Welcome to our Site! Welcome to our new blog & website, the one and only home of all things Ella Blue!  We're so excited to share this amazing collaboration with you all.  After many long hours of mind-melting over hot mugs of coffee, our ideas and inner voices have finally materialized into an amazing website & blog combination that truly represents who we are as a boutique photography company.  Our hope is that this won't simply be a place for people to come and look at photos, but a place where you can experience the things that drive us to create.  So please, enjoy some of our favorite songs, get to know us, and share in some of the most impressionable moments in people's lives. 
Brady
August 18, Portraits
I was at my parents' beach house the other night with Jason & the kids.  After a nice home-cooked meal, my dad lit a campfire.  The setting sun and clouds painted the sky over Vashon Island in rich purples and oranges.  Before I even realized all the salmon jumping in and out of the water, Jason and the kids were already knee-deep with their fishing lines in the water.  They didn't catch anything, but it didn't seem to matter.  There they were, all in a row under the sky, casting their lines in silence.  Moments like these are there waiting for us all the time.  Waiting for us to stop and absorb the wonder that's around us always.  

Photographing the early life of a child is a rare opportunity to save moments like these forever.  This is Brady...and he's seizing the day.

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Tana H says:

What a cutie!! I love the black and whites!!

(08.18.09 @ 10:34 PM)
heather says:

oh my, what a cutie pie. wonderful work with this one! Love the vertical one with the house in the background.

 (08.19.09 @ 02:17 AM)
Sharla & Tyler: Preview
August 16, Weddings
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Angela Starr says:

I am so excited to see these pictures. Thank you for being so amazing on my sister's special day!!

 (08.16.09 @ 01:02 AM)
Janet Starr says:

Expectancy!

 (08.19.09 @ 04:46 PM)
Dad says:

Priceless!!! Looking forward to seeing the capture of Tyler and Sharla's precious moments and memories on their special day.

 (08.20.09 @ 05:00 PM)
Aaron says:

Great picture! Cant wait to see the rest

 (08.20.09 @ 06:34 PM)
Julie Hartman says:

wow, I just love your stuff Crystal (and Jason). I love just looking at your blog for inspiration! I admire your work!

 (09.23.09 @ 11:36 PM)
One of life's simple pleasures
August 14, Miscellaneous
Coffee.  I'm not sure sure we can even really call it a beverage.  I mean, it is a beverage, technically.  But it's so much more than that.  It's an accessory really...an accessory of the moment.  When I wake on a crisp fall morning, slide my feet into wool-lined slippers and head downstairs to make breakfast for the kids, it's coffee.  That's the reward.  That's the accompaniment to a good song played at volume 25, the chenille blanket over my legs, and cornbread warming in the oven.  In the end folks, it's coffee.  And at it's best, Stumptown. 


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jenny says:

you guys and your incredible detail shots...sheesh. thank you for always inspiring me towards a thoughtful eye to the little things around me...

 (08.15.09 @ 10:20 AM)
Casey Warren says:

Love this blog post! reminds me of how much I love Seattle

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Becka @Studio222 Photography says:

I LOVE coffee. It's always been a dream of mine to one day open a little coffee shop of my own. And I'm make my baristas could make little pictures in the foam. :)

 (08.16.09 @ 02:56 PM)
Brady
August 13, Portraits
"Oh, dude." was his first phrase... 

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Roscoe Family
August 12, Portraits
I spent a warm summer evening last week with this beautiful family and couldn't believe how perfectly happy they all were, I knew right away it was going to be a great session. Dr. Seuss, bubbles and giant lollipops, what could be more fun than that?!

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Emily says:

Gorgeous. You know im a sucker for family portraits!

 (08.12.09 @ 07:53 PM)
Heather says:

loving your selective focus on some of these, super cool!

 (08.12.09 @ 08:22 PM)
Annie says:

As usual a beautiful job! I love the lollipop picture!

 (08.12.09 @ 11:05 PM)
jenny says:

oh the monkey & the lollipops...love this session so much! beautiful pics, Crystal!

 (08.13.09 @ 03:03 PM)
jenny says:

oh the monkey & the lollipops...love this session so much! beautiful pics, Crystal!

 (08.13.09 @ 04:01 PM)
Gerald says:

Adorable! They are just having so much fun together! Great job...

 (08.14.09 @ 09:07 AM)
Aunt Connie says:

Photos that move the viewer to see, feel, & sense the emotions therein, are truly a success ... This was accomplished !!! Enjoyed them,, Thank You : )

 (08.15.09 @ 08:07 AM)
Jim Shockman says:

What amazing pictures. These pictures remind me about what a beautiful world it is

 (08.19.09 @ 12:17 PM)
Melody Hansen says:

Wow, what a great photo shoot! :) I would love to do something just like this with my family!!!

(09.28.09 @ 09:50 AM)
Amber Snow says:

Not sure how I just landed on your blog, but I am glad I did. Your work is amazing! I adore your branding, and I'm inspired by how personal you've made it all seem. These shots are fantastic - love that sock monkey!

(07.08.10 @ 05:22 PM)