Tessa's #2 favorite on location site for portraits...

So far, I've revealed my favorite places #5- Sammamish Commons Park, #4- Bellevue Botanical Gardens, and #3- Tolt MacDonald Park in Carnation.  My next one is in the heart of Seattle. It has an amazing industrial feel, and yet, you can get the Space Needle in the background of some of your amazing portraits overlooking Lake Union.  You might even get a Ride the Duck somewhere in your bokeh... ;) .  So far, it has been a favorite location for my Senior boys, but I'm itching to take some Senior girls there, or better yet some couples or engagement shots there!  My #2 favorite spot for portrait taking is...

#2: Gasworks Park in Seattle- This park offers so many portrait opportunities! It's a public park on the site of the former Seattle Gas Light Company.  Gas Works park contains remnants of the sole remaining coal gasification plant in the US.  As you walk into the park, there are wonderful cement arches that provide the first great spot to take pictures.

From there, you can move to the undercover old boiler room area.  The colors are great there and I've used my reflector to bounce outside light onto the faces of my clients.

After this point, you can walk towards the water, and the opportunities are endless.

Unfortunately, the earth mound with the sun dial at the top is closed off right now for the completion of a play area that will hopefully be done soon.  The top of this mound is the greatest vantage point to get the space needle in the back ground.  No problem... It will just make me that much more determined to get back and shoot at this park when it opens back up.

So, girls and couples (and obviously Senior boys  :) )...  I challenge you to an amazing photo shoot at Seattle Gasworks Park!!!