Whiteaker Family, Bellevue WA in August

I donated a family portrait session to each of my cousins' schools, and this is one of the lucky families who bought it! The Whiteaker family met me at Downtown Bellevue Park in the evening. We had beautiful light and the girls were a blast :)

Sara and Matt 06.03.2011 Part II

Sara and Matt's wedding from June in Billings! I loved photographing at the Billings Depot. such fun architecture to work with :) Congrats you two!

Sara and Matt 06.03.2011

Lindsey and Kyle 05.28.2011 Part 2

Lindsey and Kyle got married this past May in Kalispell, Montana over Memorial Day weekend. Unfortunately, as per tradition, it ALWAYS rains in Kalispell over that weekend- so I photographed my first rainy wedding. Everything (minus the lens malfunction the next week) went smoothly after the initial shock of downpour. Lindsey did a lot of work preparing the wedding- she created the colorful lanterns and printed out templates for everyone who attended so they could "sketch the bride and groom". Congratulations you guys!

Lindsey and Kyle 05.28.2011

Food Photography Since the Seattle Move

A little snippet of the food photography I have done since our move to Seattle in March. I hope to photograph more, I just don't always remember to make the extra effort. Having a job means I don't cook as often which means I don't automatically think to grab my camera. So I have taken to photographing when I eat out and making a list of things I want to cook/photograph: Yellow Curry, Strawberry Pie, Grill Pizza, Watermelon/picnic, etc. Happy Summer

Long Shot Photo Marathon, this Friday and Saturday!

In March of this year, after I had moved to Seattle to pursue more photography opportunities, I started volunteering at the local photography center, The Photographic Center Northwest. PCNW is an amazing community with equipment available to the public, including a color darkroom (which sadly is going away soon), a black and white darkroom, digital lab and a multitude of classes and workshops that are offered throughout the year.

This Friday/Saturday PCNW is hosting a 24 hour photo marathon. What does this mean? Anyone can participate, even out of state photographers who are eager to enter images in a show and help out the photography community. You can photograph for up to 24 hours (by no means do you have to do ALL 24, but some people do...) submit up to 10 of your favorite images from this event to PCNW, one of those images will be displayed in the gallery on July 23rd and if your image sells, all proceeds go to PCNW. Check out the website for more details, it rocks.

If anything, this will challenge you as an artist, in a good way. Pick up that camera, tackle those projects and subjects you've been wanting to conquer, get creative, get together with fellow friends and photographers (make it fun for everyone), spread the love of photography!!!!