11-22-2010

My Very First Real Winter

This morning, I woke up at 6am and looked out my window.  The snow from yesterday was finally sticking, and I saw white fluffies everywhere.  It was still dark outside, and I waited until sunrise to go outside.  My roommate/friend, Jennifer, and I jumped into our rain boots and threw on some layers of clothing and frolicked outside.  I have never seen a white winter….well, since I was like 8.  So it’s been a good 16 years since I’ve actually looked outside my window and seen snow outside my street.  And snow in the mountains don’t count!  Today is a winter wonderland.  Except, I don’t know how I’m supposed to leave the house!

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Dahnya - I must say I am torn between falling for the red house pictures or the pink house ones…they’re all great! Makes me long for a real TX winter. *sigh*

Ann Cychosz - Hello Karen,

Happy Holidays to you! Looks like you are doing wonderful in Seattle, many good friends and lots of interesting places to explore. Your Blog is just amazing, I visit it everynow and then over my lunch hour. It brings a smile to my day, your photos are just so real, they all tell a deep story eventho I don’t no any of the people in them. The video was a nice touch, I really enjoyed the ride! Tell your friend she did a wonderful job on the mustache, to cute!
Tom and I wish you the very best this holiday season!

Regards,
Ann Cychosz

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11-19-2010

Emma & Matthew: November 5th, 2010

About this time last year, I met Emma at a very important time of my life.  I was so excited to to hear about her engagement a few months ago.  She then asked me to photograph her wedding with another friend, Jonathan, and I couldn’t say no!  Every time I see her, she just puts a huge a smile on my face!  It has been a really great few months hanging out with these two.  Emma looked absolutely beautiful and was full of so much joy!  We started the bridal party portraits down at Occidental Park in Pioneer Square.  What a fun place for photos!!  Then we separated from the party and took Emma and Matthew to the Seattle Central Library (which was quite an adventure!), and then found graffiti walls over in SoDo by Jonathan’s work that he knows about.  It was a legal public wall that people paint on and it changes pretty much daily.  I LOVE graffiti walls!  They are so cool….I need to go explore more of those in the future.  We then finally headed over to West Seattle when it started raining a little bit.  It got chilly so quick!  The ceremony and reception was held at Alki Bathhouse.  Emma’s mom, Tina, home cooked all the food that night!   Everything was so delicious and beautiful; she had worked so hard that day.  I had such an amazing time hanging out with the girls all day preparing for Emma’s big day.  Thanks so much Emma and Matthew for sharing your wedding day with me!  :)

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Jenny B - Oh, dear. That precious little guy in the train sweater vest. These are beautiful.

Justin - Beautiful work Karen!

Maryam - KAREN! SO BEAUTIFUL. I almost teared up all over again.

Kristin Boyett - Love, love, LOVE. This is beautiful work, Karen! The photos in the library are stunning.

Stephanie G - OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhmmmyygoodness Wang you’ve done it again. These are enCHANTing!! My word, quite possibly my favorite picts you’ve ever taken! All of the colors just POP. I LOVE: the red shoes in the tree, picts by all those colorful doors (GORG!), the RED room (where in the world even is that), the YELL-escalator, refreshments, etc. She looks radiant, saucy, and sTUNNING — and a good photographer captured that. +100 points for you! I love graffiti wall too. My friend had some awesome pictures by one in Portland one time… leotard/tutu/pointe shoes, yet punky by graffiti, it was awesome. Love it/you Wangpie!

Gina M. Corona - Those are the BEST wedding pictures I have ever seen. If and when my day comes, you bet I am going to hire Karen K. Wang! To Emma and Matt, that was such a beautiful day! Thank you for having me, it was a joy to be a part of your SPECIAL day!!! LOVE YOU!!!

Dahnya - What a fun couple! I wish I had her style…

PS: the pictures with the colored doors complex: too cool.

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11-11-2010

Olympia Day Trip

On Monday, some buddies and I made a day trip down to Olympia, WA to visit a dear friend who we hadn’t seen for several months.  This was the second time I’ve been to the city, but this time it was in the day, so we got to see a lot more.  The weather was so perfect filled with sun breaks, heavy clouds and some short sprinkles.  We got serenaded in the car ride there, ate delicious pizza, played instruments, walked along the boardwalk and saw the most amazing clouds, picked up some cigars, explored Priest Point Park, visited the Capitol, got coffee, watched some football, and finally had a hearty burrito-fest dinner to end the night.  We all had such a fun day off from work just hanging out with good people and exploring a new city.  Thank you Peterman for showing us around.

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Stephanie G - BYooteeful Wang. The one of the Capitol rotunda is my fav – JUST breathtaking. My bro & sis-in-law were married down in Olympia, their rehearsal dinner was right by the water there! Brings back good memories :)

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