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it’s the little things…

I'm a bit goofy and always ready to have a good time - I love making clients laugh...it just so happens it's usually at me and some random thing I am doing to get "the shot" - If it's nice outside, I guarantee I will be found sitting in a patch of sunlight soaking in the rays - I tend to miss speak right when I am trying to be sassy, ... so I just end up sounding silly - I love all the noises a new baby makes be it cute or gross - My socks never match and I am proud of it - I avoid cleaning the bathroom like it's the plague. It comes from growing up with two brothers and always being on bathroom duty - I found out the hard way that garlic does NOT compliment everything... and now my husband doesn't let me in the kitchen unsupervised - I still get giddy and jittery before every wedding I photograph - I once thought the biggest gift of being self employed was making my own hours, now I know it's the luxury it gives me to raise my son (born April 2011) without the need of daycare - I love riding my bike, but don't have the constitution to make myself work out regularly - I believe that following your dream is not the easiest path but is definitely the most rewarding one. My dreams since I was 18 was to find the man of my dreams (check), raise a family (check) and create images for a living (check) - oh... and if you want to make me laugh, tell me a poop joke. Works EVERY time.

Category Archives: the grown ones

Apr 29 2009

OSPwest

Tags: osp, photography, the engaged, the grown ones, the weddings, workshop

Two weekends ago I participated in an awesome photography workshop called OSPwest. OSP is opensourcephoto.net which is an awesome professional photography forum that I am part of, and every year each region puts together a workshop of sorts where we all get together and talk shop all weekend. This year OSPwest was scheduled in Seattle, which was awesome since that meant my travel was practically ziltch!¬† The greatest thing about OSPwest is that it is put on by members for members and the amount of time that people invested to make it rock was amazing.

The weekend included talks by the likes of Gene Higa , Kiss Wedding Books and Jim Garner. All companies that do amazing things for the wedding industry. We also put on shoots where 2o photographers go out and photograph the same models and give tips on style and technique. Many people looked at us weird on the streets because we looked like this:

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in the middle of downtown Seattle! One woman actually asked if this bride had hired that many photographers ! So funny.

I did three shoots. The bridal shoot with the model Britany, then an engagement shoot with Jessica and Ben, and a night shoot with Stacy.¬† All the models were great sports! Thanks a bunch for letting us shoot you all day!!

Here are some of my faves

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Apr 09 2009

Beautiful+Radiant: Michelle

Tags: headshots, michelle ferris, photography, portrait, rebecca ellison photography, seattle

This past weekend Michelle and I went out and about through the allyways of Eastlake to take pictures. I find my eye always drawn to the beauty of urban decay. I know, it sounds weird, but I love the look of a slightly forgotten place and then to put in a beautiful person as the subject to that background… I love the contrast! Michelle was down with this idea for her headshots. I gotta give this girl credit, because she had been in a car accident the night before that totalled her car, but she didn’t want to reschedule her shoot. She was determined to do something that would make her remember the weekend and smile instead of cringe in remembering about her car. So, sore and everything, she brought her heels and her smile and we ran around Eastlake and then headed down to the Columbia City Library to finish our session.

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re_090404_0642 re_090404_0629 re_090404_0660 re_090404_0676 re_090404_0686 re_090404_0705 re_090404_0727 I love this shot. We stopped for lunch (and had some amazing calzones!), but¬† I don’t remember what the name of the restaurant was… and she just started playing with her necklace. She indulged me while I was like OOOOHHHHHH hold that!!¬† re_090404_0733 re_090404_0756 re_090404_0771 re_090404_0802 re_090404_0822 Thanks Michelle, you were such a doll to photograph!

Apr 02 2009

PDN Top Knots 2009

Tags: knot, PDN, PDN Top knots, PDN Top Knots 2009, photography, the knot, the weddings, top knots

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PDN contacted me in late January to let me know that one of my images (above ) has been selected as a finalist in the Top Knots wedding photo contest. I didn’t blog about it until now as I didn’t want to jynx my chances of being chosen as the winner (I can be a bit superstitious at times), but I’ve heard from many people today that the April issue of PDN is out and the contest is in it.¬† Check it out when it hits the newstands!

This image is of Matt and Molly Miller taking a minute to themselves on a powerboat on Lake Washington after their ceremony at the Woodmark Hotel in Kirkland. Check out more images from Matt and Molly’s wedding here

Thank you to PDN and Theknot.com for putting on this contest! I am honoured to be a finalist!

Mar 30 2009

Beautiful Beautiful Sarah

Tags: headshots, the grown ones

This weekend when Seattle decided to give us one beautiful day of spring,¬† Sarah and I (and my awesome friend Kailen playing the assistant role) rushed out of doors to participate in the beautiful sunshine! Sarah had been wanting some updated photos of herself as 2009 has brought some major changes in her life and her old photos didn’t quite work for her anymore. We found our way to Gasworks Park which is one of my favorite spots to photograph people in Seattle.¬† You could tell that we weren’t the only ones excited for a day of sunshine and warmth (well, a Seattlites version of warmth at least… I think it was in the 50s) as Gasworks was crawling with people. I always feel bad when I have to ask people to move out of the way of the photo I am taking, but I love how Seattlites are always more than willing to move! Luckily, even with the amount of people were around, I only had to ask one couple to move for a short bit (and thank you ! Whoever you were!!!)

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Look how beautiful this girl is! I love the contrast between her pale skin and red shirt!

re_090329_0280 re_090329_0291 re_090329_0302 re_090329_0332 This shot Kailen and Sarah were laughing at me , cuz I was hanging over the banaster trying for the “perfect” angle. Sometimes I put myself in the most precarious positions trying to get a cool shot. There were quite a few near misses with me laying on duck poop too! Yikes!!

re_090329_0350 I love this shot of Sarah. A completely unguarded moment.

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This is the shot I had to ask the couple to move from… They were on the bench to the left and I just couldn’t stand half of someones head in the corner of the shot!

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re_090329_0506 So, we left Gasworks with the idea of shooting in another location over by Columbia City, but silly me, I forgot that you can’t eaisly access Beacon Hill from 99, so I went past the West Seattle Bridge to turn around in Georgetown area. We got a bit turned around and went down some random street and found this awesome multicolored wall on a side street. I fell in love with the wall and scrapped the Columbia City idea for taking pictures here.

I’ve bookmarked it in my iPhone too so now I know exactly how to get back here in the future! I love industrial looking backgrounds.

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Mar 27 2009

Henry turns 1!

Tags: brithday, party, the family, the grown ones, the young ones

There was style. There were presents. There were kids (galore!!). And there was an awesome little 1 year old with a double ear infection but still going strong for the party!

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Henry’s 1st birthday!

Henry’s mom Aly is a awesome photographer at La Luz Photography and she and her hubby Ben knew how important her little man’s first party was gonna be, so they hired me to make sure none of the important moments got missed. It was a stylish party with really cute party favors. I believe Aly made them herself.

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And a super tasty cake… I have to ask Aly where she got it made¬† and let you all know!

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Look at this little guy. No ear infection was going to stop him

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Those look like some super proud parents!

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I love this photo! While mom and dad think that the candle is getting blown out, Henry had another idea… check out his right hand going for what he really wants!

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And mom realizes a moment too late.

Henry: 1 point Cake: 0 points

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Shoes are overrated when you got cake man!

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I gotta say points to Aly for this super cute idea. She took a picture of Henry on each of his month “birthdays” and had the progression on the wall. I have to take some pointers from her when I have kids!

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