Seattle Metropolitan Bride and Groom FEATURE!

We are so excited that Brian and Andrea’s wedding was chosen to be featured in the current edition of Seattle Metropolitan Bride and Groom!

Their wedding was absolutely amazing and we had so much fun touring Seattle's historic Pioneer Square neighborhood with the bride and groom in a horse-drawn carriage.

Their cosmopolitan urban style wedding took place in a room filled with natural light pouring through the Court in the Square's five-story glass-enclosed architecture. The emotional and spirit filled ceremony took place in front of the reflecting pond with gerbera daisies and floating candles adding to the dreamy atmosphere.

Check out their wedding images by clicking here or on the image below:

The Knot.com FEATURE!

Last May we had the great honor of photographing the wedding of Tim and Sara in South Caseco, Maine. Their wedding was so beautiful it was chosen to be featured on The Knot.com!

Their three day wedding event took place at Migis Lodge, on Sebago Lake in South Casco Maine. This beautiful location created the rustic setting Tim and Sara had dreamed of for their Memorial Day wedding. Small, intimate cabins connected by firewood-lined trails provided adequate lodging for all during the weekend-long event.

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Life is Truth

Life is genuine experience. Being caught in the rain and the only one around to see the rainbow. Running out of gas on a down-slope and rolling to the gas pump. Bumping into a good friend on the street that you were just thinking about and changing your plans to catch up. Swimming in the ocean with a horse.

Life is rock and roll. Listening to vinyl on your own Zenith consol. Our favorite vinyl album is Bob Dylan’s “Nashville Skyline.” Our favorite band of all time is Ween. Cory still has his “Thriller” album. LaRae still has “Like a Virgin”.

Life is the 80s. When hangin’ with us you will hear words like: awesome, dude, totally, extreme, that rocks, and like wicked – can you dig? We both wear Converse All Stars. We remember needing a quarter and a phone booth to check in with parental units. Our first game system was an Atari. Pitfall rocks! Cory wore parachute pants.

Life is preserving all the truthful, funny, poignant, or just plain real moments in life. We feel that by sharing ourselves with others we are rewarded with a unique glimpse of life through our lens.

Life is being children of the 70s growing up in suburban America meeting at a doughnut shop. If that’s not sweet, what is? LaRae was 15, Cory was 17. The year was 1991. We first danced to “More Than Words” by Extreme; LaRae donning braces, Cory’s recently removed (don’t laugh). We married 5 years later and have been collaborating as a team since then. Our photography business has been growing since our start in Puyallup, Washington in 1998. In 2003 LaRae discovered our future in the Center of the Universe. Fremont, a vibrant artist neighborhood north of downtown Seattle, nestled next to the Lake Washington Ship Canal, is a community where we have found our home and are continually growing roots.

Life is community. We are members of the Fremont Chamber of Commerce and Fremont Arts Council. We’ve recently moved into a new office space located in the brand new Fremont Space Building, a building filled with a dynamic mix of professional artists and businesses. We are active chairpersons and volunteers of the Fremont First Friday Art Walk.

Life is freedom. We sold our car in November 2007 to get more exercise and we use the Zipcar/Flexcar program for some errands and we utilize it for all photography assignments. Zaip/Flexcar vehicles are all within a 1-3 block walking distance of our home and we totally dig being a part of a community car program.

We are a wife and husband team and have photographed all photography sessions together since 1998. We believe that our collaboration with our clients and subjects and our strong professional relationship is what makes our work stand out.

We work from our home in Chicago, Illinois and Seattle, Washington and our office in the Fremont Space Building. We both actively pursue various editorial projects. Our assignments, including wedding photography, have taken us from Washington State to Idaho, Oregon, Texas, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Hawaii, France, Italy, Mexico, and 34 of the continental United States during a 10,053-mile, four-week road trip.

LaRae & Cory Lobdell

Art Shows

Lifework Images Cooperative Exhibits

Mexico, custom hand finished digital images in restored antiqued frames - Cafe Flora, Seattle, WA. August 2007
Year of Life, 18x12 inch custom hand finished digital images from the ongoing current essay - Lifework Images studio, Seattle, WA.
Yelapa - Jalisco, Mexico, Fremont Starbucks, Seattle, WA. April 2006
Lifework: Weddings, Fremont Starbucks, Seattle, WA. February 2005

Lifework Images Cooperative Projects

Year of Life, OUR YEAR IN 2007 - Sparked by a bloody accident and the new possibilities of digital photography, we attempted to capture a year of our life in images.
See Sad Cedric, a children’s art book about a Dalmatian named Cedric, is currently in progress and features a decade (1996-2006) of LaRae and Cory’s images of their dog.
America 2002, May 19 – June 14, 2002. In less than four weeks, the couple travel 10,053-miles of road throughout 34 of the continental United States in less than four weeks by means of their small car packed with food, an Atlas, two cameras, 16 rolls of B&W film and no plan.
Seattle to Vegas and Back in 77 Hours, May 17th 10:00 pm –May 21st 3:00 am, 2001. LaRae and Cory’s 77-hour road-trip adventure in their small sports coupe lead them through country back roads through Death Valley and on to the City of Sin.

LaRae’s Solo Exhibits

Dreaming of Italy, Fremont Starbucks, Seattle, WA. June 2005
Working Artists of Fremont, Fremont Starbucks, Seattle, WA. October 2003
Salsa, “A dizzying glimpse into Seattle's Latin dance scene.” – Cory Lobdell. Three showings: Fremont Starbucks, Seattle, WA. October 2003, Suite G, Seattle, WA. January – May 2004, and Marcus’ Martini Heaven, Seattle, WA. June 2004
Risk, “Photographs of uninhibited women, in their many manifestations.” – Emily Hall, The Stranger. Marcus’ Martini Heaven, Seattle, WA. June 2004
The Movement, Suite G, Seattle, WA. January-June 2004
Chicago Inner-City School Garden Project, 2004


Cory’s Solo Exhibits

Modern Expressionism, Fremont Starbucks, Seattle, WA. April 2005