Que Sera Sera.....

I have some pretty amazing clients but Shannon blew me away with her beautiful jewelry. Her company is called "Almost October" and above are a couple of examples of her work. She has great names for all here pieces like a necklace called "Que Sera Sera". Very hip stuff. Shannon has found beads and stones on her travels to Eastern Europe and North Africa that she uses in her work. I'll be doing a shoot with her and her dear grandmother when time will allow and I'm looking forward to it. Shannon your smart, beautiful, and creative. Check out her work at her website www.almostoctober.com

Grinning In The Sun...

Saturday I leave for my wedding shoot in Las Vegas and I'm pretty excited. But I've got so much to do before I leave I'm kind of freaking out. There just isn't time in each day for all there is to do. I guess I can't worry hard enough to add an extra day to my life so I'll just have to stop worrying huh. I'll be back on Monday so I should have some photos posted on the blog Monday night. Who knows I may post again between now and Saturday. I updated my musical selections a couple of days ago, I found some good tracks. I usually listen to it while I work. Wish me luck. Oh and if your wondering why I'm blogging at 5am it's cause of the worrying I shouldn't bother doing. :-)

Editors pick....

I was looking though some photos from a recent wedding and thought I would show this one. The way all the hands come into the frame and the tonal range adds such a soft feel to it. Hands can get a little cliche' but I don't think this one is. Or is it, you decide. :)

Things To Be Thankful For...

There are so many things to be thankful for this year. Thought I would just share a few.

1. Christ's love and provision for my every need. Rom. 8:39

2. A wonderful family that support me and encourage me to keep on keeping on.

3. Friends that make everyday fun and entertaining.

Thanks to everyone that has added value to my days: Customers, New photographer friends, and all the nice folks that just stop and tell me that my work has touched them in some way. I really appreciate all of you. -D

Game Face....

Bringing my A-game to my editing today. Ok, so I did stop for a few minutes to make this photo using my Treo camera phone and a flashlight. I'm calling it "Wild Eyed Ambition" It doesn't even look like me. I've got one of those rubber faces I guess. Back to the grind stone...

Egg-Nogged!!!

The holidays are here! The holidays are here! I'm so wonderfully excited. The holidays mean food to me. And I'm writing this today because I was wondering through the grocery store last night and picked up a half gallon of Egg-nog. It's gone already but it got me in the whole holiday mood. What a strange drink. It's so very noggish. Also I'm pleased to announce that I did not use any in my Cheerios's yet this year and probably will not after last years bad experience. Hope everyone has gotten their Thanksgiving plans figured out. Why is it that I always feel like baking this time of year?

Happenings...

Life is so busy. It's hard to find time to blog. I've been woking on getting all my production work done so I can get the new website up online. It's very exciting I have so many photos that I want on the site. One of my tasks for the week has been working on the details of what may be the coolest wedding I've ever shot. Vegas baby! Stay tuned... I'm taking my services nationwide.

Big Blog Post....

So as I had mentioned in my last post I had been asked by Cameron Ingalls for a few lines of advice for new photographers. Today his column appeared on the Bigfolio Blog. It features nine photographers interpretations of how to "find your voice". I feel so honored and blessed to be one of those photographers. And the only one outside of California to boot.

The really cool part is that the other eight are amazing photographers. Cameron Ingalls does beautiful work that is so inspiring, Jeff Newsom's work totally blows my mind and I stole my Myspace layout from him. Jasmine Star makes all her clients look like celebrities. Jose Villa makes clean beautiful photos & is bringing back 8mm motion images as well. I'm now a fan of them all.

I was born and raised in Seattle so I guess I'm west coast enough for this line-up.

Click Here to check out the whole Bigfolio post...

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From My Heart...

Have you ever had someone ask you a question that really made you think? I recently received an email from another photographer who is writing a blog column for new photographers. He was collecting quotes from several photographers dealing with the subject of "finding your voice". So I put some thoughts together on connecting with the viewer on an emotional level. Next day another email, this one requesting an example or two to back up my statements. Great! :-) Now I've actually got to back it all up with something emotional. That made me start to think about how when I'm shooting I get so into it. I visualize emotionally connecting images. My whole goal during the booking process is to connect with the couple so that I can deliver strong images.

So are these just words or do they mean something. Am I making images that connect with people? Scary questions. Fortunately I was looking through the weddings from this summer and found these images and many more that connect with me. Maybe that would have been a better quote, "Make images that connect with you on an emotional level". The rest of the details will work themselves out.

The following images are what I thought to be fair examples to back-up my statements. Please let me know your thoughts.

Thank you Cameron for the opportunity to share my philosophy. -D

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