Bellingham Engagement Photography | Mary Kate & Paul

Wednesday, June 2, 2010 Posted in Sweetheart Sessions

Mary Kate and Paul are the type of down-to-earth, laugh-til-you-cry, best-friends-forever couple that I just adore. We spent a whole lazy afternoon with them last month during their engagement session and they were more than willing to prod sea-creatures, scale slippery rocks at dangerous angles, and climb trees… not JUST to get fun shots, but for the fun itself!

These two love the rustic Washington coast, so we drove up north near Bellingham to take some photographs in a special place. Teddy Bear Cove sits just off the scenic Chuckanut Drive not far from Fairhaven: It’s tucked away down a short tree-lined trail and across the railroad tracks. (Which, coincidentally, I passed over on Amtrak the following week!) The four of us crawled all over that cove from top to bottom and around again as the sun set slowly behind the hazy horizon.

Mary Kate, Paul, we had a most excellent adventure with you. Thanks so much for being good sports. And Paul, thanks for your quick deer-avoiding reflexes on the drive home! We’re so excited for your wedding this August… Knowing you guys, it’ll be a blast!

Mary Kate and Paul walk along the railroad tracks outside Teddy Bear Cove in Bellingham, Washington Mary Kate and Paul, photographed by Seattle wedding photographer Kat Speyer Mary Kate is shorter than her future husband, so she stands on tip-toe to give him a kiss Mary Kate's engagement ring next to a purple sea star Wedding band The happy couple kisses on the beach at Teddy Bear Cove, imagining their wedding day Mary Kate holds a purple sea star in her hands near Bellingham during her engagement shoot Paul holds a purple sea star in his hands near Bellingham during his engagement shoot The engaged couple hold starfish in their hands as their portrait is taken in Bellingham, Washington Seattle wedding photographer Kat Speyer captured this photograph of the engaged couple embracing by a seaside cave Mary Kate peers over Paul's shoulder while looking at the photographer through the opening of a seaside cave The couple holds hands, as photographed through the mouth of a cave, Teddy Bear Cove, Bellingham, WA The couple poses for a traditional engagement photograph as captured by Seattle wedding photographer Kat Speyer The couple sits on the rocks next to Bellingham train tracks and kisses Mary Kate and Paul sit on driftwood in this beach engagement session photograph An engagement portrait of Mary Kate An engagement portrait of Paul The sun starts to go down over the Pacific during this beach engagement session photographed near Seattle, Washington The couple imagines their future together as husband and wife and poses in the woods during their Bellingham engagement photography Mary Kate gives the photographer her best come hither look as she poses for a portrait under a tree Paul climbs a tree to glance at his future bride, Mary Kate, during their Bellingham engagement photography session Mary Kate and Paul, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G