A Day on Bainbridge Island

It is definitely summer in the Northwest! We loaded the kids up this morning and took the ferry over to Bainbridge Island. After lunch we visited Fay State Park. Although the water was cold....verrry cold, the kids didn't seem to mind. I think they would have competely submerged themselves if we would have let them.

I took this picture of Erin last night when she was relaxing in the hammock. Click on the picture to visit the rest of the gallery from today. Notice that there are some pictures of me! Erin took hold of the camera today and captured some great shots! She definitely has a good eye for framing.

Enjoy your 4th!

Tacoma Pictage User Group Rocks!

Erin and I are members of Pictage, which is a service for professional photographers that enables photo sharing and professional photography services. For the last several months, I have been getting periodic emails letting us know that they have monthly Pictage User Group (PUG) meetings in Tacoma. The Tacoma meetings are hosted by Me Ra Koh and her husband Brian. This months meeting promised to include models (bride/groom and an engaged couple) and we would have the opportunity to photograph them.



So this past Wednesday Erin and I travelled to Tacoma hoping that we would learn a little something, but not expecting too much. We ended up being blown away! Me Ra, her husband and everyone that attended were incredibly open and helpful and we ended up learning a great deal, but more importantly were very motivated by the conversation afterwards.



Photography is such a passion in my life and the better I get at it, the more I yearn to share what I know with others and my clients. It was clear to Erin and I the other night that this is also the case with a number of professional photographers in the Seattle/Tacoma area. Me Ra and others that attended are incredibly successful and well known, but they take the time to help others and share what they know. What a refreshing industry!

Click on one of the pics above to view the pictures we captured at the outing on Wednesday.

Interesting Picture of my Son Cole

I love the 4th of July! We just finished a big push at work, so we're taking Monday off and turning this into a 4 day weekend. I wasn't very productive today and that was kind of the point (no honey do list this weekend!). Last night I picked up some Copper River King salmon and grilled that out this evening and while the fish was cooking I snapped this shot of Cole.
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After dinner I was checking out the shots I took and I noticed a reflection in Cole's eye. Here's the color crop of hia left eye.
You can actually see me standing there with the camera and the sky in the background as a reflection in his eye! Pretty cool.

I'm sure there will be more posts over the 4th. I may take my gear to whichever fireworks show we end up going to. It's a good opportunity to try out some different techniques. Have a safe and fun holiday!