Earlier today I got the chance to sit down with Mum and Dad and review a number of photographs of these beautiful baby twin girls.  These photographs were taken last week in our photography studio in Seattle and we combined the session with casual clothing, Halloween outfits and of course Holiday photographs, one of which that I’m almost certain is going to end up being sent out as a very cool and fun holiday card.  

Here’s a quick preview of two photographs of the fun and lovely Halloween outfits.  Just so much fun! 

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I just finished up with uploading some additional previews of another recent Holiday Photography session that we had last week in our photography studio here in Seattle.  This time it’s Shelley, who not only brought her two beautiful children, but they brought their lovely black Labrador dogs.  Oh my gosh, did we have so much fun!   We started out photographing just the kids, then Mum joined us for a while and it wasn’t long before we had all five of them rolling around the studio having fun.  We are excited to get Shelley in to see the complete round of proofs, but until then here is a sneak peak for her and her crew.  

I’ve also created this mini video of some of the out-takes from our session together.  Anne is doing  a great job at capturing some video footage of our sessions, there is a funny clip in here where the young puppy covers me with kisses while I’m trying to get the kids to turn around.  Funny.  Click on the thumbnail below to see the short clip plus these slides. 

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This last week, not surprisingly we have been very busy with holiday photography sessions here in our photography studio in Seattle.  Although we are still in October (just) the holiday’s are not far away so if you haven’t booked a holiday photography session yet there is still time so please get in contact soon.   I realize that holiday photo’s are often stressful, however we pride ourselves on creating a relaxed atmosphere so that you can have some fun and get some great shots. 

Here are a few photographs from Anna’s crew of boys for them to check out!  Looking forward to seeing you guys soon so that we can review all the proofs.  Thanks for such a fun session!

I also put together this quick video of some of the out-takes from the fun session that we had and added the photography set to a fun music track.  Click on the thumbnail below to see some of the action. 

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I was talking to a client yesterday and she wanted to know if she could bring her two kids by the studio this coming week in their Halloween costume and I told her of course!   That made me realize that maybe I should put together a quick Halloween promotion for this week.  So, if you and/or your kids are getting dressed up this week, why not schedule a quick mini photography session with us in our photography studio here in Seattle.  Pets and boyfriends welcome too! 

The mini sessions are shorter than our typical sessions and last between 20 to 30 minutes and cost just $99 for the session, plus you get to choose two 5×7’s photographs, printed here in our studio.  These sessions are designed to be nice and short, but still capture some totally fun photo’s of your crew in their wonderful outfits.  We will also give you electronic copies of the prints you choose so you can send to friends and family or upload to Facebook etc  If you haven’t been to our studio recently - or ever, this might be an ideal chance to check us out. 

If you are interested please fill in this web form or give us a call. 

Tomorrow we get the chance to sit down with a new Mum to review the photographs of their beautiful newborn baby daughter that we took in our photography studio here in Seattle.  As I finish off preparing the proofs for her review I thought I would post a few for Sarah and Kevin to see in advance of the visit. 

This sequence of these four shots when she was hanging out on Sarah’s shoulder caught my attention.  The expressions in her face with their bright and alert eyes were priceless.  And who could resist the little bubbles that she was blowing! 

We just sent out our quarterly newsletter that contained the latest updates from our photography studio here in Seattle.   I worked with Heather Musil from Little Bird Web Design & Development to create a new design that I felt reflected our studio and the work we do here.  We wanted a simple and classic design, yet something that stands out amongst the huge amount of emails that we get and something that obviously highlights the photography. 

Since I sent it out a couple of weeks ago I’ve received heaps of compliments from folks that really like the design.  I just found out that it was selected to be highlighted by the company we use to send the emails for its simple and effective design, especially the left hand column with its row of smaller photographs.  If you are a business and want to create a unique design for your marketing I can highly recommend Heather, she does great designs and really easy to work with.     

To check out the design click here

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We are putting the last finishing touches to this fun project.  We got the chance to meet this simply beautiful young lady a while ago when she came in for her first photography session with us in our Seattle photography studio.  It was her first birthday and Mum wanting some photographs of her to celebrate the occasion.  After chatting with Mum we decided to work on both classic shots and then some completely fun ones with her and a birthday cake that she completely tore apart after a while. 

The shot above was one of Tim’s favorite’s of his two girls and it completely show’s their relationship and the love between them.  We are framing this one for his office.  We also just put together a little slide show of some of our favorites from the session plus some video footage that we shot of the session.  Click on the thumbnail below to check out what fun we can have in our photography studio here in Seattle.  

Back in early August I had the pleasure of shooting Eli’s and George’s amazing wedding in Seattle.  It was a day that was full of laughter, humor, tears, lots of love and many more tears that left me feeling very fortunate to be part of it in a very small way as their photographer.

Last week I got to spend some time with Eli & George and show them some of my favorite photographs from their special day.  After the wedding they left for a month long trip to Africa and then George has been away traveling for work so this was the first chance we had gotten to review them.  I put together this short video slide show for them and they said that I should post this so their friends and family could see some of the photographs and remind everyone what such an amazing day it was.  

If you were there this starts out with some shots of Eli getting ready with friends and family.  Then a few of the many formal shots that we took before everything got started.  It then moves into the very emotional service.  Afterwards Eli & George took a short walk to be on their own for a while and I worked with a very long lens to give them their privacy yet capture the first few minutes of their marriage.  Then this closes with the reception and dancing.  It’s a little longer than normal but I think its worth it.   

If you need to take a break from your day please click on the thumbnail, sit back and enjoy some lovely photographs of a beautiful wedding here in Seattle set to some great music.   

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The wedding was held at the Pravda Studio’s on Capital Hill in Seattle and its such a lovely venue to work at, although a little tough photographically because of the lighting contrasts.

This coming Saturday from 1pm to 3pm we will be taking part in the second ‘Shop Local Seattle’ event that is happening in Ravenna.  Shop Local is an event put on by the lovely Shannon Evans and she gathers a large number of small business’s together allowing potential customers to talk to the business owners about their services and offerings.  The event is free to people wanting to check it out and there is even free Vitamin Water as well.  

We will be there displaying some new products and talking about our upcoming holiday package.  I’m excited to be part of this and in a world where so many companies are these huge chain stores it’s great that Shannon is gathering a bunch of local small business’s in one place so that potential customers can check out what makes small business different and in many cases better.      

The event takes place at Ravenna Eckstein Community Center Gym from 12-3. 6535 Ravenna Ave NE Seattle WA 98115. 

To find more details of the other vendors check out this Shop Local Seattle  I hope to see you there.

I’ve been away from the blog for way too long so I wanted to provide a quick update. 

Over the last month or so we have been doing a minor remodel of studio that took longer than I would have hoped.  Construction wise it wasn’t huge although there were days when the place was a complete mess.   It’s almost finished and I’m going to post some photo’s soon but we are really happy with it.  Amongst some of the changes that you will notice is that we now much more space to hang some of our favorite photographs of our clients, we setup a new workstation in the center of the studio with a large screen which often has a cool slide show running on it and the bathroom has been re-modeled. 

The other big change is that we have been interviewing and hiring.  Over the last six months we have gradually been growing with returning and new clients which has been really exciting.  I ended up finding myself just too busy to keep up and so needed more help.  Depending on when you next visit the studio you might get to meet Anne, Hillary and Nicole.

Lastly we have been getting ready for the holiday season which isn’t far away and that has kept us busy.  More to follow on that soon.