"Dan was a great communicator through the ups and downs of 2020 and we're so glad we finally got to meet him on a perfect day for our engagement photos! He immediately made us feel comfortable did a great job guiding us through the photo shoot. Neither of us are used to being in front of a camera and we were a little apprehensive before the shoot, but ended up relaxed and having a great time. We love the photos Dan took and were shocked by how quickly he had our photos edited and ready for downloading. Thank you, Dan!"

nicole + noah

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"We really appreciate and enjoy their fabulous work. Really can't ask for a better place to get our wedding pictures done so excellently. Dan is the photographer who did our engagement photos. He is really good at creating an atmosphere so that we don't feel nervous in front of the camera and that he can capture our natural selves. Dan is also very proactive in working with us for wedding timeline and did a great job coordinating between us and the photographer, Cheryl, and videographer, Mike, who did our wedding day pictures and videos. Dan always answered our questions in a timely fashion and catered to our customized needs. We also loved working with Cheryl a lot. She is so detail oriented and has such a good eye to capture all the wonderful moments of our big day. She is also very patient and friendly. We don't feel nervous at all but only peace and joy. I'd also like to mention how cautious the whole crew - Dan, Cheryl, and Mike - are during the covid-19 pandemic. This really makes us worry-free. Lastly, I would like to call out how fast they got our wedding photos and videos done. We got them in just a few days - much shorter than we expected!"

yijin + john

"My fiance hired Dan to take photos of our proposal, and then our engagement pictures followed. I was blown away by how beautiful the pictures turned out. Dan was incredibly professional, and spent a lot of time with us to make sure we got all the pictures we wanted and had a lot to choose from. I can't express how happy I was with the final product, and our friends and family loved them, too! Plus, we've had to reschedule our wedding for next year, and Dan was so flexible in working with us to make our new date work. Dan is a great talent, and we highly recommend him for your engagement and wedding pictures."

megan + ty

"Dan is very professional and we love his work! With all the changes due to the COVID-19, Dan was there to help us to catch the best moment in our big day. We really appreciate his flexibilities and commitment especially in the midst of uncertainties and all the risks he had to face. He is very considerate with rescheduling dates and accommodate us with free unedited videos so that we can share with our families and friends who can do come in person. He surprised us when we got all our edited photos and videos back the next day! Thank you Dan for all your hard works. We are looking forward to working with you soon again."

"We got married in May 2019 and we absolutely enjoyed working with Dan for wedding photos and videography. Dan is very easy to communicate with over email and in person. We had the opportunity to get familiar and comfortable with him and his camera over an engagement photo shoot, where Dan gave very helpful guidance on poses but more often he used light jokes to help us being ourselves. The engagement photos turned out extremely beautiful. On the big day, Dan and his colleague were on time and accommodating to our slightly unusual itinerary. Throughout the wedding day, they blend into the background to capture the most natural emotions of the moment. The photos were absolutely gorgeous and they look great on our wall! The final video definitely shows how good Dan is at storytelling, as we still watch it once in a while to relive that day. 

The one thing I wish I did differently was to include more group combinations during the wedding party/family photo shoot. I was worried that we don’t have time for all combinations so I eliminated some before sharing the list with Dan, but later on I realized I didn’t take solo photo with my childhood best friend. I’d suggest to include as many combinations as possible and rank them with priorities, which should help Dan manage the photo shoot time. I also wish that I asked Dan to take more photos of us with the guests. He definitely captured many of them beautifully, but I could have asked him to follow us at least for the short 10-15 minutes when we talked to our guests, so we can focus on the conversations and still have the photos to remember the moments, especially with some guests that we rarely see. If you want to capture as many “people” in your wedding photos vs the special emotions or moments (which Dan is extremely good at), or have a balance between the two, make sure to communicate that with Dan."

stephanie + johnny
the five2five
buckley, washington

"The pictures and video far exceeded our expectations! It ended up raining on our wedding day and the last thing I wanted was to have our wedding indoors as we chose this venue and time of year specifically for its landscape and fall colors, but Dan knew exactly how to bring all of the elements together in such a beautiful, romantic, and fun way. And his turnaround on viewing the pictures and video was insanely fast. You will not regret going with Sound Originals! I can’t stop looking at all of the pictures - I just love them!"

REBEKAH & JOHN
JM CELLARS winery
WOODINVILLE, washington

"Dan was our photographer and videographer for our 8/04/19 wedding. When I first searched him up after stumbling upon him on Google, my husband and I were blown away by his amazing photos. We could tell he knew how to capture the magic in every shot he took. He also has such a great sense of humor and made us feel so comfortable. During our engagement photo shoot, he made us laugh so much making the whole process so easy. We loved that he is so chill yet so professional. Not once did we feel pressured or rushed. The wedding photos came out unbelievably well (and quicker than we expected!). We could tell that Dan spent a great amount of time editing. We were so impressed with how many beautiful moments he was able to get! The video was also amazing! Everything that we wanted to remember was in it. My husband and I got teary-eyed all over again watching it. We kept saying how romantic he made it look. We felt like stars in a movie trailer! Working with him was probably my favorite out of all the different vendors I had for my wedding day. 

So many of my friends observed him while he was taking photos and were admiring his professionalism and dedication. I felt so proud to say that he was my photographer and videographer. Please consider Dan and you will NOT be disappointed! And if you were looking for something specific, he is more than happy to help meet that vision."

cassie + jowell
edgewater hotel
seattle, washington

"Dan was incredible! Our intimate elopement was captured so beautifully. Dan was able to work with the backdrop and lighting to produce some exquisite photographs. Many of our friends and family had commented on how wonderful our photographer was to have provided some amazing photos. Dan was also very friendly and easy to work with. He truly helped capture our special day and we are forever grateful."

alex & kyle
woodmark hotel
kirkland, washington

"We are so thrilled to have chosen Sound Originals for our wedding! From the beginning, we wanted to make sure our photographer captured the moments with family and friends that we would otherwise miss during the festivities of the day. Dan understood that and was so easy to work with. Wedding photography really is an investment but I felt that Dan had both reasonable packages and overwhelmingly positive reviews and experience. I am so glad we booked him for our wedding! Day of, he was easy to work with and incredibly patient with our large families. He gave great directions for photos and also captured many of the natural moments between my husband and me. We had so many incredible photos after our wedding that I can't even pick my top 5 - they are so amazing! I also love his editing style since I found many photographers that had either an overly moody, dark style or were extremely bright and white. I know that my wedding pictures will look great for decades to come (and not look overly edited or styled). Also, the turn-around time was fantastic. We had a collection of initial images the next day (!) and our full album in a few weeks so I was incredibly impressed with the speed during a time when I know he had many other weddings he was working on. The one thing I wish we did differently is hire Dan for a longer time frame and also plan for specific pictures with us and our guests (we don't have enough with our favorite people). Overall we are so happy with the experience and we will treasure these photos forever!

jonica + kel
university of washington center for urban horticulture / arboretum
seattle, washington

"My husband and I are so happy that we worked with Dan and his team for our wedding photos and videography and we 100% recommend Sound Originals. I am not surprised at all that he's already mostly booked for 2021! It's clear to me that he loves what he does and loves making customers happy with such an important investment for a big day. We will treasure our photos and film for years to come.

The entire process from beginning to end of working with Dan was excellent. He always replied super quickly, and went out of his way to get us what we wanted. For example, we decided mere weeks before the wedding to hire a livestreamer instead of doing it ourselves, and Dan found us someone he had worked with before on very short notice and who was in our budget. And a month or two earlier we had had to reschedule the wedding and make some changes in the plan, and Dan was super responsive and helpful in getting us rescheduled. I had no idea planning my tiny wedding would be so stressful, and working with Dan was one of the least stressful aspects of the whole experience. And then afterwards, he got the finished product out SO quickly!! Just a few days after our ceremony, our family (who could not attend as they would all have had to fly) were able to watch a professional-quality video of our ceremony. In mere weeks we had our photos and then the film, and this timeline just blew me away. In addition to being just beautiful works of art in general, it really comes across, especially in the wedding film, that he got a sense of who we are as a couple, and incorporated that feel into the final product."

Thank you Dan and Sound Originals for immortalizing our special day!!

jen + brandon
lincoln park
seattle, washington

"Sound Originals is AMAZING!! My husband and I are very particular but Dan exceeded our standards. We did an engagement session with him and had him do our wedding photos and video. We couldn't be more happy with what we received. He knew exactly what we wanted and made it happen! I am very appreciative with how professional he is and how he is so responsive right away! He got our pictures back to us very fast. 10 out of 10 recommend!! We are soo in love with these photos!"

julia + jacob
orting manor
orting, washington

"Due to the pandemic my husband and I had to change all our wedding plans, and Dan was completely understanding. He is so easy to contact and communicated really well before, during and after our wedding. We ended up having a very intimate wedding, and Dan fit right in. He also respected our social distancing/mask requests. We could tell Dan was very thoughtful of all the pictures he took. He didn't take pictures just to take pictures. There were some amazing moments he captured that made us go, he took that? How did he even get that shot? Dan went with the pictures we wanted to take, as well as coming up with his own very creative ideas. We took some social distancing pictures with our parents, and Dan made them look purposeful and beautiful. We could tell Dan enjoyed a challenge. We ended up jumping into the lake at the end of our wedding and Dan took some amazing water shots of us which he said he hadn't really done before. We would have never known that was the case with the photos we got back. Dan also got our photos back to us extremely fast, and we absolutely are in awe with how they turned out. If you are on the fence about a photographer to hire for your wedding, your search is done. Hire Dan, you will be so happy you did. We already booked him again for our big reception in 2 years.

"Sound Originals was incredible. Super responsive and helpful with any questions we had. Dan has an incredible eye for great shots and edits so vividly. He is worth every penny, you will be so happy with your photos from him and his team! Thank you for everything from the bottom of our hearts.

melanie + michael
creekside events
chehalis, washington

"You can count on Dan and his team to deliver professional, clean, prompt, and stunning work. From booking to the finalized product Dan made sure everything went as smooth as could be. If you’re looking for quality and a stress free process Sound Originals is way. Thank you again for a wonderful experience."

maria + jairus
evergreen meadows garden event venue
snoqualmie, washington

"Dan was SO amazing capturing my engagement photos, love letter video, and wedding (as photographer and videograher)! His work with light is amazing, and I got so many compliments from people after the wedding saying that the photo/video team was great at always being there without getting in the way of guests watching the ceremony and other goings on. I would highly recommend Dan to other couples and families who want their special moments to be captured on film. Huzzah!"

"Dan was a wonderful choice for our winter wedding weekend. He was easy to be around, did a great job directing us, listened to our input, and was overall a super fun and friendly presence to have during our wedding weekend. I felt like he was one of the guests, except he also did an AMAZING job shooting our wedding. He was capable of many styles and immediately grasped the vibes we were going for. We especially loved his creativity as photographer for the wedding. He was constantly searching for new ideas/angles/styles of shots he had not done before. You could tell he loves his job and the joy was infectious. We HIGHLY recommend Dan and Sound Originals as your wedding photographer and videographer needs!"

CAROLYN + ABHISHEK
SLEEPING LADY MOUNTAIN RESORT
LEAVENWORTH, WASHINGTON

"I got married to my wife last summer and when she first brought up hiring a photographer for the wedding I was a little hesitant. I thought of all things I’m pretty sure I can get a friend or two to get pictures taken. Then eventually I agreed because, well, happy wife happy life right? It turned out that Dan and Sound Originals were absolutely worth every penny! I look back at our pictures and video and relive that day much easier thanks to the outstanding professional work he and his team produced that day as our wedding photographer and videographer. I felt he struck a perfect balance between stepping in and suggesting how and when would be good photos, but also stepping back and just capturing those special moments on our big day. Hiring Sound Originals in retrospect was one of the best decisions we made, I would not hesitate for a second to recommend them."

lacey + josh
dairyland
snohomish, WASHINGTON

"Mark and I were really lucky to find Sound Originals. 2020 started great - getting married! And then it became a nightmare of a year for weddings. Through our engagement shoot, and all three plannings of our wedding (!!), Dan helped us feel reassured that whatever we decided, he had our back. Our wedding day ended up being a lot different than we had initially planned, and we were so lucky to have Dan and his crew there to capture our unique and lovely day. The pictures they captured of us really show the biggest thing we felt that day - pure joy. You can see it in every shot. And the video he edited together for us was the perfect encapsulation of our day, it was truly just lovely. We were so happy with our pictures, our video, and Dan's great communication and flexibility through this craziness. Thank you so much for being there to capture our day."

jennifer + mark
gold creek pond elopement
snoqualmie pass, WASHINGTON / cascade mountains