Pumpkin_Patch

My favorite season is autumn without doubt. I love the shorter days, the leaf rustling wind, the changing colors in the trees, the time to reflect on an active summer, cooler mornings, richer foods and darker beers. I love everything about the fall and even more so now getting to share it with my daughter. Today we took Malia out to a local farm to pick out her first real (ie - cognizant) set of pumpkins. She's still not too sure about the goats and cows, but she loved the wheelbarrow ride.

Can_Lady

We were on a super fun shoot up in Seattle this past week and after a morning session out at Discovery Park in Magnolia we came across this sweet old woman in a huge-boat-of-a-barely-still-running 1970's era Plymouth crushing aluminum cans in an empty parking lot. One of those times that you are happy to have the camera in the car with you. She said that the cans paid for the gas, but by the looks of the car I'd say that after forward and reversing over the cans a couple dozen times to flatten them it was probably a wash. Will post some images from the shoot sometime this next week.

Kumara

For lifestyle photography, talent who have personality and are able to let it shine in front of the camera are worth their weight in gold. This is probably a no-brainer, but you'd be surprised at how often I am trying to pull personality out of my subjects. This past week I shot some new personal work with Kumara Kelley, a Burton sponsored snowboarder and all around vivacious woman. In the course of a few hours we created a huge variety of images ranging studio to location - primarily because she was just comfortable being herself. Thanks Anna as always for great styling and to the team at Sports Unlimited for making the connection with Kumara.

Bend

I was out in Central Oregon this past week doing some location scouting for a project coming up later this month. Any excuse to get over the hills to the Bend area is good in my book. Perfect late summer weather with just a hint of color in the aspens.

Suvie_Island_Summer

It may sound like someplace exotic and far away, but we didn't go to the South Pacific for this one. Out on a super cool old houseboat with tons of character on the Willamette River last week to catch a few more of the sun's rays before the fall weather pattern takes over here in Oregon. Props to Chloe for 'bringing it' and to Sarah for a great job with all of the styling.

Skater_Girls

Some images from a skater girl shoot here in Portland last week. Thanks Anna for doing a great job on the styling!

PATH_Architecture

A couple of new exteriors that we shot this week for PATH Architecture here in Portland. If you are into modern design, clean lines, great detail - everything these guys do is eye candy!