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May the 4th and Return of the 5th | Cosplay Creativity | Seattle, WA
But before we begin:
Google says: cos·play
/ˈkäzˌplā,ˈkäsˌplā/
noun: The practice of dressing up as a character from a movie, book, or video game.”
3 Reasons Why Headshots are Important | Branding and Beyond | Seattle, WA
First, let’s start from the beginning, what is a headshot? Well, a headshot is a professionally captured photograph of a person from the shoulders up, the photograph is cut or cropped in order to give focus to the person, not any product one is selling or background details. You’re probably thinking “okay so what’s the difference between a headshot and a portrait then?” The difference between a headshot and a portrait is distinguished with the model being camera aware and often looking directly at the camera with minimal posing and slight variations of facial expressions such as smiling with or without teeth and relaxing the mouth for a more neutral look.
Aja and Gabe | Alternative Wedding on the Water | Bellwether Hotel, Bellingham, WA
About a year and a half ago, Aja and Gabe won one of my couples photos giveaways! (I am telling you…these giveaways get me the COOLEST couples.) They asked me to come out to their home to take photos of them in their natural habitat. Their natural habitat being incredible forested land, and a library styled living room full of books. Everything my inner nerdy, emo, adventure kid needed.
6 Tips for Crushing your Cherry Blossom Photoshoot! | Tips and Tricks | Seattle, WA
It’s becoming FLOWER SEASON! and in Washington everyone is flocking to the UW quad to capture the moments of the Cherry Blossoms!
So now is the time to book your cherry blossom sessions. Actually, you should have booked them a while ago, and should be shooting them now. But anyways, this is a guide that will help you plan in advance for next year’s blooming. These tips will help whether you book with a professional photographer or you want to go on your own.
4 Ways to Personalize Your Session | Engagement | Washington
4 ways to make your engagement photos show your personality
I will jump into it real quick here, but something I get asked a lot is how do I feel comfortable in front of the camera, or how do we bring our personality into this. Well! Here are my tips and tricks of how to make your engagement session just for you!
The Wrigley Tiny Home | A Riparide Story | Packwood, WA
Have you ever been approached by a company on instagram that wants to work with you? Well, then have you ever been approached by a company that is legit? Well whats the catch right?
How a photoshoot can cure your depression | Boudoir and Beyond | Seattle, WA
Okay, so first, let me say this title has no science behind it. But, let’s get into it….
As some of you might already know I am also a licensed mental health therapist. I am NOT a psychologist, but I have worked with depression, anxiety and many other mental health conditions over my nearly 10 years in the mental health field.
We Stayed in a TREEHOUSE | Index Treeframe Cabin | Index, WA
“We stayed in a TREEHOUSE!”
So literally we stayed in a treehouse. Kelly invited me a few weeks ago to join her on an Index Cabins stay. As I pulled into this property I had no idea what I was about to witness. It was ACTUALLY IN THE TREE. We had no idea that what we were going to stay in was 13 feet off the ground.
Salute to Women's History Month | Seattle Women Owned and Beyond
Its officially March! Which means its Women’s History month. Women’s history month is a great chance to showcase only SOME of the incredible women I have met and had the opportunity to photograph along my journey. I am so excited to share this list of some of the women I complete adore, idolize and look up too.
Its All In The Details II | Wedding Photography | Seattle, WA
The details the details the details, here we go again!
So, I know I talked about the importance of the details last week, but I am going to continue to say how important more details are this week. But this week I am going to show you the other details. The pieces of a wedding that people don’t often put a focus on. The things that people just HAPPEN to notice. The things that I as your photographer DEFINITELY notice.