Earshot Jazz Spring Series Presents Sierra Maestra
Share In this third presentation of the Earshot Jazz Spring Series, Sierra Maestra put on a spell binding performance on Saturday March 31st at Town Hall, that had a large portion of the audience up on the floor dancing the entire concert with some so moved they came up on the stage for brief cameos. Revered [...]
Spring has Arrived the Puget Sound
Share Discovery Park was grand fun for family and dogs. I love this view of the Olympic Mountains in the distance. So this weekend spring finally seemed to arrive after a very wet winter.
Skansonia Wedding of Kelly and Shaun
Share Kelly and Shaun were one of the most fun couples I have photographed for a while and it was a hoot to watch them together. They were married in March aboard The historic MV Skansonia on the north shore of Lake Union and are so very much in love. A selection below are some [...]
Wedding Photography at Red Barn Studios
Share Craig and Katie and family and friends at their wedding Here are some pictures from the indoor wedding ceremony of Katie and Craig who were married at the Red Barn Studios near Chehalis Washington on a cold, snowy and rainy day in March. I was assisting Laurie who was the main photographer at the wedding. Because of the weather, we [...]
Architectural Photography Portland House by Jill Lewis
Share I was commissioned to photograph another beautiful house by architect Jill Lewis. this time it was a house in Portland, OR. Once again it was a house I felt comfortable in right away. Here are some of the pictures of it at different times of day.
Travis Shook Trio Live at Tula’s
Share Travis Shook Trio at Tula’s Earshot Jazz Festival 2011 presented the Travis Shook Trio at Tula’s last Friday and Saturday nights. this was one of my favorite performances of the festival so far. Travis with Matt Jorgensen (drums) and Essiet Essiet (bass) played some really cool sounding jazz from some standards, to Beetles tunes to his own [...]
Corporate Executive Portait
Share I had an assignment recently to photograph Marco Abbruzzese, an executive with Wells Fargo Bank. In spite of the fact that we were 40 stories high over Puget Sound, there was no view of Elliot Bay since we were completely fogged in. I had been hoping to use the view of the Bay but instead [...]
Arizona
Share After covering an event assignment last week in Phoenix, I took a couple of days to hang out and absorb some desert environment. the weather was perfect with a high of 78 F and it was a nice break from the rain in the Pacific Northwest. This shot was taken with my iphone 4s [...]
Wedding Panorama at DeLILLE CELLARS
Share Ann Krembs and Mark Casey had a DeLille Cellars Wedding, in Woodenville last summer. DeLILLE CELLARS is one of my favorite place for an outdoor wedding and one of the reasons is this pond which reflects very nicely when people stand alongside it. This is what we did right after Ann and Mark’s wedding ceremony. Other features [...]
Farm Kitchen Wedding of Jennifer and Polachai
Share Jennifer and Polachi Sakchalathorn were married on the first Saturday in September at the beautiful orchard at the Farm Kitchen, an 18-acre organic farm near Poulsbo. Jennifer and Polachai were lucky that the weather was warm and sunny and so were the smiles. Polachai is from Thailand, known to travelers to Southeast Asia as the Land of Smiles. East [...]
Children’s Portraits | Harper Turns Two
Share I photographed Molly 2 years ago when she was 9 months pregnant on a Sunday afternoon.Two days later baby Harper popped out of the belly and into the world. Although I have photographed her a couple of times I wanted to post an update now that she just turned two. Harper loves playing “Where’s the baby” [...]
Salish Lodge Wedding Preview
Share Kristine and Steve had a lovely intimate wedding with a small number of family and friends in attendance at Snoqualmie Falls and Salish Lodge & Spa, one of the most romantic destination wedding locations in the Seattle area It was a late afternoon wedding on a terrace overlooking the Falls and although there had been some grey skies mid [...]
Campbell Family Portrait
Share I had a recent assignment to photograph Greg Campbell and his family. We met at Gasworks park which gave us a variety of backdrops to choose from.
Bill Anschell Trio
Share Bill Anschell at Tula’s in the last performance of the Earshot Jazz Festival. Earshot Jazz Festival 2011 presented the Bill Anschell Trio as its last performance on Sunday Nov 9th. closing out the three week long annual festival.Nearly 10 years have passed since Seattle native Bill Anschell returned to the Emerald City after spending 25 years studying, [...]
San Francisco Wedding Photography Panoramic Portrait at City Hall
Share After the ceremony of Denise Lee and Yong Yeh’s wedding in August, we all assembled on the front steps of San Francisco City Hall which turned out to be a great place for the wedding panoramic portrait. This is a somewhat cropped version, in the actual print there is a little more on either side of this [...]
Grace Kelly
Share Grace Kelly Quintet at Tula’s in the last week of the Earshot Jazz Festival. Earshot Jazz Festival 2011 presented the 19-year-old jazz wonder, saxophonist/vocalist Grace Kelly who “plays with intelligence, wit, and feeling,” says one of her many fans, Wynton Marsalis. Just five years ago at the age of 14, Grace Kelly garnered the first of her ASCAP [...]
Seattle City Councilman Tim Burgess Wins 2nd Term
Share Seattle City Councilman Tim Burgess, above, being interviewed by a local TV station on Election night, outside City Councilwoman Sally Clark‘s election party at Merchant’s Cafe. Burgess was commenting on his re- election victory and the passing with a strong margin of the Families and Education Levy which he supported. I had an excellent time yesterday on [...]
Skansonia Wedding Photography Jesse and Meghan
Share Jesse Dungan and Meghan Ahearn and all of their friends took a leap of joy after their wedding ceremony on the rear deck of the MV Skansonia on Lake Union June 5th. What great jumpers. Another beautiful spring evening in June, better than some of the days we are having this July. Meghan and Jesse [...]
The Cove, Normandy Park Wedding of Kirstin and Jason
Share Chacos are a brand of sandals that the majority of Peace Corps volunteers wear partly because they get a pro discount and partly because the guarantee them for life. At least this was the story Kristin and Jason told me. Kirsten Mielke and Jason Hervin show off their Chaco sandals above.They were married the last [...]
BLUE CRANES at the Earshot Jazz Festival
Share The Portland based group Blue Cranes performed with a string section at the Tractor Tavern Tuesday night in the third week of the Earshot Jazz Festival. Part of the recent movement of jazz musicians to bring an indie-rock ethos to their post-bop chops and harmonic sensibilities (think a West Coast version of the Bad [...]
Novelty Hill-Januik Winery Wedding of Sarah & Patrick
Share The pies above were all home made and were wonderful. A view of the the visually stunning courtyard of the Novelty Hill – Januik Winery in Woodinville, Washington in the rain on August 7th just as Patrick Danaher and Sarah Baxter were starting to get ready for their wedding. There was hope early on [...]
RYUICHI SAKAMOTO | Jazz Photography
Share The amazing music of Ryuichi Sakamoto was wonderful in concert Saturday night at the Moore Theatre as the Earshot Jazz Festival presented along with the Seattle Theatre Group the Japanese musician celebrating his recent double-CD release on Decca label. Seattle is one of only ten cities Sakamoto has selected for his rare North American [...]
Eyeshot Jazz Photography DAFNIS PRIETO PROVERB TRIO
Share Just got back from THE CROCODILE where Dafnis Prieto Proverb Trio performed and with Cuong Vu / Andrew D’Angelo: Agogic doing the opening set. What a night. It is late so I will post a brief and add more on Tuesday. When the 25 year old Cuban born percussionist Dafnis Prieto’s arrived on the [...]
Bill Frisell Beautiful Dreamers | Jazz Photography from Earshot Jazz Festival
Share What a treat to see Bill Frisell play again in Seattle with Eyvind Kang and Rudy Royston as the Earshot Jazz Festival heads for its last 4 days. In the Beautiful Dreamers trio, Frisell and violist Eyvind Kang join arms with drummer Rudy Royston to take a rustic, wind-blown repertoire (Blind Willie Johnson’s “Nobody’s [...]