Finally had a chance to finish preparing a real preview of Laura and James’ wedding photos! It wasn’t easy narrowing it down, but here’s a few dozen of my favorites from the day. I’ll try to keep the chatter to a minimum and let the pictures do the talking 
Laura and James put together a really fun wedding this past weekend! I’m going to save the full blog until after they return from their honeymoon in Mexico, but I just had to post something after looking through all those great photos! I’m so impatient 
Last weekend I met up with Laura and James for a little last-minute engagement session in Bothell! Our initial plan was to use Bothell Landing as our backdrop, but that was foiled by the park’s summer concert series — oops! With the wedding only three weeks away, we had to improvise. Fortunately, there’s no shortage of natural beauty here in the northwest! We had a nice sunset stroll down the Burke-Gilman trail, stopping here and there to take some photos or enjoy a refreshing breeze.
And now, here’s a little teaser of the photos from our stroll. Can’t wait to capture their big day in August! From the details I have so far, it’s going to be ridiculously cute
Remember Carl and Beth’s photos from Fremont last September? Well, shortly thereafter, they found out they were pregnant! And on June 7th their beautiful baby girl was born
Without further ado, meet Catelyn Jean!
Fifty-thousand people is a lot of people– almost enough people to keep me away from the fireworks on Lake Union on the 4th of July. People started showing up before dawn to stake out their spots. By early afternoon it was already looking crowded. I didn’t show up until 8:30 and it was completely packed by then, but I managed to find a small plot of land exactly where I wanted it, right in the middle! All day I was thinking about this shot, and when I got home after the show and loaded my photos onto the computer, I was pleased to see it turned out just the way I planned
If you’re anything like me — and I think most creative types are — your motivation waxes and wanes from day to day. Some days the ideas come at me so fast that I can’t keep up, while other days I don’t even want to touch a camera, let alone produce something interesting with it.
Creative expression takes a lot of energy. Part of what it takes to become successful is the ability to find that energy, no matter what side of the bed you happen to wake up on any given day. I don’t care who you are, if you postpone a shoot because you’re “just not feeling it” that day, that client probably won’t be looking for you the next time they need a photographer, and won’t be passing your name on to others. So what can you do to tough it out and make some magic happen? Well…
