Corporate Executive Portait at Wells Fargo
I love the low intensity light over Puget Sound outside the office window of Dean Bennion, an executive at the Wells Fargo Bank with the Olympic Mountains off hidden in the clouds. Rain was falling over most of the distant mountain skyline except for off in the southern end of the Olympics, the sun was [...]
View of Snoqualmie Falls From Salish Lodge
Recently at an event at Salish Lodge where I was working, I noticed the view from the window looking out over the falls. It was late afternoon and the sun was getting ready to set but was still spotlighting the hillside above the fall. The falls were going strong with a great volume of water [...]
Boeing Commercial Airplane Assembly – The Boeing 777
The Boeing 777 is a long-range, wide-body twin-engine jet airliner manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It is the world’s largest twinjet and is commonly referred to as the “Triple Seven”. The aircraft has seating for over 300 passengers and has a range from 5,235 to 9,380 nautical miles, depending on model. Its distinguishing features include [...]
Board of Directors | Corporate Portrait Photography
In December I was called in by the Seattle Aquarium to photograph their board of directors for the annual report. After my initial scouting trip I re-discovered how much I like the overhead approach to making a large group photograph. Sometimes the backgrounds do not seem to look good or maybe it is hard to [...]
Corporate Executive Portrait
Recently I was working on my archive and I stumbled upon this executive portrait of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer which I shot on assignment for Yahoo Business Magazine. Although he did not give me a ton of time Ballmer was very gracious with me despite what I had heard from others. Coincidently Mocrosoft today announced [...]
Salumi | Salumi Artisan Cured Meats by Armando Batali
On another photography assignment for the New York Times I was sent to photograph Armando Batali at Salumi his restaurant and meat processing plant place near Pioneer Square. He is holding some of his signature salumi in this first photo it is a leg of lamb that he cured for Lamb “Prosciutto” in the aging cooler [...]
Robert Shiller | Portrait
Robert Shiller, American economist, academic, and best-selling author was in town a little while ago and I was assigned to make a portrait of him. Shiller is the Arthur M. Okun Professor of Economics at Yale University and is a Fellow at the Yale International Center for Finance, Yale School of Management. But perhaps he [...]
Red Mountain Vineyards | Washington State Appellation
I had an editorial assignment over in the Yakima Valley last summer so while I was close by, I decided to stop off to make some panoramas of one of my favorite sources of red wine, the Red Mountain Appellation. It is early in the growing season but the vines look very promising this first [...]
Interior Design – The Kitchen
Recently I made some photos of various Seattle homes for the Seattle interior designer Robin Chell Design. This one is quite a modern kitchen but has a great feeling of spaciousness. I would love to hang out there with the golden retriever out on the deck. Robin Chell Design provides complete residential and commercial interior [...]
Panoramic Group Portrait | Seattle Pro Musica Choir
I photographed the Seattle Pro Musica Choir for a promotion photograph using my Fuji GX 617 panoramic camera and finished processing the first picture from the shoot. We had a beautiful Seattle fall day on the shore of Lake Washington. Photograph by Seattle Photographer and photojournalist Daniel Sheehan an editorial photographer who specializes in portrait [...]
Seattle Architectural Photography | MADRONA RESIDENCE
Recently I made some photographs of a residence in the Madrona neighborhood of Seattle for the new website of Bennett Lavacot Architecture. The interior design was by Robin Chell Design. The owners of the house was thinking of moving to a new house they were going to build and were in discussion for the new [...]
Apartment Lobby | Interior Design
I had the chance to again work with Seattle interior designer Robin Chell of Robin Chell Design, this time photographing a lobby of an apartment building in Redmond, Washington. It was a difficult space to shoot. It had a compact floor plan but extended up three stories. In the photo here I resorted to shooting [...]
:Nota Bene Cellars | New Vintage, New Design
:Nota Bene Cellars is releasing their 2007 vintage wines and I recently photographed the entire lineup of bottles for them. they were especially interested is showing off their new label design and their large format bottles. The photos will be used on their website when it gets updated very soon. They had started out with [...]
Interior Design Photography | Living Room with Great Morning Mt Rainier View
This house on Lake Washington has a great early morning view of Mt Rainier from the living room. This was another shoot of a Seatle home for the Seattle interior designer Robin Chell Design. Robin Chell Design provides complete residential and commercial interior design services, including design concept, space planning, interior specifications, furniture, finish and [...]