Alex Claudio Photography · Seattle & Europe · since 2014

We photograph the day you’ll be too busy to see.

We’re a husband-and-wife team from Seattle, working across the Pacific Northwest and Europe. Both of us photograph every hour you book.

Check your date Walk through the day

A couple kissing on a dirt road between wooden fences, with a mountain valley behind them

Bride in a white gown and groom in a navy tuxedo standing against a pale wall

Bride and groom on a pebble beach beside a bank of red poppies

Bride and groom smiling at each other among ferns and tall trees

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I Getting ready

Half of your wedding happens behind your back.

So there are two of us. While you get ready in separate rooms, one of us stays with each of you. At the ceremony, one of us watches you and the other watches everyone watching you.

Camera one

A bride doing her makeup, seen in a round mirror

A bride laughing as she lifts her gown in a brick-walled room

A lace gown and a bouquet of peach and white flowers on the grass

Camera two

A groom laughing as he reads a card, in black and white

A groom laughing with an older man who helps him into his jacket, in black and white

A groom in a burgundy jacket standing on a red carpet

Long reception tables with greenery under brick arches, set before the guests arrive

II The ceremony

One of us faces you. The other faces everyone who came.

You get your own faces, and theirs: your parents, your oldest friends, and a few people you didn’t know were crying.

A ceremony beneath a wooden arch draped in blue fabric, while a boy in a suit watches from the side

III Golden hour

When the light turns, we’ll borrow you for a few minutes.

You’ll be back with your guests before your drink gets warm.

Bride and groom by a wooden fence, with a lake and mountains behind them — 18

A couple holding each other in a meadow, lit from behind by a low sun — 21

A woman looks back over her shoulder while sitting close to her partner in tall grass by the water — 22

A couple walking hand in hand through a sunlit meadow — 24

A couple laughing together beside the water — 27

A couple kissing beneath a wooden pier — 31

Newlyweds walking through a line of guests holding sparklers and umbrellas at night, in black and white

IV After dark

Don’t send us home at the first dance.

You’ll barely remember the end of the night. You were in the middle of it. If the send-off matters to you, book enough hours to reach it.

V A few weeks later

Every photograph you receive was chosen by one of us.

We go through your whole day frame by frame, keep the ones worth keeping, and edit each of them ourselves.

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A woman leaning down to kiss her partner lying in the grass, in black and white

A close bridal portrait with blue eye makeup

Bride and groom embracing on a garden path

A woman laughing as her partner leans in, beside a wooden pier

A bride and her bridesmaids holding bouquets, mountains behind them

Bride and groom walking through a garden

Groom and bride standing close under tall evergreens

Bride and groom beneath a white garden arch

A couple embracing in a meadow, in black and white

A woman embracing her partner from behind

VI Pricing

How much of the day should we keep?

Weddings start at $4,000, with both of us photographing every hour. Slide the window across the day to find the hours you need, and we’ll build your proposal around them.

1:00 to 9:00 pm

An example day. Drag the window, or use the arrow keys, to match yours.

Weddings start at

$4,000

Both of us, for every hour you book
A consultation and timeline planning before the day
Every photograph edited by us, in high resolution
A private online gallery, with downloads and personal printing rights

Engagement sessions, extra hours and custom-designed leather albums can be added. Ask us about elopements and destination weddings.

Your window: eight hours, 1:00 to 9:00 pm. We’ll price your proposal around it.

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The starting price is in US dollars. Coverage, tax, travel and anything you add are confirmed in your proposal before you book.

VII From couples

What they wrote afterwards.

“Alex moved through our day like a ghost with a camera. Six weeks later we opened the gallery and cried: every moment we’d forgotten, quietly held.”
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“The photographs look like a film of someone else’s wedding, except they’re ours. It’s the finest gift we’ve given each other.”
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“We hired Alex for the pictures and got a photographer who felt like an old friend by the end of the night. Rare thing.”
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Black-and-white portrait of Alex Claudio

Black-and-white portrait of the studio's second photographer

VIII The studio

We’re married, and we photograph every wedding together.

We’ve photographed weddings since 2014, at home around Puget Sound and across Europe. It starts with a conversation about your day, and both of us are there for every hour you book.

IX Write to us

Start with a letter.

We answer every inquiry ourselves, within a few hours.