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Senior Portrait: Cailin
Cailin is a Stanwood High School senior and dedicated dancer, and she came to me through my stepdaughter Gillian, a dance teacher who reached out to one of her own students. We kicked off her senior portrait session at the tide gates just...
Wedding: Liz & Logan
Long before Beaver Lake Lodge in Sammamish became the backdrop for a wedding, it was Logan's backyard. He grew up exploring the woods along the lake, showing up for family picnics, and spending long summer days swimming and boating on the...
The Beauty, the Beast & the Blue
A Bridal Editorial at a Stillaguamish River Tide Gate There's a striking new tide gate along the stillaguamish River just south of Stanwood, Washington, built on farmland recently returned to the Tulalip Tribe — and it's been on my radar...
Engagement Shoot Winners!
A Day In The Skagit Valley If you were at the Mukilteo Wedding Show back in March, you might remember dropping your name into the entry jar at my booth — and James and Natalie are the lucky couple who got drawn to win a free engagement...
Wedding: Jon & Gladys
Right after Thanksgiving of last year I had the pleasure of photographing the wedding of Jon and Gladys at the Rosehill Community Center in Mukilteo, WA. This was a late-in-life second marriage for both bride and groom after both of their...
Senior Portrait: Jasia
Senior portrait season is on! With the school year having started just a few days ago the rush is on for high school seniors to make a lasting impression in their final yearbook. We're talking one or more images that will last for...
Tatyana in Sausalito
My sister and wearable-art clothing designer in Sausalito, California, Holly Badgley, hired me to photograph some of her latest pieces worn by a Marin County artist and writer she met at a local farmer's market. Our session started out...
Portrait Day, San Rafael, January 26th
On January 26th my good friend and client, Annie Danberg has opened up her office and creative space for a day of portrait photography. I will be coming down from Washington State to take her portrait for a website project and she said...
English Boom and Back Again
I often hanker to travel afar to photograph dramatic landscapes and interesting people, and, realistically, most of the time I all I have is an hour or two so I have be content with our local haunts. Fortunately, I'm blessed to live in...
Getting Out: A Weekend at Tin Willows Sheep Ranch
Two weekends after our wedding we hightailed it to Oregon for a micro-honeymoon—not the three week European I was hoping for (now planned for 2023)—but a weekend escape across the state border with the goal of relaxing in nature and doing...
Getting Out: Washington & Idaho with the Fuji 50 GFX
A try-before-you-buy offer came up for the GFX Fuji mid-range camera came up on Instagram and I decided to go for it as it coincided with my birthday. And with us driving from the west coast of Washington State to a remote fire lookout in...
Quick Shoot: Artist Jay Bowen – Opening Ceremony
Jay Bowen's art show, Spirit Helpers of The Ancestral Realm opened last night at Cassera Arts in Stanwood, WA last night to great fanfare. Commencing with a blessing by a Northwest Coast First Nations Holy Man accompanied by violin played...
Quick Shoot: Artist Jay Bowen – Prepping for The Show
Today I met Jay Bowen, a local Native American artist, the subject a quick video shoot for social media, which turned into a still photo shoot on the back end. I usually take photos for Cassera Arts' gallery openings, but today was the...
Making the Best of A Snow Day
Where we live in Stanwood, Washington, we can usually expect at least one to two days when it snows and the roads get tricky to drive, and there's a muffled hush in the neighborhood. The later makes sleeping in easier. Over Christmas last...
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