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  • Ellensburg Senior Portraits for Kaylee

    Saturday morning I had a great senior session for Kaylee in Ellensburg WA. She also happens to be my cousin. It was fun, and she did a great job posing.I remember practicing my portrait skills one time on Kaylee when I was 12 or 13 years old. Needless to say the pictures this time came out better.

    I love how the fall colors worked on the location we went. It makes the coming cold worth it. I used my effects for a variety of looks. Here’s a few favorites. Click for BIG views, and the link for the complete gallery… Gav

    ~See the gallery and order prints~

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  • Fine Art Gallery is finally here.

    I’ve been talking for a long time about getting a gallery of my landscape and art photography on the site, along with a means for clients to order art prints of my work.

    Well I’ve finally got it done. It’s still a work in progress but the official Fine Art Gallery page is up, along with an online Signature Series Store for ordering prints of my work. I’ve been meaning to do this for a long time, and it feels really good to finally have it up and running… Gav

  • Square Dance Calling Is Here

    OH, so many projects, so little time.

    Many of your know that aside from being a photographer, one of my hobbies is being a square dance caller and a ventriloquist. Now if your thinking… “yaaawn” square dancing, let me say that square dancing does not have to be slow and for squares. In fact if you ever dance to my calling you might just find me down right energetic. Plus with my ventriloquism thrown in it’s gets quite a bit of variety.

    So my official Square Dance Calling site was thevcaller.com, it’s really old though and I plan to take that deisgn down soon. The calling pages here are the first step in building my new calling site. My calling will have it’s own site at squaredancecaller.net eventually, but for now I’ll keep it here since this is the portal for all Seim Studios projects anyways.

    The main calling page is here. Though you should be seeing the calling menu above as well… Gav

  • Desert Sun

    A lone cowboy rides across the barren dessert atop his faithful sorrow. His silver spurs glisten in the hot afternoon sun as a dry wind rustles thru tumbleweeds caught on the countless boulders scattered along barren landscape. He looks out gloomily from under his weathered gray hat for a sign of the life giving water he seeks. There is none to be found. They trudge onwards.

    OK enough of me trying to write. I have enough projects on my hands, including a couple books so I best not get started on another story. Besides that, this is a shot I took yesterday neat Ephrata lake. There was water and green not a hundred yards behind be. Interesting how fast the land around here can change.

  • Monument Hill: Washington Landcapes

    I’m trying to take more time for nature and landscapes. Though I don’t make much monetary profit from it I get personal satisfaction by going out and enjoying the things God has put all around us. What’s funny is in my earlier years I did mostly nature. Aside from shooting nature because I enjoy it, it helps me hone my skills in all genres of photography, and com up with new ideas. When I shoot nature I’m humbled at how much I have to learn.

    Meres a few high dynamic range shots taken from monument hill yesterday. It was a cloudy hazy day and I tried to use it to my advantage. Click them for a larger view… Gav

  • Nature Photography Around Washington

    Nature is God’s Poetry

    I love photographing nature, though with wedding and portrait shooting keeping me busy I don’t get a chance to do it as often as I’d like. It’s so peaceful to get out and just take in the world around you. The things God has placed around us are so amazing, and I overlook them nearly everyday. Today I just wanted to post a few random favorite’s.

    These are available as prints on the Signature Series Store. Most of these were taken around the Columbia basin area. Click any shot for a larger view, and enjoy… Gav

    ~Potato Field – Near Soap Lake WA~

    ~Banks Lake Sunrise~

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  • Cyrus & Grace are growing.

    I feel older all the time as I watch Cyrus Grow. He has such an amazing personality. He really likes his baths in the kitchen sink. He has this little tiny chair that fits in the sink, and he fits in. He loves the faucet.

    Here’s a few shots my wife Sondra snapped. The bottom one with cousin Grace. Their starting to look funny at each other and play with toys together. Cyrus is 7 months now. I guess that would make Grace 6 months. Time flies. I just got a huge urge to go tickle Cyrus so I’ll catch you all later… Gav

  • Toothpicks

    Ahh toothpicks. So many uses, so little credit given. I’ve been playing with a new close up attachment. I’m like a kid ion a candy store when I get new gear.The title pretty much describes this one. It’s view looking down on a bunch of toothpicks. I had fun with it… Gav