Happenstance | Puget Sound Creative

It is my great excitement to announce that I have been invited to be part of a wonderful company called Puget Sound Creative. Molly Hawkins and Tara Sanborn are bringing me on as a portrait photographer who will be focusing on High School Senior and environmental portraits. I am thrilled to be working with these two awesome ladies and looking forward to all of the very exciting projects in the works!

What I may be most excited about is that the three of us all share similar passions within the skateboarding and snowboarding industries. Not to mention we love expressing our passion through photography and filmmaking. I’m jumping out of my skin excited to be on their team and to get to know all of the amazingly talented people we have the opportunity to work with.

Check out what we’re all about: HERE!

PENTAX K1000 | roll one

The awesome Mary Nedimyer gifted me this amazing new film camera for Christmas. My old Nikon had broken and film photography began to be a distant memory. Thank goodness for Mary. Here are my favorites from roll one of a new journey of a new year with a new 35mm!

Happenstance | Wheels of Fortune IV

Skate Like A Girl’s 4th annual WHEELS OF FORTUNE! Held at Inner Space Skate Park on January 8th and hosted by Marshall Reid.

RESULTS | Advanced – 1st Lacey B. (So Cal) 2nd Kristin E. (SEA) 3rd Amy C. (Long Beach) 4th Beth N. (Vancouver BC) 5th Ashley R. (PDX). Intermediate – 1st Sally R (SEA), 2nd Maryama J. (SEA), 3rd Ruby C (Kirkland), 4th Caroline (Vancouver BC), 5th Jessie H (PDX) Beginner – 1st Marilyn D (PDX), 2nd Adalyn W (SEA) 3rd Emma M (SEA), 4th Simone M (SEA) 5th Anna R (SF)

Happy Thanksgiving!

HAVE A GREAT THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!

(photo not taken by me)

Happenstance | Anya & Charlie

Yay for Anya & Charlie!! My friend Barry introduced me to Anya a while ago and since day one, she’s been a super positive influence in my life.

On the personal side, Anya was recently diagnosed with cancer and even though cancer is a scary thing, she has been optimistic and strong throughout the whole thing. She’s a brave woman and I’m lucky to call her a friend. Go get it girl!

We went to Discovery park on a blistery Sunday afternoon to recreate a photo from Anya and Charlie’s wedding day that was taken by another photographer. They had the idea to have a photo taken during each major point in their lives and I was excited that they asked me to be a part of it. Here are some of our favorites from the shoot!

VIDEO | This That Launch Party

I have been dabbling a bit more into filming and editing videos lately and am having a blast. I haven’t been this psyched and energetic about “work” in a while. I definitely think video is something I want to get heavily involved in and I cannot wait to see how my skills improve and where it takes me. Here is a quick edit I made of the This That launch party this past Saturday. Enjoy!

Current Hype! | Seattle’s Child Magazine

I was recently asked by my good friends at Skate Like A Girl if I would submit some photos of the non-profit for an article by Seattle’s Child Mag. Stoked to see Skate Like A Girl getting some press and I feel blessed to have my photos on a full page spread.

Happenstance | Camp Doug

On our way out of Neah Bay, we stopped on this long, tree lined road for some photos. I set up a light and snapped this real quick of the guys at Camp Doug. A very rad design firm by my main man, Andrew Nedimyer and our good buddy, Barry Sevig. Check em out at CAMPDOUG.COM

Happenstance | Kyle Schuman at This That

Kyle is a local artist who creates some pretty uncanny paintings of celebrities. He’s got a hell of a lot of talent and he’s only 17 years old! I went back over to This That and shot some photos of him painting the legendary Bill Gates… in his mugshot. The future is a mysterious place, but there aint no mystery when it comes to Kyle and his successful future!

Personal Film | Neah Bay w/ a Holga 35mm

A few friends and I went camping over in Neah Bay this past weekend and had a great time. We stayed in tents the first night and got rained on pretty hard – it made for a funny wakeup call when we had to take them down in the rain showers. The second night, we stayed in a cozy cabin, played games and made a yummy dinner. We were also able to go hiking and explore the wilderness. I filmed a video that I am in the process of editing. Keep a lookout for that!