caused us to need to re-do that entire session, plus further challenges on our wedding meant that we weren’t able to get all the photos we had wanted then either. Sean could not have been more accommodating through all of this. It was clear that as soon as we signed up with him, his top priority was making sure that we were happy with our photos and got the photos that were important to us. He allowed us to add on an extra session after our wedding, and also worked with us when just a couple weeks before the wedding, we decided we wanted a videographer too. Sean provided a recommendation and helped us find a great videographer who would work within our budget. The only challenge we had was narrowing down all the great photos to select those that we wanted to capture in our book! My husband and I have a HUGE number of beautiful photos and also a great video thanks to Affinity Photography. I highly recommend Sean and Affinity Photography for any couple looking for truly stunning photos and a photography team that is always ready to go the extra mile for a client.

Sean was all of these things and more. Your photographer is with you during the private moments you share with your partner, not just the big event. You are letting them into your life. I felt he really listened to what we wanted and got to understand how he can bring out the best pictures out of us. I generally don't like to taking photos so I was apprehensive about our first engagement session. Sean made it fun, let us do our thing and I loosened up right away and had a great time. Before we even saw the first photos, I knew we made the best decision and got the best value.

lly captured the moments Jeff and I shared rather than trying to force the shot and direct the session with his agenda. It was our day. There wasn't a time limit for our engagement sessions so we didn't feel rushed. He helped us relax and just enjoy the moment being together. I really wanted to have some photos with our dogs so he even schedule a second session with us which I really appreciated. He got so many great pictures of my tiny and extremely excited pups. I've recommended him to all of my friends and coworkers who have gotten engaged. The day of our wedding my entire wedding party all had fun and his team did a great job directing everyone and keeping them focused. I was so happy with our online album and our physical albums they really told our story. Sean was just as excited to create the album with us which really showed through in his worked. The pictures were thoughtfully placed. He took our input. We had absolutely no complaints. Sean has a great eye and is extremely talented. We felt really lucky to have found and worked with him.

do an engagement photo set that fits you. He went above and beyond for us to get great photos and let us go on an adventure to do so! He scouted out areas for us and our wedding photos and created a rain plan in case it rained! (January wedding). His eye for light, beauty, how to pose, is off the charts. I can't say enough positive things. The photos fit us and aren't overly posed or stuffy looking. The books he made us that come with the package are beautiful and high quality. He also has done 2 other family weddings and he will certainly be my friends & family go to for years to come! Affinity Photography is the place you go back to as life changes happen. I look forward to having him take photos as our family grows and changes. Thank you!

ive flair into the shoots (engagement and wedding). I cannot recommend him more highly!

crew are a creative force to be reckoned with. If you’re looking for a vanilla wedding photographer who will document your event with plain, boring pictures, look elsewhere. Sean, Candice and Kiel captured the energy, essence and emotion from every minute (literally, from early morning until the very end) of our big day. Sean can capitalize on any opportunity – an interesting venue, unique vantage points, guests laughing with each other, pretty much anything - to create images that are not only memorable but beautiful and stunning. Affinity represents the perfect mixture of everything we wanted in photography and in photographers; a sense of fun, creativity and whimsy juxtaposed with an eye for style, class, detail and composition. Sean and Candice really make it a point to get to know you as a couple, and they will take your own ideas and run with them when it comes to ideas for creative photography. They are as easy-going as can be, but they have the drive to get things done and stay focused (no pun intended) on the timeline throughout the hectic pace of the day. Can’t recommend Affinity enough!

recting me on how to pose and he made me feel really comfortable and all of our pictures turned out amazing. He was able to catch candid memorable moments throughout our special day. It was so awesome to see all my family and friends enjoying themselves as they celebrated with us! Without Sean and his talented team we would not have our special day captured in beautiful photographs that we will cherish forever. Lisa and Jordan

ographer we spoke with and became the baseline for us in terms of service, communication and quallity. This wasn't just us, by chance a couple with whome we are very close, selected them for their wedding in the same year, and largely for the same reasons. They make a commitment to your event for the whole day. They don't put you on a six hour time budget, only to increase their rate if you need more time, like a lot of photographers tend to do. Beyond that, the photos were great, and they made certain that we were happy with everything, and we got the shots we wanted. Their commitment to their clients and their professionalism is second to none.

d* to the awesomeness of our wedding day. They were just so great to be around... positive, supportive, helpful, relaxing, funny. The whole day was better with them than without. I never expected to say that about anyone involved with the wedding that we didn't know heading into the event. And I haven't even really addressed the photos, which are really amazing! Throughout the entire process - meeting, interviewing, planning, practicing, getting ready, shooting, partying, reviewing, approving, printing - they were available, easy to understand, great listeners, intent on making us feel special and happy, clear on expectations and deliverables, always on time, always delivered what they said, and went above and beyond in more ways than I can count (and often with the little stuff which otherwise would have been distracting and annoying). I strongly, strongly recommend them!

who we are. He was willing to spend an entire day with us driving up to the mountains to get the pictures in the snow on the perfect day. I will go out of my way to recommend Sean and his team to any of my friends who get married in the future!

hetics and the visual aspect of our wedding. We wanted a photographer who was as picky and demanding with the visual nature of the photos, but was easy to work with, professional, and excited to try new things. That was Sean and his team. We interviewed a few different photographers via FaceTime sincere weren't Seattle residents. Sean made himself available and was easy to talk to. He was excited about our ideas and happy to contribute his own to make the results as succesful as possible. Affinity shared multiple albums and proofs of different types that we requested to help us make our decision. They were patient and understanding in our decision making progress as we compared other photographers. At first glance, Affinity's pricing seamed high, but as we spoke to other vendors and got some details on the actual deliverables from Affinty, the value was evident. Not to mention the exhaustive preparation Sean did prior to the wedding day, and the exceptional quality of the photography itself. As part of their package, Affinity offered an engagement portrait session, which I was not terribly excited about, but very glad we took the time out to meet Sean and do the shoot. We shared some ideas on backdrop and Sean physically scouted a few locations and sent a comprehensive email with the scouting details, down to time of the sunset and how it would affect the shoot. It was a great experience and the results were an amazing guest book for our wedding day. The same diligence was applied when it came to our wedding. We brainstormed some ideas and Sean scouted a bunch of great shot locations. He was willing to combine his ideas with our desired schedule, we didn't want to spend hours standing around taking pictures. His second shooter Lydia was great as well, lending a second set of eyes and an additional lens that you didn't even know was there. They orchestrated a fantastic first look, managed our rather large wedding party, and made us laugh and feel comfortable the entire time. We can't say enough about the Affinty team and our experience with them. The pictures speak for themselves. Sean applies a practiced and deliberate eye to all his work and it shows. From staged to candids, black & white to color, action to stills, he not only captures all the emotion and energy of the shot, but does so in an incredibly skilled artistic manner. We are so glad we found Affinity and got to work with them for our big day. Professional, organized, communicative, fun, and highly skilled, Affinity is a top notch operation.

sive how Sean can capture the moment in a way that is even more beautiful than what you see live. Sean is magical with the camera, as if he's able to create fire out of thin air. We haven't see our wedding pictures yet, but Sean has given us a some previews that has us excited. We look forward to having Sean capture our other life's moment.

t to finish (if you wish) covering everything from the bride getting ready until the last guest goes home. He brought THREE assistants with him and, other than when we did the 'posed' shots (which he had organized ahead of time on paper so they were over in a breeze), I honestly was not even aware of any photos being taken...THAT is how unobtrusive they were! Having more than one photographer provided us multiple perspectives/views for the photos and allowed different photographers in two places at the same time...all done very unobtrusively! I had always been one to list "pictures" lower on my list than wedding priorities than other things but that has all changed. After all the planning, once the day is over all you have are your memories and the photographs. When we got our photos, I was literally brought to tears as it brought back every emotion and feeling I had on that day. Sean's photos are that amazingly beautiful. I think he took over 1300 photos that day and there is literally not a bad one in the bunch. His package price includes engagement session(s), all day wedding coverage, an album for the bride and groom, and free downloads of every wedding photo taken (even for your friends and family!) For a very nominal cost, he is glad to print out photos and send to you as well. The photos did take 2 months to arrive after the wedding, and we were very anxious for them, but it was peak wedding season and I have heard that this is a typical wait time. They were well worth the wait though, I promise... they were absolute perfection.

hotos! His approach won me over. He's not the kind of photographer who shows up on the day and tries to make it work. He scouted our location well in advance and came with ideas. He was also terrific at seeing something in the moment and suggesting we try it. He had great ideas but was never pushy when someone was uncomfortable being photographed. Since we don't get dressed up like that... well, ever, one of my biggest fears was that the photos from the wedding would feel like photos of strangers. Sean really captured who we were, just in fancier clothes and looking beautiful. We are thrilled with the work he did and highly recommend him and Candice!

andice keeps everything moving along beautifully so time isn't wasted, while Sean captures the most glorious photographs. As we told our daughter when she began her search for a photographer, "Following The Wedding, your lasting memories will be centered around The Photographs! HIRE THE BEST!!" .... and she did! Many thanks to Sean & Candice and their talented team!!

s work was the selling point for me - I knew I wouldn't be getting another typical wedding photographer, but a true artist who would capture my wedding in a one-of-a-kind way. He is such an easy going and fun guy to spend time with - we thoroughly enjoyed all our planning sessions because he was always coming up with new ideas for what we could do with the photography and above all, wanted to make it a fun experience for everyone involved! From engagement photos to the wedding day itself, I was amazed by the level of thought and planning that went into every shot, and the way he was able to capture and deliver what felt like a full representation of "our experience," rather than just a series of photos. We were so impressed with the way Sean and his team worked with us on the wedding day itself. They had multiple photographers available to capture all the important moments, spent unlimited time with us during the day and did not leave until the last guest left the dance floor. The way they worked during the ceremony and reception was also impressive: they were so respectful of the ceremony and the experience of our guests and were expert at blending into the crowd while still getting all the shots they needed. Affinity is worth every penny, and the cherry on top is that they also happen to be wonderful people! You will LOVE working with them, and the photos they provide you will blow your mind, I promise!

o mention the great value for the service he provides compared with other photographers. We were the only wedding that Sean shot on that day so he was available well before the ceremony for photos, throughout the event, then came back for our post-wedding casual event (that wasn't even part of the original agreement). Sean also did all the planning for our engagement photos on location in Seattle, and created a fabulous photo guest book from this shoot. Sean taps into what you want in a photographer, not the other way around like many photographers who need to "run the show". We have since sought out Sean for business photo needs and will continue a personal relationship with him. I highly recommend that you meet with Sean at Affinity before choosing your photographer!

nique and original. The photos from our wedding are terrific. Sean did an amazing job capturing the essence of the event, and did so with a style that reflected us. When we received our wedding album, I was completely blown away. The way that he put the album together tells the story of our day, captured everything that was important to us, and illustrated just how much Sean listened to us - and our story. It is obvious to me that Sean loves what he does for a living. He has a great team backing him up, and they were all excited to be a part of the biggest day of our lives. If I could do it all over again, I'd hire them again in a heartbeat, and would happily refer my friends and family to Affinity without question. Thanks Affinity!!!

day of the wedding there were four people from Affinity that were on the job, and they were there for the ENTIRE day, they do not charge by the hour nor have a set end time, they were there until we left. Finding someone of Sean's caliber that can offer this type of service was not found elsewhere, everyone else either charged by the hour, or would charge extra depending on the duration. We had a photographer at our house in Shoreline where the groomsmen got ready, and then Sean, his wife, and an 2nd helper were downtown where the Bridesmaids got ready. I would estimate the 4 of them worked for about 16 hours (each) that day including travel, setup, and tear down time. On top of all this, our pre-wedding or "engagement" photos were included in the flat rate and we were not only able to get those done but he took a lot of extra photos of our 7 month old Shih Tzu which was a really nice bonus. Also included was a photo album and wall print, we feel we received a lot of value in what we got. I don't think it's necessary to ding any stars for this, but it took until 10/25/2014 to receive our pictures at the online gallery. I do appreciate the work that went into touching up all the photos, and I don't doubt a lot of time was spent working on them, we just feel that 13 weeks was a bit on the high end. Some of this had to do with scheduling our first look at the photos which resulted in a few additional touch ups; though our first look also wasn't scheduled until 9 weeks after the date. On the other hand, between the photographers there were about 15,000 (if I recall correctly) photos to wade through, meaning that in the end there was a great shot of every moment we wanted. I think I would prefer him having more photos to go through and having it take a little longer, as opposed to him having less material to work with and it possibly taking less time. I would definitely recommend Affinity to someone else -- thanks again!

re present, warm, engaging, funny, involved, and genuinely excited to be part of the wedding day. Sean is open and willing to accommodate ideas; he goes the extra mile and has some pretty clever ideas of his own. The whole team great to work with, and take beautiful, creative photos. Our goal was to have our wedding to be fun, enjoyable, and a little quirky, and wanted to make sure everyone walked away with a photo. We had burlesque performers taking photos with our guests as they came in to the event and Sean and Lydia definitely captured the essence of that style, flare and fun we wanted, while doing a great job of getting everyone into it. You pay for quality and that is what you get here. Plus you get artistic photos and great personalities. We couldn't be more pleased with the results.