Portrait of Lila
Share I photographed Lila last week for her modeling portfolio and the light at the beach was fantastic.
2015 Earshot Jazz Festival — Charles Lloyd, Wild Man Dance
Share Charles Lloyd, the multi-horn mystic returned to Seattle last month as part of the 2015 Earshot Jazz Festival, with another another riveting séance. His newest quartet called on brilliant contemporaries Gerald Clayton (piano) and Kendrick Scott (drums) along with veteran bassist Reuben Rogers. After nearly five decades of utterly uncompromising music-making, saxophonist Charles Lloyd has achieved […]
Rich Man Poor Man
Share Rich Man Poor Man: Frank Kohl Trio was presented by Earshot Jazz at the Chapel Performance Center as part of the Jazz: The Second Century series this year.
Seattle Portrait Photographer Photo of Asma
Share Recently was asked to photograph Asma for a professional portrait and we were both happy with the results.
Seattle Grand Hyatt Wedding Photography
Share On July 30th Bryant and Ekta were married at the Grand Hyatt Seattle Hotel Ekta was quite a princess and the music they played throughout the dinner part of the reception was fittingly all Disney movie sound tracks. It was a beautiful wedding and the dancing went on forever.
Peter Brötzmann Trio
Share Earshot Jazz presented Peter Brötzmann Trio with William Parker & Hamid Drake in May at the Seattle Art Museum and it was wonderful. Here are a few images of the group.
Ambrose Akinmusire
Share At the Seattle Art Museum, Ambrose Akinmusire kicked off the Earshot Jazz 2014 Summer Concert series. Winner of the 2007 Thelonious Monk Trumpet Competition and the Carmine Caruso International Jazz Trumpet Solo Competition, two of the most prestigious awards in jazz, the Oakland-born Ambrose Akinmusire has established himself as an extremely bright and intriguing […]
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
Share We took Matt out to the Seattle Arboretum for his Senior Pictures. Here a few of my favorites.
Golden Gardens Wedding on the Beach | Jason and Shannon
Share Shannon Dierks and Jason Rasmus were married at Goldens Gardens. Rain was forecast for the weekend but the beauty of Golden Gardens for a Seattle wedding is the renovated Bathhouse which allows the show to go on despite the weather. It was raining most of the day until just before the ceremony was to start and then […]
John Seman’s Lil Coop Quintet
Share John Seman’s Lil Coop Quintet performed at the Chapel Performance Space on October 11 as the 2014 Earshot Jazz Festival was gearing up. Bassist, composer, archivist and advocate for improvised music John Seman explores composition and free improvisation and musical past and future – in the moment – with his Lil Coop Quintet, featuring […]
Portrait with View from Kerry Park
Share Photograph of Jana Sheehan at Kerry Park on Queen Ann just north of downtown Seattle.
Portrait of Carmen and Dave
Share Had a fun time making photographs of Carmen and Dave at Carkeek Park.
Anton Schwartz Quintet
Share Here are a few pictures from the Anton Schwartz Quintet performance at Tula’s during the recent Earshot Jazz Festival 2014. Fantastic set with George Colligan (piano), Lorca Hart (drums), Thomas Marriott (trumpet), and Jon Hamar (bass).
San Francisco Wedding at the Flood Mansion
Share Aparna Sridhar and Eli Sugarmanwere married in a ceremony at the Flood Mansion in San Francisco . Aparna and Eli are a wonderful couple with a very special approach to life and fashion. I loved Eli’s socks. Their wedding was a fun and delightful weekend with family and friends who came in from all over the world to […]
Sisters
Share Jana and Dana in the garden before Dana went home to Slovakia. We all had a great visit this summer.
Earshot Jazz Concert at the Seattle Art Museum.
Share The Dawn Clement Trio performed original compositions, as well as some music they’ve written for Priester’s Cue on June 28th. One of the Northwest’s premiere jazz artists, pianist/vocalist/composer Dawn Clement is a sought after collaborator who has worked with the likes of Pharaoh Sanders, Nancy King, Ingrid Jensen, Jay Clayton, and more. The Seattle native is […]
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.
Earshot Jazz Festival 2013 – Trumpet Madness
Share Jay Thomas brought Willie Thomas (trumpet), John Hansen (piano), Chuck Kistler (bass) and Adam Kessler (drums) to Tula’s last night as the 2013 Earshot Jazz festival continues. Here is a link to the Earshot Jazz Festival website schedule for the rest of the Festival.
Industrial Revelation
Share Opening up the 2013 Earshot Jazz festival at Tula’s on Tuesday, Oct 1, D’Vonne Lewis proppeled Seattle’s homegrown, hard-hitting post-genre quartet –Industrial Revelation with bassist Evan Flory-Barnes, Rhodes pianist Josh Rawlings and trumpeter Aham Oluo – through epic, improvised jams. It was a great performance and a good start to Earshot Jazz Festival […]
EXPO – New Apartments next to Seattle Centre
Share Seattle Interior Designer Robin Chell commissioned me to make some photographs of her work at EXPO, a new apartment building completed next to Seattle Center on lower Queen Anne recently. Here is a brief selection of some of the images. I love the view above of the Space Needle and the Seattle skyline from the roof deck. […]
Executive Portrait
Share A recent executive portrait of Deb Arnold turned out really well we both thought. Here is one of the results.