Seattle Editorial and Wedding Photographer // Chantal Andrea // Telling visual stories out of the pacific northwest and orldwide

Shooting in Costa Rica April 23-May 10th!

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Hi friends. Signing off with this image from Julie’s free-wheeling senior portrait session this week. Love her style & sass. Back in the office May 11th. If you want to book a portrait session or have a wedding inquiry my secretary will be fielding those while I’m away. Hit me at Chantal(@)chantalandrea.com.

Iceskating with Serena & Mark // Snowy engagement session at Suncadia Resort

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Snow play, ice skates, pine trees. Oh, how I love shooting engagement sessions like this one with Serena & Mark at the mammoth and expansive Suncadia Resort. Some things are worth crossing mountains for. xx

Something sweet // Love Sessions // Seattle, WA

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Filmmaker Shaun Scott for City Arts Magazine // Seattle Editorial Photographer

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Shaun defines ambitious. He’s 27 years-old, and already knee-deep in developing his 4th film. He’s redefining what it means to be a filmmaker in Seattle, and doing it with enough style & grace to make people stop and listen. City Arts Magazine just wrote him up, and featured him as one of Seattle’s upcoming innovated filmmakers.

After the shoot Shaun brought me to his favorite neighborhood pizza joint (where he knows the Bostonian owners on a first name basis) and we sunk our teeth into doughy sweet marinara pizza while discussing relationships, romance, the economy and how Shaun fits all of this into his most recent film, 100 % Off: A Recession-Era Romance.

This summer Shaun & I will be embarking on a serious collaboration I’m pretty over-the-moon about. More to come on this later.

For now, check him out.

Ali & Ryan & the Salish Sea // Seattle Portrait Photographer //

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These two found each other almost two summers ago. They spent their first days together sprawled out on the hill at Gasworks Park, talking for hours and taking in views of kite fliers and the Seattle skyline. Ali is one of the most encouraging, peaceful and genuinely kind friends I have ever known. She’s the kind of person you can share a pot of tea with and get lost in conversation about the good, beautiful and joyous things in life. Small (but grand) things, like teaching a child how to say a new work, or the freshness of a ripe orange. Ryan is creative, hilarious and without fail has made me laugh every time we’ve crossed paths.

So happy for these two, their love, and that I got to freeze it to look back on years down the road.

Featured: Wintry Washington Farm Wedding // Editorial Shoot for Style Me Pretty

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High-fives to all the rockstars that made this incredible day happen.

Featured by Style Me Pretty / Second Shooter: Brady MacDonald / Location: Bob’s Corn Maze & Pumpkin Farm / Flowers + Event Design: Finch & Thistle / Makeup, Hair + Styling: Jenny Bowker Makeup / Catering: Ravishing Radish Catering / Invitations, Menu + Table Cards: La Happy / Cocktails: Ravish on Eastlake / Piñata: Pinyadayada / Coffee Bean Favors: Middle Fork Roasters / Shoes: Frye “Harness” Boots / Dress: Vintage via Atlas Clothing Company / Groom + Groomsmen Clothes: Tarboo Inc. / Photo Assistant: Erin Hill

Look up. // washington wedding photographer

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Serena & Mark slapped on some ice skates for their engagement session. Here’s one moment.

Red. // Seattle Portrait Photographer

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“Lovers’ names, carved in walls
Overlap, start to merge
Some of them underneath
Maybe they appear
In graveyards
Maybe they fade away
Weathered and overgrown
Time has told
Meaningful hidden words
Suddenly appear, from the murk
Maybe they’re telling us
That the end
Never was
Never will
The words have gone
But the meaning will never disappear
From the wall”

For your ears: Bibio- Lover’s Carvings

And for your eyes:

Thank you Stephanie for being a lighthouse. You glow.

Hungry? A foodie’s pilgrimage to San Francisco.

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Just got back from a foodcation road trip to San Francisco. Did a bit of work, a ton of walking, and far too much eating.

This lemon-shallot romaine salad from Tartine hit the spot after we spent the day exploring the Golden Gate State Park.

Here’s the food we obsessed over in San Francisco:

Breakfast:
-Tartine for fresh bread, and an impressive cheese menu. //
-Sight Glass Coffee for a morning brew of coffee, and a delicious scone. Great place to rest your feet and people watch in the loft. //

Lunch:
-Outerlands for my favorite vice: a grilled cheese sandwich. Pairs perfectly with their cauliflower soup. //
-Nopalito for organic mexican food. The Totopos con Chile were my favorite.. “tortilla chips, salsa de arbol, cotija cheese, crema and lime.” //

Dinner:
-Flour + Water for scrumptious rotating menu of pastas that I could never make at home. //
-Mission Chinese for the spiciest food I’ve had since Beijing. Come for szechuan pepper that numbs your mouth. //

Would love to hear your favorite spots in the city.

Until we meet again SF!

Uno.

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More coming soon.