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This fall marks the 33rd anniversary of Seattle Goodwill’s Annual Glitter Sale and my 3rd anniversary of photographing for the campaign. I look forward to it each year for a variety of reasons: shooting new items is always fun, each one is photographic puzzle to be solved…

Seattle Goodwill Glitter Sale, Part 1: Jewelry and Accessories

October 19, 2016

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As promised in the Calla Lily #1 post, here is the next a series of calla lily images. For this, I had a concept in mind beyond a ‘straightforward’ image of a lily. I was surprised to find black calla lilies — I didn’t know they even…

Calla Lily #2: The Black Calla

May 11, 2016

Photographing any Coriolis Dance performance is always exhilarating. In the uniquely private, personal view thru my lens, the dancers, choreography, & music take me to a place of transcendence, connection: a flow of energy occurs, and I become fully aware of only what is in the viewfinder, anticipating,…

Coriolis Dance: Threaded Cosmos

August 31, 2015

Looking deeper changes everything. Oftentimes, I will either use an older, fully manual focus lens or set my modern lens to manual focus. Standing still, eye to the viewfinder and slowly adjusting focus from near to far, far to near, releasing the shutter at every point…

Choosing Focus

August 28, 2015

I was fortunate to have an opportunity to visit the Phoenix area earlier this year (in February, the cooler time of the year there). I lived in Phoenix before relocating to the Pacific Northwest. On those occasions I do get to return, I enjoy seeing…

Agave

August 26, 2015

When clients, guests, models, friends are coming to the studio for a shoot or meeting, I like to have some fresh flowering plants at the front door to greet them. I head over to the nursery and see what is seasonally available. Recently, I saw…

Fuschia

August 22, 2015

The P52 Assignment Brief: Still Life with Flower. A color, vertical (portrait) oriented still life image with ordinary objects, diffuse main light source, that must contain at least one flower, but the flower(s) must not be the subject of the image. The objects must be simple…

Assignment: Still Life with Flower

August 20, 2015

Another #teamVIVA shoot, another wonderful time spent with terrific people. I met up with teammate Gergana Ivanova to do an on-location walkabout shoot, featuring Jaleh designs. Gergana had selected two of her favorite Jaleh designs, and showed up ready to shoot in the first look.…

Gergana, Jordanah, & Jaleh

August 24, 2014

If you ever get a chance to work (or just hang around) with Katy Flynn, take it! You won’t regret it. I’ve been fortunate enough to know Katy for a few years now, and we have worked together before. Katy is a talented fashion…

Just After Noon to Just After Midnight with Katy Flynn & Elizabeth Rhoades

July 23, 2014

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You may recall that, while ‘networking’ is not an activity I seek out, the Seattle Chapter of Fashion Group International hosts events that are well worth flexing out of my comfort zone. Another such event was held on February 11th: The Bellevue Arts Museum hosted…

Paper Meets Fashion, VIVAFASHIONISTAS Meets BAM

March 9, 2014

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