Portrait of a Banker
I had a recent assignment to photograph Dean Bennion, an executive at the Wells Fargo Bank. I love the low intensity of the light over Puget Sound. The bay can be seen out his office window with the Olympic Mountains off hidden in the clouds. In Fact there was rain over most of the horizon. The sky was a mass of clouds. Except for off in the souther end of the Olympics, the sun was trying to get through under the clouds. What a great view from above 40 floors over Elliot Bay.
Snoqualmie Falls From Salish Lodge
On Saturday I was covering an event at Salish Lodge and was struck by the view from the room looking out over the falls. What a beautiful spot. It was late afternoon and the sun was getting ready to set but was still spotlighting the hillside above the fall. The falls were going strong with a great volume of water going down. The Salish Lodge is a very inviting place with a great restaurant an I intend to return someday when not covering an event.
Wind Power At Sea, Over the North Atlantic
Wind Power At Sea North Atlantic. Viewed from a commercial airliner on a trip from Europe. This photo is by my father-in-law Dusan Dorotka made on the way from Slovakia to visit us here in Seattle.
Architectural Photography – Portland House
I was commissioned to photograph another beautiful house by architect Jill Lewis. this time it was a house in Portland, OR. Once again it was a house I felt comfortable in right away. Here are some of the pictures of it at different times of day. At the bottom of the post is a slide show of all 13 images.
Here is a slide show of all of the images
Charlotte Graham | Seattle Photographers Corporate Portrait
Here is another in a series of corporate executive portraits from recent assignments. As always it is a challenge to try and get something different that works and is satisfying as a creative portrait. Charlotte heads a group of five executives in the Real Estate business and I photographed her and all the members of her team in a beautiful home facing Lake Washington. It had wonderful light and great details. She was really great to work with. this was my favorite shot of her.
Photography by Daniel Sheehan creates photography for editorial publications and corporations and available for commercial photography assignments.
Executive Portrait of Dean Bennion | Seattle Corporate Photographers
Recently I have been shooting a lot of corporate executive portraits and it is always a challenge to try and get something different that works for the corporation but is satisfying as a creative portrait. When I had to photograph Dean Bennion a VP at Wells Fargo Bank in Seattle, The weather was dark and rainy kind of a typical winter day around here. But I really liked how the sky and water looked from high up over downtown Seattle in the Wells Fargo office Dean works in.
Photography by Daniel Sheehan creates photography for editorial publications and corporations and available for commercial photography assignments.
Seattle Photographer at Pike Place Market
I was downtown recently on a typical rainy evening and made this shot of the light traffic on Pike looking west to the Market from the Washington Convention Center.
Photography by Daniel Sheehan creates photography for editorial publications and corporations and available for commercial photography assignments.
Boeing 777 | Boeing Commercial Airplane Assembly
On an assignment for the magazine Businessweek, prior to it being acquired by Bloomberg, I got to go to Everett, WA and photograph the Boeing 777 as it was being assembled. The Boeing 777 is a long-range, wide-body twin-engine jet airliner manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It is the world’s largest twinjet and is commonly referred to as the “Triple Seven”. The aircraft has seating for over 300 passengers and has a range from 5,235 to 9,380 nautical miles, depending on model. Its distinguishing features include the largest-diameter turbofan engines of any aircraft, six wheels on each main landing gear, a circular fuselage cross-section, and blade-shaped tail cone. Developed in consultation with eight major airlines, the 777 was designed to replace older wide-body airliners and bridge the capacity difference between the 767 and 747. As Boeing’s first fly-by-wire airliner, it has computer mediated controls; it is also the first entirely computer-designed commercial aircraft.
Although the plant is illuminated partly by florescent lighting which gives everything a green cast, I corrected for that. The green cast on the body of the 777 is a protective coat and is removed before it completed and painted. Boeing doubled the size of the Everett factory which is one of the largest buildings in the world, to accommodate production of the 777.
Every time I fly on a Boeing 777, I remember how they look as I saw them on my tour to watch them come together here in Washington State.
Graphic Artist and Designer Michael Strassburger | Seattle Design Studio Modern Dog
Graphic artist and designer Michael Strassburger co-founder of Seattle Design Studio Modern Dog needed a new head shot and I was tapped for the task. How do you impress a modern dog designer? Not sure but he liked this look made 100% of natural light. It was a little intimidating since Strassburger is one of the powerhouse designers behind Seattle based Modern Dog. “Their heady mix of intuitive design, cheeky humor and punk rock aesthetics has made them unique among design firms, and a hell of a lot of fun. Their work is often seen in the rock poster arena, but they cover a much larger social terrain and their clients include K2 Snowboards, Blue Q, Coca-Cola, Swatch and Nordstrom.
Portrait Photography by Seattle photographer Daniel Sheehan creating portraits for publications and a Seattle Wedding Photographer with an artistic photojournalist style.
Corporate Portrait Photography | Board of Directors Photograph
In December I was called in by the Seattle Aquarium to photograph their board of directors for the annual report. After my initial scouting trip I re-discovered how much I like the overhead approach to making a large group photograph. Sometimes the backgrounds do not seem to look good or maybe it is hard to arrange such a big group in the time and space required and this approach is a real good solution. Photograph by Seattle Photographer Daniel Sheehan specializing in photojournalism, portraits and photography for publications and corporations.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer
Recently I was working on my archive and I stumbled upon this executive portrait of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer which I shot on assignment for Yahoo Business Magazine. Although he did not give me a ton of time Ballmer was very gracious with me despite what I had heard from others. Coincidently Mocrosoft today announced that driven by Windows 7 sales, their profits grew 35 percent in the 3rd quarter beating all industry analysts estimates. Microsoft had $4.01 billion in profit, or 45 cents a share, on $14.5 billion in sales in the third quarter, which ended March 31. This was an increase of 6 percent compared with the same quarter a year ago, when the company made a profit of $2.98 billion, or 33 cents a share on $13.65 billion in sales.
Ballmer has a long history with the company and joined Microsoft in 1980 and became Microsoft’s 24th employee, the first business manager hired by Bill Gates and was named CEO in January of 2000. Photograph by Seattle Photographer Daniel Sheehan specializing in photojournalism, portraits and photography for publications and corporations, and a wedding photographer, with a candid photojournalist style.
MADRONA RESIDENCE | Seattle Architectural Photography
Recently I made some photographs of a residence in the Madrona neighborhood of Seattle for the new website of Bennett Lavacot Architecture. The interior design was by Robin Chell Design. The owners of the house was thinking of moving to a new house they were going to build and were in discussion for the new design. After a fire destroyed some of the old house they were persuaded to rebuild on the same lot and this wonderful home was the result of the work of David and Kim of Bennett Lavacot Architecture and the owners of the property.
The first floor has this great open floor plan from the front where the living room through the dining room to the kitchen which opens into a private courtyard.
A marvelous detail of the fireplace.
The first floor powder room.
Stairs going up the the second level.
Above two images are from the master suite bathroom .
Below are two photos showing the private interior courtyard behind the kitchen, top and bottom off the media room. Architectural photography by Seattle Photographer Daniel Sheehan Photography specializing in architectural photography, photojournalism, portraits for publications, corporations, and photojournalistic Seattle wedding photography.
All in all a great place in a beautiful neighborhood.
Bellevue Lobby | Interior Design
I had an another assignment with Seattle interior designer Robin Chell of Robin Chell Design, to photograph some of her work at a number of Condo and apartment buildings in Bellevue and Redmond. This was taken in a lobby of an apartment building in Bellevue, Washington. Very elegant and clean design I would characterize Robin’s design at work here.
Photograph by Seattle Photographer Daniel Sheehan specializing in photojournalism, portraits and photography for publications and corporations, and photojournalistic Seattle wedding photography. Visit his newest website eyeshotphotos.com to see samples of all of his work as a Seattle Photographer.
East River, Brooklyn Bridge, Lower Manhattan With Fire Boat
View of the East River with the Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan With Fire Boat from Brooklyn.
New Vintage Release, New Design for 2010
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:Nota Bene Cellars is releasing their 2007 vintage wines and I recently photographed the entire lineup of bottles for them. They were especially interested is showing off their new label design and their large format bottles. The photos will be used on their website when it gets updated very soon. They had started out with just three different wines when I first photographed their wine a few years ago. It is good to see them growing bigger and bigger. Their wines are some of my favorite Washington State wine. Daniel Sheehan also runs a wedding photographer business named “A Beautiful Day Photography.” Explore the candid wedding photography there and see why he was named the best wedding photographers in Seattle by the WPJA. Go to Seattle Wedding Photography at A Beautiful Day Photography.
Family Pictures
Tim Narby and family in the winery of Nota Bene Cellars, Seattle.
It is the time of year when I get asked a lot to come and make family portraits for business and personal use. Here is Tim Narby’s family photo for the winery to send out to friends and clients. Tim makes some really great wine in the bordeaux style, blending the traditional varieties into a new world version of a classic bordeaux. Tim is the owner and winemaker at Nota Bene Cellars making some of the finest wine to come out of the best vineyards of Eastern Washington.
Just a note about this picture. I usually do not go into technical talk but I have been working with an old Hassleblad and black and white film and I really like the look of film. It has been a while since I worked with a film camera every day and I am getting the hang of it again. Last time I worked with the Hasselblad was more than 15 years ago. I gave them up and moved on to a Mamiya RZ 67 when I became tired of the square format. Lately I have been missing it so I got myself a new old camera, the lens was made in 1975 and the body in 1980. The lens is a beautiful 110 f/2 Planar. and it looks tack sharp even after all these years. I will be using it for as many kinds of assignments as I see fit from now on. It is back to the future with film. Family portrait by Seattle Photographer Daniel Sheehan an editorial photographer who creates portraits for publications and corporations.
Portrait Of A Chair
I had to photograph a chair for a furniture designer and importer for a marketing campaign and decided to approach it much the same way I would approach making a portrait of a person. I wanted to show off its best side and have some of its personality come through. Both the client and I were happy with the resulting picture.
Large Group Panoramic Portraits
One of my favorite assignments is photographing large groups of people for corporate clients or wedding clients. Here is a recent wedding panorama taken at the wedding of Kerri Higgins and Graham Sheldon at McCurdy Park and the Museum of History and Industry, MOHAI on August 15th. Everyone in attendance lined up on the waterfront where the ceremony had just taken place for a large group portrait.The light was perfect and the setting was fantastic with Lake Washington and the Montlake cut in the background.
A Throw of the Dice
I was out on the Skansonia last week on assignment to cover a night out for a local business and one f the diversions they had hand were some gaming tables. I caught this fellow as he unloaded the dice in a long runs of collecting a pile of chips. A great night out for all.
Architectural Photography – The Jan Sewell House
Recently, I photographed Jan Sewell of Jan Sewell Design and Jan Sewell Real Estate and her beautiful home in Madison Park. Her place is like a museum with incredible art on all the walls and sculpture scattered all around the place. She does decorate and sell homes for a living after all, so it is no surprise that her place is drop dead gorgeous. I have to add that Jan is not your normal real estate agent. She will make you house look so good you very well might have to change your mind about selling it in the end.
So what do you from a real estate agent with great taste?
Panoramic Group Portrait
Phil Kelly has been working on a new CD project,out at Bear Creek Studio in Woodinville recently, his first big band jazz album under his own name, “Convergence Zone” which is scheduled for fall release on Origin Records. I got to make a panoramic photo of the whole band on a break out behind the studio. Phil is seated at right.
In addition to more than 40 years as a composer / arranger for film, TV, and other media applications, Phil Kelly has written for bands like Bill Watrous’ NY Wildlife Refuge, the Old Tonight show band , Doc Severinsen, Si Zentner, as well as functioning as arranger/ conductor / drummer for vocalists Buddy Greco, Julius LaRosa, Frank D’Rone, Sylvia Syms, John Gary, Jenny Smith, and Al ‘TNT’ Braggs among others..
Early on in his career, he also logged several years as a jazz drummer with artists such as Terry Gibbs ,Red Garland, and Denny Zeitlin as well as years of work as a studio and recording drummer. In addition to his film and TV writing, He has written music for over 500 national commercials , ESPN, ABC Sports , NFL Films, and industrial films and shows for Cadillac, Chevrolet, Volkswagen, American Airlines and Zales Jewelers.
His website is at http://www.philkellymusic.com/
Creative Corporate Portraits
Jon Rosochelli and Eduardo Mendoza
I was assigned to do some creative corporate Portraits for the residential staging residential staging firm of Rosichelli | Mendoza recently. The portraits were for a redesign of their website. Above is one of the portraits I did of Jon Rosichelli and below is one of the portraits I made of Eduardo.
Photographs by Seattle photographer Daniel Sheehan, a photojournalist specializing in jazz photography, photojournalism and portrait photography and a Seattle wedding photographer with an unobtrusive, story-telling approach. For a Seattle family portrait photographer go to grestkidpix.com
View From Newcastle
While at a recent corporate event at the Newcastle Golf Club I made this panorama of the view and someone making his own photograph of the fantastic view of the western horizon over Lake Washington and the city of Seattle and over Puget Sound to the Olympic Mountains. Simply one of the best drop dead views available in the region in the opinion of a Seattle photographer. Besides being a fantastic place to play golf, the catering staff make Newcastle a great place to hold a corporate event or function. I enjoyed working there as a Seattle photographer covering corporate events a number of times over the past few years.
Author Portraits- Sue Hegyvary
I had a request for this portrait of Sue Hegyvary I made for Nursing magazine a couple of years ago. It will be used for the author’s photo on a book by Sue. She is on faculty of the University of Washington and I made some portraits of her both at work and at home. This was one of the final selects from the home session.
