First Crossing

I got the honor of shooting the album cover photo for my friend Tom Henry's new CD. This guy is an amazing guitar player and I jumped at the opportunity to work with him on this (although, I use the term "jumped" loosely - it took us a while to get our schedules aligned so that we could actually do it). But once we did, we met at his place where he has a beautiful pond in the front yard, with a little dock and rowboat... what a perfect setting for an album called "First Crossing".
Shot in nearly direct sunlight (above and right), there were a few wispy clouds, but the light was rather harsh with a couple of speedlights side by side on full power just out of view on the left.

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When the Ferry Arrives in Friday Harbor

Whoops - forgot that I revised and re-uploaded this video, so the original that I had linked here was unavailable. But it's working now...
This was a fun project to put together. Lots and lots of still frames, all shot at 1 second intervals, then brought all together into a fast paced time lapse video. It's best viewed full screen at full 1080p quality. (and some decent speakers or headphones won't hurt either).

Senior Portrait - Vanessa

Senior portrait time again. This is Vanessa. We had a good time shooting down by the Friday Harbor Marina and got some great shots with the harbor in the background and the ferry in a few. But this is my favorite of the bunch. She made my job easy.

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Rockin' on G for Go!

Just me playing with my guitar, strobes and Photoshop again.

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Patio Furniture Through Broken Glass

We came home from a walk to town yesterday to find our back door window shattered. It's still in the door and it looks pretty cool but it probably won't last. All it's gonna take is a good wind gust or some unfortunate bird to fly into to it and it's going to be all over the patio. But for now it's fun to look at until we get it replaced.

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Flower Bee

I was asked to lead a photowalk for the National Park's Bloom Week festival on Saturday, so off we went in search of wildflowers around American Camp. Just as I was shooting this one a bee came along and landed on it. Apparently, he wanted to be in the photo too.

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Ceiling Fan

We had lunch at a Thai restaurant in Everett last weekend and this fan caught my attention.

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Photo club first outing

There's a new photo club forming on the island. Today was our 2nd meet (but the first one where we actually went out shooting photos). We met at Lime Kiln (Whale Watch) Park and walked around shooting whatever caught our fancy. This is my favorite from my batch of shots today.

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