UW Photo Day: a gallery of great memories

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Saturday, August 10 and Sunday, August 11 was a kids-laughing, tails-wagging, smile-flashing type of day on UW’s Seattle campus. More than 2,500 Huskies turned up for The Whole U’s annual UW Photo Day when faculty, staff, family and friends can get free professional portraits from some of Seattle’s best photographers.

Attendees made their way to their choice of 29 photographer locations across the event’s two days. In between stops, they also took time to explore and appreciate UW’s iconic grounds and gardens, enjoy games in Red Square including a jiant Jenga and Connect 4 and savor Starbucks refreshments from UW’s Starbucks’ truck.

Before we review the rest of the fun, we know you have one question: “When, where, and how can I access my photos?”

Our photographers are working diligently to edit their shots. Please look for an email with a link to all photos sometime in early October. When you receive the email, all you have to do is click the links with photos from the locations/photographers you visited throughout the day and find your groups of photos. All photos will be in high resolution and available for families to download and share with others.

See what folks had to say

Thank you for setting up this event! I attend every year and use these photos in my annual holiday card. What made this year successful for me, was that there were many stations available, and therefore the lines were not overly long. Also, the locations selected (garden, pillars) were really nice! Thank you so much for all your work in organizing this event! I also really appreciate the volunteers who helped organize the lines and direct us on what to do. Wonderful!

– Emily Ishado, Psychosocial and Community Health

My family love this event, and we’ve made this an annual tradition for our family! This is one of my favorite perks of working at the UW. What I appreciate is you’ve added more photographers this year, so the lines aren’t as long. Love seeing all the families and fur babies who attend this event, and we’re always super excited to see the fun pics from all over the UW campus. I definitely would recommend anyone to attend this UW event. Thank you for providing such a great and fun perk for the UW community! 🙂

– Mely Wu-Buckmeier, Analyst, Principal Accounts

Had to work on Saturday but arrived on campus at 1:30pm, was still able to have pictures of my family and dog taken by three photographers before 2pm. Was very well organized! Was the least painful family photos ever!

– Amy Cheng, Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems

Each location we visited was very professional, positive, welcoming, and immensely thorough. Additionally, the volunteers were very supportive and helpful.

– Deborah Garrison, Custodian, Custodial Services

The Whole U would again like to warmly thank families, photographers, volunteers, sponsors and partners for helping make this such a memorable event that the UW community looks forward to year after year. Join us in enjoying these precious sneak peeks:

Captured by Janna Rasch alongside Johnson Hall

Captured by Josi Ribeiro alongside Mary Gates Hall

Captured by Josi Ribeiro alongside Mary Gates Hall

Captured by Lily Luu in the UW Quad

Captured by Andrew Lai in the UW Quad

Captured by Andrew Lai in the UW Quad

Captured by Shylynn Dewey at Memorial Way.

Captured by Shylynn Dewey at Memorial Way.

Captured by Jeffry Cabrera in the UW Quad

Captured by Jeffry Cabrera in the UW Quad

Captured by Schaffin Mweeba at Savery Hall

Captured by Michelle Li at Miller Hall

Captured by Leah Browning along the backside of Suzzallo Library

Captured by Katherine Hill at Gerberding Hall

Captured by Katherine Hill at Gerberding Hall

Thank you to our amazing photographers!

Thank you to our sponsors!

Thank you to AT&T and BECU for sponsoring The Whole U and making events like UW Photo Day possible! We look forward to gathering with you all once again next summer.