Kariba's Birthday at Lucid

I got to head back down to Lucid again to photograph Kariba's birthday. I had a great time there. What an awesome group of friends she has. The night was definitely filled with a lot of laughter. Here are just a few of the many many images she has from her night. 

Canvas Sale!!

There is a great sale on canvases right now through my canvas printing company, therefore, I am able to have a sale on them too. This is a sale that is ideal for family portraits. Both collections require you to print the same image on all of the canvases/prints included. If you book a family session, this would be ideal for a canvas for grandma and grandpa, one for mom and dad and some smaller prints for the siblings. This is a limited time only, so if you are interested, please contact me right away.

Collection 1:

$575 - this is an $85 savings!!

20x24 Gallery Wrap (1.5 inch frame) - Canvas

*cropped* 16x20 Standard Wrap (3/4 inch frame) - Canvas

8x10 Styrene Mount FRAMED - Print

5x7 Fine Art Print

(all of the above must be the same image)

Collection 2:

$630 - this is a $100 savings!!

20x30 Gallery Wrap (1.5 inch frame) - Canvas

*full frame* 16x24 Standard Wrap (3/4 inch frame) - Canvas

8x12 Styrene Mount FRAMED - Print

5x7 Fine Art Print

(all of the above must be the same image)

**Above prices do not include session fee**

Beautiful Light

When I got home today, the light was so beautiful on the driveway. I had to quickly grab my camera and run up there. It changed so fast that it was even different than what I had originally seen when driving down. But, wow, how beautiful!

Lucid - Awesome Jazz Bar in the U District

Sydney got a great make-up gig this past weekend at Lucid. I brought my camera with in case I had some opportunities to take some photos. Lucky for me, I did. They hired Mike, a photographer who is just starting out to build his portfolio. What a great opportunity, as this was a photo-shoot for a dress designer/party planner (Naomi), set in Lucid - a new jazz bar in the U-District. (Wow, a lot of links in that paragraph).

After the session, there was enough time for me to try out an idea I had to advertise not only for the designer, but also for the jazz bar itself. Later, I will be posting some fun images that Mike captured of Sydney and me.

I wanted some shots of Sydney applying make-up to Lisa, but there was very low lighting conditions in the bar. I decided instead to go outside and shoot through the window and got some cool shots. 

Faces of '08

Wow. It's already 2009! 

2008 was a great year for me. I graduated from college (again) and made the big move out to Washington state! I am loving every minute of being here and being able to do what I enjoy. Below is some of the many, many faces of the 2008 year. 

Thanks to everyone for choosing me to photograph you and your family. I hope 2009 brings great things in everyone's lives. I look forward to seeing you all in the future!

Watch this year for many changes on my website.

Also, find me on facebook here.

Hickok Family Portraits

Hopefully these will be the last of the "snow sessions." I am eager for it to just go away already. Yesterday I went up and photographed the Hickok family. It was mom and dad's anniversary and the 8 year old granddaughter made it up for the portrait as a surprise. They were very excited to see her there and what a great chance to get nice photos of the whole family.

We ran outside for a couple very fast photos. We didn't realize how cold it was outside, but wanted to get some shots with the snow.

Thank you E & R for letting us use your home for the session. The photos turned out fabulously!

98 Family Christmases

This year was Eleanor's 98th Christmas. Wow. How amazing to be able to say you have had that many Christmases with your loved ones. This year, they celebrated in Seattle and I was lucky enough to be able to be there to photograph them.

The weather and driving conditions were icky, but we were troopers and made it with no problems. They served a delcious Thanksgiving-style meal and took some great family photos as you'll see below. What a fun group!

I absolutely loved how tall his shoes were and was hoping to get some sort of an image like this to distort them. 

Here is a group shot of the grandkids. I had to wait to make sure Kevin smiled.   :)  

And here is Eleanor herself....Christmas 2008.

Thank you all so very much. I had a fabulous time photographing your family.