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Bellevue Photographer | November 2012 Photo of the Month

Once a month I try to photograph something for myself, a personal project.  I started out as a nature and wildlife photographer over 20 years ago and in 2007 started my portraiture business.  I find as much as I love photographing portraits of women and children, it helps to break away every now and then get out in the solitude of nature and shoot something for myself.  These are just a few of the mushrooms I found in my yard during the month of November.

Bellevue Family Photographer | November 2011 - Photo of the Month

My sister-in-law and brother host Thanksgiving each year and my sister-in-law has a wonderful tradition.  She has a tablecloth and permanent fabric pens and we all get to write down what we're thankful for that year.  It's fun to read what everyone has written over the years and reminds us of family members that weren't able to make Thanksgiving dinner on a given year and know that they are in our thoughts and hearts.  It's a tradition worth keeping that I for one, very much appreciate.

Bellevue Photographer | New Product! | Vegan Leather Books

Vegan leather book covers!  

The book showcased above is the Black Onyx, which is a rich black "vegan leather," The surface has a very slight texture that is smooth and soft to the touch and has the look and feel of leather.  They are available in the lay-flat or standard pages.  The lay-flat pages work particularly well when you showcase one image over two-pages.  I'm excited to include an alternative to leather for 2012!

Redmond Photographer | Bobcat visitor

This one has been a frequent visitor to my yard the past month.  I was working in my office and caught the color of this bobcat out of the corner of my eye.  I always have my camera ready and captured this face shot!  If I my head wasn't buried in front of dual monitors working on post production, I would have noticed how quiet it was outside my office window, no bunnies, squirrels, or chipmunks, which I see all day long, but they all disappear when a bobcat is in their midst.

November 2010 - Photo of the Month

This was taken outside my office window.

Happy birthday to the fabulous, adorable, polite Miss O.!

Finn update: One-year ago today, I rescued this little one...

(Or maybe he rescued me?) 

Every UPS or Fed Ex envelope from the photo labs has little chew marks on the corners.

He loves to have his favorite toys around, or in his food dish... all eight of them!

When he wants to play, he will often wrap his front arms around my leg when I'm walking (we're still working on this one...)

He's become good friends with the squirrel that sits next to the window in my office every morning.

He makes me laugh out loud at least once a day with his antics and for that alone, I love him to pieces!

He is a real joy and both he, and I could not have been luckier one-year ago today...

Winter...

Black capped chickadee tracks, an apple for the deer and a drop of water caught at just the right moment.

Who can resist this face?

I was cleaning and moving from room to room when I came into the bedroom and saw Finn sitting on the bed looking at me in the most adorable way and I just had to grab my camera.

                                           (I love the Canon 100mm f/2.8L IS macro lens :)

What a smooshy boy!

Fall...

Aunty to the rescue

Living where I do, I encounter lots of little creatures, some that I am afraid of, some I am used to having around.  On Friday, I showed up at my nephews house at just the right time!  He pleaded with me to please come up to his room and catch a grasshopper for him.  "Catch a grasshopper???"  I don't even care to pick up their guinea pig!

It's amazing what one will do for a child they love as their own.  I didn't even think about it, I felt like mama bear aunty to the rescue!  As a result of my good deed and being "hero" for the day I was able to get a nice photograph out of it too :)

The beautiful and talented Miss E.

On her way to the dance...

The F. Family

This was a fun shoot with fun people. Thank you for trusting me and being so agreeable to anything I wanted to try.

We all laughed and as a result captured some great photos.

Thank you F. Family!

November 2009 - Photo of the Month

MEET FINN!

He was a feral rescue and I'm working with him. He is quick and not easy to capture a photo of as yet, but he's coming along and is absolutely adorable!

Fall beauty...