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Anticipating the Moments Between

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The moments you’ll want back.

We’re tminspired Photography, a team led by Taylor Ochoa, documenting weddings across the West Coast. The best photographs are about moments, not poses. The real, in between ones. So we spend your wedding anticipating them, reading what is about to happen and being in place before it does, so nothing is staged and nothing is missed.

Your gallery becomes the first heirloom of everything you are building together.

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Unhurried & always ahead of the moment

  • A wedding day moves quickly, and most of it happens only once..
    Our work is to stay ahead of it so you never have to. We photograph in a documentary way, guided when you want direction and unobtrusive when you do not, so the day feels like yours rather than a series of setups. You will not find us rushing you from one pose to the next. You will find us already there when the moment happens. Take a glimpse into a real wedding day.

  • You are never working with only one of us
    Every wedding is covered by a lead photographer and a second, so nothing is missed from either side of the room, and because our associate photographers are hand trained by Taylor, you receive the same eye and the same care whether you book Taylor or a member of the team. We work closely with your planner and vendors so the day unfolds the way it was designed to, and we come prepared for whatever it brings, including the weather.

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  • bride laughs and holds bouquet
  • couple dancing on wedding reception dance floor holding their dog

Unwavering dedication to your love story


Taylor’s understanding of weddings deepened after her own.

A wildfire forced a last minute relocation, and the day still became something worth remembering. It showed her how much depth a wedding holds, and how much a photographer’s ability to adapt can protect it. That understanding shapes how the whole team works.

We know a wedding is unpredictable, we know how quickly it turns into memory, and we know the difference a calm, prepared team makes when the unexpected arrives. So we plan for whatever the day asks of you, we stay ahead of it, and we keep you present through all of it.

300+

Wedding celebrations
documented

50+

Published features
in magazines & blogs

16

Years of experience

At TMinspired Photography,

WE CELEBRATE LOVE

Regardless of your gender, sexuality, religion, race, or ability, your relationship is remarkable. It is worth documenting, celebrating, and protecting. Wherever your story begins, we would be honored to tell it.

Let us hold the moments you’ll want back

Tell us your date, your venue, and what matters most to you both, and we will help you find the collection that fits your day.

INQUIRE
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  • two brides cuddle in front of water
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At tmInspired, we celebrate love. Regardless of your gender, sexuality, religion, race, or ability, your relationship is remarkable.

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When you become a mom, you meet time. You notice When you become a mom, you meet time.

You notice it in small ways. Shoes that were the right size at the last fitting and already pinch. A toddler watching the oldest guests at the wedding cross the same gravel she just learned to walk on.

We photograph a lot of weddings where the youngest and oldest guests are the ones who end up telling a whole other story. They sit where no one thinks to look, and they see the whole room from down there.

Years from now these are the frames that hit differently. Not because anything happened in them, but because of what time does to a photo you did not think much about at the time.

Most of what we do is anticipate. We watch for the moments no one is planning to remember, because those are usually the memories you’ll want back.

Second shot for @ridgewoodfilms 🫶🏻

Seattle wedding photographer, documentary style wedding photos, Washington wedding photographer, chateau lill wedding
This is the part we think about the most. Not th This is the part we think about the most. 

Not the dress or the flowers (though we love those too). But it’s the moment a grandfather gets pulled into a hug and forgets anyone is watching. The friends who flew in. The parents who have known this day was coming for decades and are finally in it.

What a truly special day it is.

A wedding is one of the only times everyone a couple loves is in the same room at the same time. It almost never happens again. So we spend the day watching for it. The tears during a toast, the dance floor that fills and never empties, the two people who slip away for a second and then get folded right back into the crowd.

This is what it is about. Your favorite people, your favorite day, all of it happening at once. We are just there to make sure you get to keep it.

Seattle wedding photographer, documentary style wedding photographer, real wedding inspiration, candid wedding moments
Nobody wanted to sit down. The dance floor was on Nobody wanted to sit down.

The dance floor was on the water, the skyline was doing its thing behind them, and their favorite people showed up ready to celebrate. A day like this feels like a reunion first and a wedding second.

Kendra and JC’s wedding was unmistakably theirs. Those are the weddings we love the most.

As wedding photographers, we spend most of the day directing and then the rest of the day anticipating. We are always reading the room, watching for what might happen, and making sure we are in position when it does. The blurred photo is one of our favorite frames from the night, and it was not on anyone’s shot list.

Seattle wedding photographer, MV Skansonia wedding photographer, Washington wedding photographers, candid wedding photography
Intention. The word a lot of our couples use to de Intention. The word a lot of our couples use to describe their plan for their wedding day. They want to be intentional about the details, the flow and the experience of their guests. They want to fuse in moments and little details that celebrate their love story and this next chapter.

And they want a photographer who approaches their day with intention, too.

To anticipate moments, to be intentional in composition, lighting, angles and storytelling. To guide and direct a wedding day without overstepping, allowing real moments to unfold. To celebrate trends and styles but will choose to put more emphasis on what will be timeless.

Wedding photos are the first heirlooms you will pass down to the next generations. Let us celebrate that with the intentionality you deserve.

VENDORS:
Photography: @tminspired
Planner: @gatherandcheer
Host: @jenpattersonphoto
Ceremony & Reception Florals: @moonflowerdesignco
Makeup: @kaylakollection
Hair: @hollytipphairandmakeup
Content Creation: @alelou.co
Stationery & Signage: @junepress
Bridal Attire & Jewelry: @thewhitedoorbridal
Venue & Bartop Florals: @hotelsorrentoweddings @levasheffdesigns
Rentals: @cortpartyrental
Cake Design: @lil.cakery
Pianist: @keysandprosecco
Scents: @thescentofbellevueavenue
Models: @kylieengelhard1 paultaylor_29

Seattle wedding photographer, downtown Seattle wedding, summer wedding inspiration
Eunice and Amit wanted their wedding celebration t Eunice and Amit wanted their wedding celebration to feel like a beautiful dinner party centered around their closest people at one of their favorite restaurants in Seattle. That’s exactly what they got and it was so lovely to witness. The way these two foster connection within their community is inspiring. ✨

Venue: @canlisrestaurant 
Photographer: @tminspired
Videographer: @nathanochoa
Coordinator: @socialbysilvia
HMUA: @velvetandvenusbeauty
Henna artist: @avanihenna_seattle 
Cake: @deepseasugar

Canlis wedding photographer, real wedding inspiration, Seattle wedding photographer, documentary wedding photographer
For the couples who want their wedding gallery to For the couples who want their wedding gallery to feel like a piece of their story, not just a big photo shoot. ✨

Seattle wedding photographer, Columbia collective wedding, real wedding inspiration, summer wedding inspo
Carly & Colin on digital & film ✨ Tacoma wedding Carly & Colin on digital & film ✨

Tacoma wedding photographer, engagement photographer in Seattle, point defiance engagement pictures, Seattle wedding photographer
STORY TIME 14 years ago, I photographed my first STORY TIME

14 years ago, I photographed my first solo wedding.

I was 20 years old and had 2 years of wedding experience, but never as a lead. The clients knew this, agreed to this, and I charged them $500 for a full 8 hour day (just so it wasn’t “free”)

And in the end… they hated the photos.

The bride described herself as very expressive. Asked for multiple re-edits, expected photos we did not discuss prior (They were not industry standard photos, but my inexperience showed in how I handled her expectations), and nearly asked for a refund.

I almost quit wedding photography all together.

Maybe I wasn’t cut out for this.

But I persevered and I’m so glad I did. My second couple was an absolute BLESSING. Their wedding was the experience I once wished I had instead for the start of my career.

But now I think otherwise.

There is no way to redo a wedding and I’ve never taken that lightly. For years, I felt shame over these photos.

But I have a new understanding of it all now and appreciate how much I’ve grown.

I actually think I did a pretty good job, too, all things considered (shall I list all the things I had to pivot through, like my 2nd photographer I hired to help me who left during dinner without notice??)

I’m sad that they were unhappy, but I’m still grateful for the experience. 

This is a passion that runs so deep that even when I crashed and burned that first time, I got up and did it again.

I worked harder, communicated better, became more prepared.

I learned from every lesson in which I failed.

A lot of my journey has been exciting. But most of it hasn’t been easy… it’s been earned.

I love this industry down to my bones.

Now, when June 23rd rolls around, I’m not haunted by the memories of failure. Instead, I’m reminded of the resilience I see in this industry, and also in myself. 💛
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