Chris Sharp For City Arts Tacoma

Chris Sharp is a professional artist struggling to survive. I went down to Tacoma twice to photograph him for City Arts Tacoma and we took some great pictures. I was so happy with how the final layout turned out on the article that I asked the magazine to send me a digital copy so I could put it on my blog! Thank you staff at Encore (the owners of the magazine) for making my job so easy and interesting and thank you Chris for spending so much time with me taking great pictures. Check out the May/June edition of City Arts Tacoma the whole story on Chris and his art.

Anna

Anna and I had a great time on our shoot. She’s a glass artist extraordinaire and the presenting artist at my favorite Gala of the year. She’s also one of the nicest people I’ve ever met and won my undying loyalty by making me her special butter ginger tea. Visit her web site to see more of her amazing work

http://www.annaskibska.com/

La Côte Crêperie

I haven’t posted my stranger restaurant stuff before, but La Cote was so beautiful I couldn’t resist! I loved its previous incarnation St. Germain and I’m hopeful that La Cote will be just as good. I had fun in La Cote photographing the waitresses and the owner. Laurent Gabrel (the owner) is on the right track and I look forward to eating there in the future. See

http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=526418

for the full article.

Tango!

I just finished this promo shoot for tango dancer extraordinaire Jaimes Friedgen (http://www.the8thstyle.com). I think the photos came out great and I had some fun playing with the post production.

We got lucky with the late afternoon sun, but boy was it cold! Thanks Jaimes and Christa for dancing in spite of the weather

Eventually we changed locations, but didn’t get to spend to much time there. I’m hoping to shoot more of these guys soon!

More on Dancing!

I was talking to a tango dancer tonight who hinted he was tired of the photos on my web site!! So here are some few more, teasers…just a casual collection because I like dancing so much.

Belly Dancing!

Finally a 2008 post! I try to shoot as much dance photography as I can, and am lucky to get quite a bit of studio time with belly dancers. Here’s a shoot I did recently with beautiful belly dancer ‘Banshee’

Yolanda and Brandon

Yolanda was one of my great friends in High school and I was honored to shoot her wedding in California this summer past. We started shooting early and got some great morning light. In the tradition of our unique high school experience, the wedding wasn’t your average American fare

Here Yolanda and her sister are getting ready

Here the groom waits eagerly on horseback to start the procession

The ceremony was beautiful, and the couple couldn’t have been happier

Julie and Nick

Julie and Nick are getting married in August 2008 and I’m so excited to do their wedding. We got lucky with the engagement shoot and found a beautiful day in the middle of winter. We started out at the Tacoma Museum of Glass and had a great time taking pictures and looking at the art.

Then we headed over to a nearby park and played with their enthusiastic dogs…

I can’t wait to see Julie’s dress (which she’s making herself!) and take great pictures for them at their wedding

2007 Overview

What better way to start a blog than with an overview of the year gone by? These are some of my favorite photos and jobs from 2007.

I got so excited about portraiture this year, and got some great opportunities to photograph really interesting people.

Becky Andrews (acupuncturist extraordinaire–drb@doctorbecky.net) and I got to be good friends during her portrait sessions. I was so happy to be able to give her gorgeous photos, and will be even happier to keep her as a muse in 2008!

My actress friend Katya came from the big apple and we had a great shoot together in September. I love photographing people who don’t believe they’re photogenic. Its so much fun to surprise them with how well they can look.

I first photographed Lyall Bush for the Mayors Arts Awards portrait series, but then got to spend a little time with him later for a head shots. He is a great author and the executive director of the Ricahrd Hugo House (http://www.hugohouse.org/). I was honored to photograph all the arts awards recipients, and it was certainly a highlight of 2007!

Lyall Bush

Mayor Greg Nickels

The Massive Monkeys

Jean Griffith, renown clay artist and founding member of Pottery Northwest (http://potterynorthwest.org/) 

Another fun, noteworthy shoot in 2007 was a portrait series I did for Seattle Art Museum.

It was a challenge to pull the curators out of their shells, but it was one of the more satisfying jobs I’ve done this year.

And of course, I can’t think about 2007 without thinking about the weddings! I did about 30 weddings in the four month wedding season. I hope do even more in 2008!

Hello world!

It’s a new year, and a new year’s resolution! Finally a blog for Jennifer. I’m excited to share my recent work with you. After all, what’s the point of taking beautiful pictures if you can’t give them a good audience?  Enjoy and stay in touch!

Jennifer