May 2014 | Photo of the Month

My Property | Relaxed Photo Sessions

Lately I've been photographing clients on my property in Redmond, WA.  It offers the ability to shoot sessions without worrying about the weather on these rainy/sunny combination days, because I can invite clients inside to wait out a quick shower and warm up with a cup of hot chocolate.

What both my clients and I like the most about shooting sessions here is the privacy.  We don't have to worry about people watching, which leads to a more relaxed session with no interruptions.

In the examples below, it was snowing off and on this day and we took several breaks and were able to finish our session without rescheduling.

The images on the left were not taken on the same day as the session images on the right, but they show the beautiful end result.

If you are interested in scheduling a summer session, please contact me here.

Anytime session | Bellevue Portrait Photographer

I recently photographed an Anytime session with my niece Olivia.  She has her own unique style and tastes.  One minute the little girl and silliness comes through and the next, this beautiful young lady.  

Together, we went through her closet and selected wardrobe that suit both skin tone and personality.  We then loaded up the truck and drove over to my property for her session where it's private.  You can let your hair down or as sophisticated as you like.

We had a great afternoon together, catching up, being silly and laughing...  A LOT!

April 2014 | Photo of the Month

I am looking forward to a fawn (or two) at the end of May, beginning of June!

Personal Project | Refractographs

I've been away the past few weeks working on a personal project.  I came across the work of Australian Photographer and Visual Artist, Rob Turney and the gorgeous refractographs he created.  Rob had also produced the only informative tutorial I could find on the Internet, so I decided to give it a try.

I had to work in a completely dark space with no stray light and in my case, this required working well into the late night hours.  I found this project to be incredibly challenging, since these are shot without a lens on the camera.  My biggest hurdle was positioning the piece I wanted to refract to my liking.  No post production (editing) has been done to these images, they are straight out of camera.

Please feel free to check back, as I will be adding more and trying different techniques.

(Click on image to see gallery)