Seattle Wedding Photographer Katie McKenzie » cake

Temptation

Katie — Wed, 05 May 2010 19:14:38 +0000

Sometimes I think the universe is just out to get us. To challenge us in ways that are very unexpected. For example….I have been on a special diet that started last Wednesday (this is my very first diet that I have ever done by the way) and I’m not allowed to have ANY sugar, I mean notta! So of course this would be the week that I have to go and shoot at 4 ice cream parlors, 2 bakeries, 3 cafes, 3 bars…the list goes on and on. Let’s just say that I have a will power that is unstoppable….which I didn’t know about myself, honestly. I didn’t cheat once, even though I really really wanted to, and I was really proud of myself. So in the end I guess the universe was just out to teach me a little something about myself, thanks universe….I guess.

Miss Ayla Sunshine

Katie — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:33:55 +0000

It’s crazy how time seems to fly as you get older. A year seems like just a few months time to me now. I remember last year at this time we were getting ready to move to Seattle and ordering boxes. In the midst of all that chaos we paused to celebrate the birth of our dear friend’s, the Mohar’s, baby girl Miss Ayla Sunshine. Zac Mohar is one of Justin’s oldest and closest friends, in fact you might as well call them brothers. So needless to say the birth of Miss Ayla Sunshine was a very special event in our lives.

This weekend we celebrated her first birthday with the extended families and a sun shaped birthday cake:) Ayla’s favorite gift was the yellow drum stick that accompanied an alligator xylophone, it didn’t leave her mouth the whole afternoon:) Ayla is such a beautiful and joyful child, but she also has this pensive side to her that makes me think she actually has a wise old soul. She’s incredibly perceptive and loves to impersonate her daddy when he makes funny noises. Ayla and her mommy Candice are inseparable and share an incredible bond. Watching them exchange the same little scrunched up nose smile is enough to melt anyone’s’ heart! In the end it was a wonderfuly relaxing day spent with family and friends, and marks one year of the beautiful little life of Miss Ayla Sunshine.

Zac and Candy, Ayla is such a beautiful and happy child because she is the reflection of two giving, loving, and beautiful parents. Justin and I are blessed to have you as part of our family, and Ayla really is the Sunshine in our lives. Happy Birthday Ayla!

Coolest cake ever!

This is Malu, the Mohar’s other child:)

Food website

Katie — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:50:07 +0000

Another one of my passions is food photography. I remember four years ago when I was graduating college I was so determined to move to NY and shoot for magazines, restaurants and cook books. Nothing could stop me….aw the feeling of determination of someone who had never been told no or let down before in her life…..well NY soon remedied that feeling. Plans always change, and in my opinion they change for a reason. I was trying to soak up all the experience and life lessons I could. So two big moves and four years later here I am ready to start the food photography adventure again:) First step on my adventure is to get my updated food portfolio and website up and running. Well we are very close, hopefully the next few weeks it will be ready to go, but until then I thought I’d share it with all of you. My goal is to add to it every month, even if it’s just me setting up shoots in my dining room:) When I second shoot for other wedding photographers I’m the one who is following the catering waiter/waitress trying to shoot the food….I get some funny looks:) I just can’t help myself, even at weddings I make sure that I get awesome shots of the food and the beverages. Poor Justin if I bust out my 5D one more time at a restaurant I fear he just might die of embarrassment….like I said I just can’t help it:)

Well wish me luck on my new food photography adventure. I’m excited to see where it takes me:)

Enjoy.

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