The Sander Family

The Sanders are an amazing family and I was really excited to work with them just before Christmas. It's been awesome to get to know them over the years I've been hanging around; Katie and I have been friends since the 7th grade!
They wanted some updated family pictures and (mom) Tina wanted a few headshots for her work. She is a realtor for Coldwell Banker Bain in the Seattle Area (look her up if you need to sell or buy! :) ). We were really lucky and dodged the rain. I was really fortunate that they have such a pretty house so we could take some shots indoors as well as in their yard. I think you can see in these photos that we had a pretty good time!

Sander Family Preview

It's been a while, hasn't it! Although I have been around taking photos, I just haven't been posting to the blog. So to kick the New Year off, I'll post a quick preview of a session with the Sander family that we did before Christmas. I had a great time with this awesome family and can't wait to show them off! ;)

An Afternoon with Allie

I had a wonderful time working with Allie, Beth (her mom), Emily, Suzanne (Emily's mom) and my assistant Katie (we were a big group!) wandering a nearby park for Allie's pictures. The park we were shooting at has a great variety of locations and is one I have been going to for a long time. Sure enough, the geese that used to scare me and chase me around as a kid decided to get a little too close for our comfort. Allie was a great sport in putting up with the near animal-attack, as well as my requests for her to lay down in the dirt or stand in the super high grass. She is a horse-person, so thank goodness she's used to getting a little dusty! :)

I feel so blessed to work with such great and photogenic seniors. Allie was no exception! As we roamed various locations around the park, I kept gushing over her awesome blue eyes. I love it when seniors make my job easy! ;) So without further ado, here are some of Allie's shots!

Allie: A preview

As a friend of Emily, I was so excited to have an opportunity to work with Allie yesterday. There are so many great shots, I am really struggling to narrow them down! Below is a preview of Allie's session and I had a lot of fun with this one! :)

Ellie is All Grown Up

It's so weird how time seems to warp when you see the growth of a kid in the span of a few years. The last time I saw Ellie, the cousin of my friend Katie, she was only three years old and now, at 6 she seems all grown up! It was a lot of fun to do a quick cuz photoshoot with Ellie and her beloved Katie. With such a quiet, sweet personality and awesome eyes, Ellie was a great little model!

The Photography Plunder Down Under

I cannot explain how difficult it is not to post every photo I took on my trip. When you're in a place as diverse and utterly COOL as Australia, it's easy to take over 700 photos! Although this blog is primarily for portraits, I thought I would share some of my favorites from my trip!

Finally, I'll leave you with a picture that actually has a person in it! :)

Trashing the Dress with Eva

I have been wanting to do a "trash the dress" session for a long time but haven't really had the opportunity to find a model or a dress that is willing to get messy. But then Eva decided she wanted to have a session to commemorate her move away from her lifelong home. We chose a 10 dollar dress from a local secondhand store and walked down to the woods that was our childhood haunt. Usually I like bright and happy photos but we had a fun time doing darker, vampirey pictures. Though I've never seen nor read Twilight, it was sort of our inspiration as Eva has been a reader of the series for a long time. So without further ado, here's Eva the fashionista vampire of the Washington Woods.