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Hi everyone. I just found out that I’ve been nominated for Evening Magazine’s “Best of Western Washington - Photographer 2008.” This is awesome! I would love it if you would take a minute to vote for me.
Here’s a little picture of my daughter that I took on a walk to the grocery store. I think she might even vote for me. If she could type.
Over Memorial day weekend one of my brothers (there are 8 kids in my family) got pretty excited because he had some Band-tailed pigeons in his back yard. We rushed outside with our cameras and our long lenses and tried our best to sneak up on them to get a shot. The Band-tailed pigeon definitely spooks more easily than other birds. I like this shot because it shows all the sides of the bird.
My Mom planned a surprise birthday party for my dad who turns 70 in June. It was last weekend so we could all make it over the Memorial Day weekend. Five out of eight of us kids were there, and that meant a lot of grandkids were there too. It was great to spend the day with everyone.
This surprise birthday thing is new to my family so my dad was completely surprised when he saw us all there.
One of my favorite things about my b-day parties was all of the games.
The big D trying to pop a balloon for the relay race.
And no party is complete without the prizes.
Dallin was excited about his new whistle, he blew it all afternoon.
Betsy loved her donut.
And Emily couldn’t figure out what I was doing.
My babies are so sweet with each other. I hope when Dallin gets his license he’ll actually stop the car if he needs to give a girl a smooch.
This was my first night ever getting a picture of lightning. It’s pretty amazing how far it reaches out.
For some people like me who don’t gamble, that might not sound very exciting, but I’m totally stoked. So why you ask might I be going? For nothing other than the biggest wedding and portrait photographers convention in the world. You can ask Kristy. For the last year there hasn’t been a day when I don’t think about photography. I love it. I’m infatuated with it. Over the past year I’ve taken nearly 70,000 photos.
At WPPI, I’m going to be taking classes from some of the biggest names in wedding photography. I’m excited to bring back some of the latest in albums, techniques and ideas for all of my clients.
Any of you wedding photographers out there may find this video funny, it’s got some of of the big names in photography in it.
Wow, it’s been a crazy couple of weeks. My daughter Abby burned her hand pretty bad in a cup of hot apple cider and she ended up seeing two emergency rooms and stayed the night in a burn unit. The burn is finally starting to look better and she’s a lot happier now. Sorry for not blogging last week but with Abby in the hospital, my last week’s photo shoot being a top secret Christmas suprise, Kristy having a kidney stone, and me putting together my new computer it just didn’t happen. The next couple posts will be of some fun families I got to work with this last week. Enjoy!
For the next week and a half I’ll be on a cruise in Mexico. I’m going with all of my inlaws and I’m so stoked to see and feel some sun. One of Kristy’s aunts is watching our kids. We feel bad for ditching them over Christmas, but at least they’re only 1 and 3 and hopefully won’t get scarred for life. I’ll reply to all of your emails on the 27th when I get back. Merry Christmas!
