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Ponto Family Portrait

Ponto Family Portrait

Share Recently photographed the Ponto family and had a fun time with them.

Nick and Ali PLUS Nolan

Nick and Ali PLUS Nolan

Share Nick and Ali were married about 7 years ago and I photographed their wonderful wedding. Yesterday I got to photograph them once again with the addition of their new son Nolan. What a boy!

Polar Bear Plunge

Polar Bear Plunge

Share On the first day of a new year many people feel the desire to plunge in the very cold water of the Puget Sound or other large body of water. My wife Jana was overcome with just such a desire and I photographed her swimming at Golden Gardens.


Seattle Senior Portrait

Seattle Senior Portrait

Share We took Matt out to the Seattle Arboretum for his Senior Pictures. Here a few of my favorites.

Portrait with View from Kerry Park

Portrait with View from Kerry Park

Share Photograph of Jana Sheehan at Kerry Park on Queen Ann just north of downtown Seattle.

Flying Baby High

Flying Baby High

Share   Recently I photographed baby Ariel at the Arboretum on a warm and sunny day. I loved the sequence of he mom Heidi holding her up and flying her through the air. Heidi was a client of mine when I photographed her wedding.


Heading Home

Heading Home

Share After a five wek stay in Seattle and the pacific Northwest Martin and Dana and children are heading home to SLovakia.

Macklemore  and Ryan Lewis

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis

Share In August I was assigned to cover  the performer Macklemore and Ryan Lewis.  He and his company put a great show and the audience really loved it. Here are a couple of my favorite pictures from the day.

First Day of New School Year.

First Day of New School Year.

Share   Last September 5th was the first day of classes for Claire’s 5th grade. It was a beautiful sunny and warm day as she walked her  two border collies to school.


Music, Meadows, Mountains

Music, Meadows, Mountains

Share   Here are all in attendance at the 2013 Music, Meadows, Mountains music camp on Orcas Island. It has been held every year for quite a while based at Camp Moran and last a week. Workshops, music lessons and concerts are the main business there.

Red Barn Greta - Red Barn Studios in Chehalis WA.

Red Barn Greta – Red Barn Studios in Chehalis WA.

Share   On Spring Break from school, I took Claire and her friend Clara off on a road trip. First stop was Red Barn Studios in Chehalis WA. where we spent some time with Jason and Laurie and their new dog Greta. Made me wish I had brought our dogs fro her to meet and play […]

Engagement Pictures at The Ballard Locks

Engagement Pictures at The Ballard Locks

Share Down at the Ballard Locks in Seattle last weekend, Jana and I got to spend some time with Vinnie and Jeff.  We made some engagement photos in the unusually beautiful sunshine. Jeff and Vinnie are getting married down in the San Francisco Bay area around the beginning of May.  Originally we planned to meet in  Golden Gardens […]


On The Beach

On The Beach

Share Claire tolerating being photographed on the beach in Seaside, OR last year. Some days she is just not that into it.

Portrait of Ema in Flight

Portrait of Ema in Flight

Share Brought Ema into the studio for a series of jump portraits recently. Here is one of them.

Trick or Treat Girls

Trick or Treat Girls

Share Out and about on Halloween these local Ballard girls are set to head off on their mission of the evening.


Walking the Dogs to School

Walking the Dogs to School

Share Claire on the way to Salmon Bay School. Every morning we walk the border collies Luna and Charlie to school. It is a good time to get some exercise for us and the dogs and also a good time to talk about stuff. Here we met up with her friend Clara.

Mountain Top Flower Girls

Mountain Top Flower Girls

Share This past summer I was at quite a few weddings and wanted to share some of the pictures I made of the children in attendance. This wedding was on top of Crystal Mountain accessed via a big red gondola. It was a fun time for all. Here is a wedding group photo of about100 people. […]

Seaside Trees

Seaside Trees

Share I have always loved this stand of trees at Golden Gardens beach. We were there on Sunday for the wedding of a good friend. It is a beautiful place for a wedding when the weather cooperates as it did last weekend.


Spring has Arrived the Puget Sound

Spring has Arrived the Puget Sound

Share Discovery Park was grand fun for family and dogs. I love this view of the Olympic Mountains in the distance. So this weekend spring finally seemed to arrive after a very wet winter.

Meredith's 4th Grade Class Picture

Meredith’s 4th Grade Class Picture

Share  Recently I photographed the 4th grade class at Salmon Bay Elementary School in Ballard for their annual fund raiser.

Children's Portraits | Harper Turns Two

Children’s Portraits | Harper Turns Two

Share  I photographed  Molly 2 years ago when she was 9 months pregnant on a Sunday afternoon.Two days later baby Harper popped out of the belly and into the world. Although I have photographed her a couple of times I wanted to post an update now that she just turned two. Harper loves playing “Where’s the baby” […]


Family Portrait Photography the Carofino Family

Family Portrait Photography the Carofino Family

Share Last week I got a ca ll from George Carofino who told me he was looking for someone to take a family portrait of his son Brad’s family for a Christmas present. The day he selected was this beautiful sunny December before Christmas. Brad and his wife Katy lived very close to Carkeek Park […]

Campbell Family Portrait

Campbell Family Portrait

Share I had a recent assignment to photograph Greg Campbell and his family. We met at Gasworks park which gave us a variety of backdrops to choose from.

Luke Bryan

Luke Bryan

Share Every year I get assignments to photograph a number of different subjects and one area I really enjoy is photographing musicians.  I wanted to post a couple of pictures I recently took on assignment for Yahoo country music of country singer Luke Bryan. He was passing through Seattle on tour after a gig at the […]