Wedding at the Canal
Happy Anniversary to Cara and Tim who got hitched one year ago at the Canal in Ballard.
Engagement Session at Greenlake Part II
Vilija and Trevor brought their little bulldog puppy, Oden, to their engagement session. I think Oden has a modeling career ahead of him! He was the best dog I have worked with. Not to mention that he got a lot of attention from the Greenlake power walkers. I had met with Vilija and Trevor back when Oden had just been with them for under a week and he was just a small mass of adorable wrinkles. Trevor is a photographer himself and will even have some of his photos published in a dog enthusiast magazine. I look foward to their wedding at the end May!
Seven Pounds and Eleven Ounces
After much anticipation, I was asked to capture Chloe’s newborn baby photos just one week after her birth. I had such a fun time with Becky and Mike at their maternity session and was looking forward to seeing little Chloe before she even arrived. Fresh from the hospital, this new family was beautiful to experience and capture. Chloe has the most perfect tiny round head and smooth clear skin. And her bedroom! I had to capture the green and pink bedroom she was brought home to. Chloe will be at a wedding that I will photograph in May and I am excited to see how much she will have grown!
Below is an image of Chloe’s birth announcements. Becky couldn’t pick which design she liked best so we settled on sending out half and half to Chloe’s family and friends!
Happy Earth Day :: Have you noticed?
With the launch of our newly designed website, you may have noticed that we now offer eco-friendly “green” wedding photography packages and services. Package details include:
- Online contract and payment processing
- FTP download of digital files from a carbon offest web host
- Fine art prints with water-based inks on cotton rag paper (no chemicals)
- Reclaimed framing
- Local green resources
- An environment friendly fine art book (will arrive at our doorsteps soon! )
A Weekend of Learning
Mingling with multiple photographers, all from this side of the country, is an opportunity I didn’t want to miss! So I registered early and spent this past weekend at the OSP West conference in Seattle. It was pretty easy to spot my colleagues throughout town — each with a camera body or two swinging carelessly from their necks =) Over the course of two days, I had the unique opportunity to lead three groups of photographers in posing and photographing three stunning senior models. If that wasn’t enough, I enjoyed listening to several inspiring photographers talk on subjects ranging from exploring light to album design. Many of them were at the Wedding and Portrait Photographers International Convention I went to in Vegas a couple of months ago.
I also took advantage of an all-day PPA Super Monday course in Olympia with Kari Blunk and Ben Leavitt learning the ropes of lighting and posing. I believe they are offering a similar course again in May, and photographers shouldn’t miss it! I enjoyed a hands-on experience with outdoor lighting at midday as well as portrait studio lighting, posing, and much more.
Below is a group photo of my OSP senior portrait paparazzi in action and under that a group photo from the PPA Super Monday class.
Below is a small collection of some of the images I caught of Nyema (left), Jesse (center), and Alicia (right) while leading my groups.
Rehearsal dinner at Benihana
Happy Anniversary to Annie and Ryan! This is an image from their rehearsal dinner at Benihana in downtown Seattle one year ago.
