Spinning Steel Wool | Personal Project + Favorites

Here are the favorites from the personal project I photographed a little over a week ago.  You can read about the safety precautions that were taken for this project here.

August 2014 | Photo of the Month

Last night I took on a personal project I've wanted to do for some time.

Safety precautions were taken and in place before I started, including a fire extinguisher, bucket with water, safety glasses, no hair products used (which are often flammable) and flame retardant outerwear.  This was done in an open area with nothing but concrete all around.

I'll post some more images from this project later this week.

Country Drive | Bellevue Portrait Photographer

I recently took a drive through the Snoqualmie Valley when the light was just right.

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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 Portrait Photographer | Just for fun...

I attend a photography meetup a couple times a month and one of the recent assignments was "Intentional Camera Movement."  This type of photography is so contrary to the final outcome I try to achieve as a portrait photographer.  I could never have imagined how fun this could be, or how inspired I'd be to see what the other members of the group shared. 

Love it or hate it, it was a fun project that included everything from a camera toss, to zooming the lens while exposing the image, panning, swirling and swooshing the camera. 

It got me thinking that I could really create some fun backgrounds for high school senior portraits.  Of course,  my style of photography would cater to the blended much muted color backgrounds versus  the abstracts.  All in all this was a challenging project that left me with a liberating feeling to break the mold once in a while from the kind of shooting I do for clients.

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Bellevue Photographer | Personal Project

I like to try personal photography projects.  I keep a list all year long and when I get the chance, or a free afternoon I dive right in.  This is was my first attempt shooting water drops.  Clearly I have a ways to go to perfect this technique; it certainly was challenging, but I did yield some pretty interesting images. 

This one in particular is a favorite, because the water splash looks like a dolphin breaking the surface of the water.  Do you see this too?

Bellevue Family Photographer | Decemeber 2011 - Photo of the Month

It looks like water drop reflections, but I believe it's really water drops magnifying the candy in the bowl.  Just a fun little personal project.

Botanical Gardens

From my personal projects

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I have envisioned this shoot for 13-months and it finally came to be last week. I was so excited, because the subject was my brother Jack, doing what he loves second in line to being a fab husband and father.

He's always there for me when I need to ask a question, or I am driving in the city and can't find my way.

He knows that no matter how hard I try not to call him in "two's," I almost always do.

We share a liking of technology and electronics and now instead of calling him right back, I can e-mail him. (Thank you Blackberry!)

When we were little kids, we shared a room and he would wake me up at night and ask me to get him "a gass of watta" and as the dutiful big sister, I always did.

He's my younger brother, yet often I think of him as my older brother.

He is the worlds best brother (WBB!)

I love you Jack!