Henry Tieu Photography, Seattle, WA (2026)

09/08/2026

Part 2 of Christina and Tyler’s story. This time, Greece. 🇬🇷
 Social media can be so loud sometimes. The more I scroll, the more I feel like everyone is screaming at us about things we’re supposed to want, supposed to value, supposed to do.

You’re supposed to take the shot.
You’re supposed to kiss here.
You’re supposed to make the moment look like something.

But the more lives I’ve been invited into, the less certain I’ve become about the word “supposed to.”

When we planned this morning, Christina and Tyler wanted it to feel like one of the trips they’ve always taken together. And after years of following their adventures on Facebook, I knew exactly what they meant.

Wander somewhere new. Get in the water. Lay in the sun. Kiss when you want to. Jump in because it looks fun.

Except this time, they were exploring a new country for the first time as husband and wife.

So instead of thinking about all the photographs we were supposed to make, I followed them around Greece with a few rolls of film and let the morning become whatever it wanted to be.

Maybe that’s what I’m learning about life too.

The less I worry about what something is supposed to look like, the more I get to see what it actually is.

And this was only the morning.

Part 3 is what happened when we traded swimsuits for wedding clothes and watched the sun go down over Greece. 🤍 Stay tuned 😘

Digital photos on Sony | Alpha
Film on Ektacolor Pro 400
Photo: Henry Tieu | Washington Wedding & Elopement Photographer
Content: Toronto & Destination Wedding Content Creator
Video: Toronto Wedding Photography & Cinematography Team
Veil: Sara Gabriel from The Modern Bride

Greece Wedding Photographer, Greece Elopement Photographer, Destination Wedding, Film Wedding & Elopement Photographer

09/02/2026

2 days in Italy. 1 in Greece. And somehow, 6 years in the making.

This was my first time photographing a wedding experience across two countries, and I have these two to thank for trusting me enough to dream this up with them.

But my story with Christina actually started six years ago, when I met her at the very last wedding photography workshop I ever taught.

And if you want to know what a warm sunset feels like as a person, it’s Christina.

I remember those nights after the workshop was over, when the presentations ended and we all sat around pouring our guts out about photography, life, and why we cared so much about documenting love.

Christina was always the person who listened, who made people feel seen, who somehow found something beautiful in everyone around her.

Six years later, I got to witness that same warmth between her and Tyler.

I felt it while we planned this together. I felt it through two days in Italy and another in Greece. And I felt it in the kind of trust that eventually makes you forget you’re supposed to be making photographs at all.

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the freedom of having nothing left to prove.

I know I would still make photographs. Maybe I’d just make them because I wanted to see what could exist, instead of wondering who would notice.

I think these photographs came from somewhere close to that.

Because art can only go as far as the trust we’re given.
And these two gave me so much of it.

Three days of photographing them, and even more days together in between, made saying goodbye harder than I expected.

Christina and Tyler, thank you for trusting me with all of this. For letting me dream alongside you, create freely, and most of all, for letting me witness a love that feels every bit as warm as the two of you.

So for now, here are a few pieces of Italy, with a tiny glimpse of Greece on the second slide.

Greece deserves a story of its own. 🤍 So stay tuned 🙂
For now, enjoy these digitals and films Sony | Alpha Kodak
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Destination wedding photographer, Dolomites Elopement, Italy Elopement

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HAMU: by the bride with lessons from
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08/25/2026

For once, the wedding photographer got to forget she was a wedding photographer.

Joy spends so much of her life behind a camera, preserving everyone else’s memories.

This time, it was finally her turn to live them.

And as nervous as I was photographing another wedding photographer, more than anything, I wanted Joy to NOT feel like a photographer for even just a day.

To fully be there with her life partner.
To forget about the world for a little while.
To simply be.

Somewhere between sunrise in the Dolomites, lunch on top of a mountain, hiking around in wedding clothes, burning through a few rolls of film and waiting for the sun to disappear, the camera started to feel like the least important part of the day.

I stopped thinking about making “good photographs.”

I started noticing the way they laughed.
The way they reached for each other.
The way Joy’s dress moved in the wind.
The way they danced together during golden sunset instead of posing for the camera.
The way neither of them seemed to care what we were doing next.

Funny how the less the day became about photographs, the more the photographs started to mean.

And maybe that was the whole point.
maybe that’s something all of us photographers need to remember sometimes.

We spend so much time thinking about photographs that it’s easy to forget why they matter in the first place.

They matter…
Because someone laughed like that.
Because you held each other there.
Because for one tiny chapter of your life, you were young and in love and running around the Dolomites in your wedding clothes without a care in the world.

To J and J, thank you for trusting another photographer with something you know the value of so deeply.

After spending so much of your life preserving memories for everyone else, Joy, I hope these photographs remind you what it felt like when it was finally your turn to simply live them.

Photographer: Henry Tieu | Washington Wedding & Elopement Photographer
Accommodation: Brondstott Farm & Suites Kronplatz
HMUA: Grace McConnellogue | Lake Como Bridal Makeup & Spray Tan
Florals: Margherita Dalle Ceste
Bride’s Dress: LOVELY BRIDE HOUSTON
Rings & accessories: Valobra Master Jewelers
Groom’s Suit: Suitsupply
Boat: lago di Braies la palafitta | boat experience
Catering & Cake: AlpiNN by Norbert Niederkofler

08/20/2026

When I was an ICU nurse, I witnessed firsthand how quickly a moment can pass.

The promise of a better tomorrow is one none of us can ever make.

Then I picked up a camera.

At first, I thought photography was about capturing the beauty of life. But I quickly realized that every time I press the shutter, I’m saying hello to a photograph and goodbye to a moment in time.

All the people in this room?
Who knows when everyone will be together like this again.

The kids running around?
One day, they’ll rather be with their friends than here with us.

Your parents dancing?
Someday, you’ll realize they were younger in this photograph than you remember them being.

The people you love are changing right in front of you.

So are you.

Healthcare and Photography have taught me that nothing is forever. And maybe beauty exists not despite that, but because of it.

So I’ve learned to stop fighting imperfection.

The wind ruins the hair and makes the photograph.
Someone laughs in the middle of crying.
The photo is blurry because the hug happened faster than I anticipated.
The light disappears before we’re ready.

And sometimes, years later, those are the photographs that hurt a little more to look at.

Because they feel alive.

I used to think my job was to make moments beautiful.

The longer I do this, the more I realize my job is to notice the beauty that was already there.

The wrinkles.
The tears.
The muddy dresses
The crooked smiles.
The people who showed up.

All the little imperfections that simply say: We were here and all of this was real!

Maybe that’s what photography and living this one life have in common.

They ask us to love something while knowing we cannot keep it.

A photograph can’t stop time.
But for 1/1000th of a second, it can bear witness to it.

Then the shutter closes.

The hug ends.
The light changes.
Everyone gets a little older.

And somehow, we get to keep a tiny piece of evidence that it happened at all.

Happy World Photography Day.

Take the blurry photos.
Take the imperfect photos.
Take the ordinary Wednesday photos.

Especially of the people you love.
One day, you won’t care whether they were perfect. You’ll just be grateful they existed.

08/18/2026

K + L had been to the Faroe Islands before.

I hadn’t.

So for two days, they took me back to some of their favorite places from their last trip…and somehow, we made completely new memories in all of them.

We said hi to every sheep and horse that would tolerate us 😂
We went to Tórshavn City Hall where they officially became wife and wife 🥹🏳️‍🌈
We pulled over on the side of the road for their first dance because in the Faroe Islands, apparently even the side of the road can look like that.

Then the next day, we hiked.
We crossed streams, got our boots soaked, climbed until there was nobody else around, and eventually found ourselves standing above the North Atlantic.

That was where K + L read their vows.

There’s something about photographing another q***r love story that will always hit a little differently for me.

Maybe because so many of us grew up NEVER seeing stories like ours reach this part.

The wedding.
The marriage.
The growing old together.

And now I get to stand behind a camera and watch it happen in front of me.
I think that’s why these two days stayed with me.

K + L came back to the Faroe Islands thinking they already knew this place.

But now there’s a City Hall where they got married.
A random road where they had their first dance.
A few streams they crossed in wedding clothes.

And a cliff somewhere above the ocean where they promised each other forever.

Same place. Completely different memories.

Thank you K + L for showing me a place you already loved and trusting me to document the reason you’ll love it a little differently now. ❤️

A mixture of digitals and film Sony | Alpha Kodak Ektacolor Pro 400

Florals: Akkuleya
HMUA: MAKEUP & HAIR ARTIST ICELAND❄️🌋🌌
Dress: Daci Gowns - wedding dress designer & Catherine Deane | Bridal
Suit: Uncommon Closet
Airbnb: Hanusarstova

Destination Elopement Photographer, Q***r Wedding Photographer, Film Wedding Photographer, Faroe Islands Elopement

08/10/2026

The most stressful part of A and J’s elopement in the Dolomites wasn’t planning or hiking.

It was trying to book the iconic rowboats at Lago di Braies 😅

I’ve been lucky enough to return here every year to document love stories, so when A and J told me they wanted to exchange vows at the boathouse and have a private experience on the lake, there was one thing I kept reminding them:

WE NEED THAT RESERVATION 😂

All of us marked our calendars.
We all had alarms set.

Then the website crashed and none of us got the private booking we wanted.

So…we went anyway.

A and J still woke up early for sunrise.

The mountains didn’t seem to care whether we were on a boat or standing on the shoreline.

And having more people around also meant random strangers walking by yelling “Auguri!” to A and J, which honestly made the morning even more fun.

Then a few days before flying to Italy, A’s grandma became too sick to make the trip.

And yes, she was going to fly ALL the way to Italy to watch her granddaughter marry her new grandson-in-law 🥹

So when it was time for family photos, grandma was there too.

On FaceTime.
Held up between everyone.
Smiling from thousands of miles away.

The next day, we wandered around Cortina.

We drank coffee.
Walked through little streets.
Talked about life.
Took photos whenever something felt right.

And I think somewhere in those two days, I was reminded why I never want an elopement to feel like a checklist of beautiful places.

Because years from now, I don’t think A and J will talk about the boat reservation we couldn’t get.

They’ll talk about strangers yelling “Auguri!”
They’ll remember grandma smiling through a phone.
They’ll remember walking around Cortina as newlyweds with nowhere they needed to rush off to.

Life will keep changing the plans.
Marriage probably will too.

But I hope when it does, they keep doing exactly what they did here…find each other in the middle of it and keep going.

Thank you A and J for trusting me with the plans we made, the ones we had to change, and everything beautiful we found in between.

Digitals on Sony | Alpha
Film on Kodak

08/03/2026

It was my first time on a seaplane.
It wasn’t for A & D.

In fact, the reason we ended up at this hidden corner of the Sunshine Coast, British Columbia, was because their first seaplane adventure never happened.

Bad weather canceled that trip for them so A joked, “You owe me a seaplane adventure.”

In the world of Google and AI, they opened a paper map.
That’s how they found this place.

I think that’s what I adore most about these two.

They’re curious.
About the world.
About each other.
About who they’re becoming.

Years before this day, we crossed paths in the wilderness while photographing different couples. (A is also an incredible elopement photographer himself)

That was when he told me“When I get married, you’ll be my photographer.”

Their wedding was supposed to happen in 2025.
Life asked them to wait.

Funny how a postponed wedding, a canceled seaplane, and an old paper map all pointed us to the same place.

I guess some promises don’t need the shortest route.
Just the right one.

As much as I love the seaplane, the waterfall, and every adventure we shared that day, my favorite photographs happened quietly
I love the moments of A & D sitting together, reading the letters they wrote for one another
I love the portrait of A and his scar

Some love stories are written in letters.
Others are written in scars.
Both deserve to be held gently.

A mix of digitals, 35mm & medium format Kodak film from one unforgettable day on the Sunshine Coast, BC

Photography Henry Tieu | Washington Wedding & Elopement Photographer
Venue / Florals / Food: West Coast Wilderness Lodge
Suit: Sew Generously Bespoke
Rings: Tiffany & Co.
Boots: Thursday Boot Company

07/14/2026

I have a whole post planned for V and T. I picked all the photos. Wrote a long caption (like if any of my caption is ever short lol)

Then these film scans came back…and I threw everything out the window
Okay, maybe not everything. :)

I still can’t wait to share the digital story of these two, their people, and the beautiful, intentional two-day wedding experience they created together.

But these felt like they deserved their own little chapter.
A collection of 35mm and medium format photographs from the Southern Oregon Coast.

It rained the entire day before
It rained the entire day after.
And somehow, life left us with two days of sunshine, wind, and the kind of light you spend years hoping to stumble upon.

People often ask why I keep shooting film when digital is faster, easier, and far more reliable.

I think maybe because film constantly asks me to trust

Every roll feels like I’m borrowing confidence I haven’t quite earned yet.

There isn’t a screen to check.
No second chances.
No “let’s try that again.”

Just light.
Instinct.
And hope that somewhere between what I imagined and what actually happened…there will be something worth remembering…like the double exposure you see here that I hoped would turn out but wouldn’t see until weeks later.

Maybe that’s why I’ve fallen so deeply in love with it.
Because the uncertainty become part of the art

Because film reminds me so much of marriage.

You walk into both without guarantees.

You make decisions before knowing how they’ll turn out.
You trust the person standing beside you.
You trust yourself.

Maybe that’s the lesson film keeps trying to teach me.

The best things in life usually ask for our trust long before they give us proof.

Thank you V and T for all the trust you have for me to create these images

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Photographed on Kodak Ektacolor Pro 400
Dev/Scan by PhotoVision
Venue: Crook Point
Florals: Carrie Crook Floral & Events
HMUA: Adventure Elopement Hair & Makeup Artist | Meaghan
Dress: Azazie
Suit: StudioSuits
Catering: Black Trumpet Bistro

07/11/2026

12 years of calling you home.

Sometimes I wonder whether the younger version of us could have even imagined the life we have now.

We quit our day jobs.
Chased after our dreams.
Followed our clients to different corners of the world.

I thought traveling would teach me about the world.
Instead, it taught me who I am when I get to experience it beside you.

12 years.
Two little humans.
Endless adventures.
A love that somehow keeps getting quieter…
and deeper.

For families like ours, the world often tells us to dream smaller.

Instead, we built a life bigger than either of us ever imagined.

Thank you for making home a person instead of a place.

Maybe that’s why every time I photograph two people in love, I’m not looking for a perfect photograph.
I’m looking for the feeling of coming home.

You’re forever the quiet inspiration behind my art.
Every time I witness two people choosing each other, I can’t help but think of us.

Happy anniversary, my love.

06/28/2026

Pride is in the surgeries.
…the consultations.
…the waiting rooms.
…the fear of going under anesthesia and not knowing what happens next.
The scars you carry because feeling at home in your own body was worth the risk.

Pride is in being told you’re wrong.
…being shamed.
…being abandoned.
…being kicked out of the places that were supposed to keep you safe.
And somehow finding the strength to keep going when the world feels cruel, lonely, and impossibly heavy.

Pride is grieving people who are still alive.
…the family members who stopped calling.
…the friends who disappeared.
…the realization that some people would rather lose you than learn who you truly are.
Then you realize that family isn’t always the people who raised you. Sometimes it’s the people who stayed.

Pride is the glance across a restaurant.
…the second look at the airport.
…the silent question hiding behind a stranger’s smile, “How can you have kids?”
…the awareness that for some people, your family still doesn’t make sense.
And because of that, your guard never fully comes down.
Because your children deserve to feel safe in your arms.

Pride is the first time someone calls you by the right name.
The first time you see yourself in the mirror and recognize the person looking back.
The first kiss, the first dance, the first “I love you.”
And the first time hearing someone say it back

Pride is the first time you realize you’re no longer surviving.
You’re finally living.

Pride is just a month for some
Pride is a lifetime for people like us

A lifetime of choosing authenticity over approval.
Love over fear.
Hope over shame.

And if you’re reading this while wondering whether you belong here…
You do.

I may be just one account on the internet.
But I’ll always be a safe place for you.

Photos of q***r love from our whole team (Henry, Sergio, and Nick)
Happy Pride from your q***r wedding & elopement photographers

Photographed on Sony | Alpha edited with HD Presets

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