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  • Grant County Courthouse

    I went out playing with my fisheye lens again today. Just having some fun, and trying things.

    This is the Grant County Courthouse located in Ephrata. I used a 3 shot HDR, and of course some of my effects to get the look… Gav


  • New Fisheye Lens

    I like have a variety of looks, and a fisheye lens has been on my list for some time not only for nature, but for portraits. For those who don’t know, a fisheye is a really wide angle lens, so much so that it distorts a bit and makes things kinda round looking. It’s not a lens for every situation, but it can be a really cool effect. This 15mm Sigma Fisheye lens can have up to 180 degree field of view.

    Well I’ve been playing with it and it’s pretty neat. Here’s a few shots of Cyrus, my wife Sondra, and brother Neil. Nothing amazing in the portrait quality here, just some fun shots.

    I’m going to be experimenting with what I can do using a fisheye lens, including doing some nature work with it. Stay tuned… Gav

  • Moses Lake

    This is a sunset I captured on the way home from a Moses Lake session a few weeks ago. Seeing how good the sunset was, I knew I needed to stop, and I also knew a good vantage point to go get the shot from.

    This shot was taken using the HDR technique, in which I take multiple exposures are varied levels of brightness. Then in post I combine the lights and darks on all three.

    Nature is just amazing isn’t it! Click the image for a bigger view and enjoy… Gav

    Moses Lake Washington, Summer. By gavin Seim

  • Family Portraits in Moses Lake

    Last Saturday I did a big family portrait session in Moses Lake for Cindy and her family. They were together for a graduation party for Brianna, and we had a nice big group.

    Nothing to crazy or revolutionary here. We just got some nice portraits and had a little bit of fun. The group did a great job putting up with my crazy ideas. That always makes things easier. There were lots of separate group shots, as well and some big one’s of the whole family.

    I did have a bit of a challenge because of the bright sun. In photography light is great, but direct sun is hard because of the shadows and squinting. I did some corrections in Lightroom starting with some of my own effects, and then a bit more in Photoshop to compensate for the harsh light, and give the shots a bit more mood.

    Here’s a few of my favorites. You can click any image for a larger view… Gav

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  • Wenatchee Photography ~ Senior Portraits for Sarah

    Saturday we did senior portraits for Sarah. I’ve known Sarah and her family for a long time. In fact I got my feet wet on portraiture, by taking pictures of Sarah, her Sister Naomi, and brother Ben, when I was only about fourteen years old.

    We shot down at the park, and along the river in Wenatchee. It’s a beautiful place for photography, especially portraits and weddings. There’s a ton of cool shots and I’m still working on some of them, but here’s a few favorites.

  • Road To The Past

    I really like the feel of this dwindling road. The old truck that’s for sale makes me feel like if I were to drive up the road I would go back in time.

    Road to the past

    Continuing my digital fine at project, here is my latest work. intend to keep doing these, and build a collection that will eventually be available for sale on my site. If you want a copy now you can contact me.

    I actually took this last year in 2007. It’s was a side road off of highway 12 in WA that leads to a Mount ST Helen’s lookout. It was not until this last week that I finally got it finished. Alas time is a fleeting thing.

    I used an new effect I made in Photoshop, as well as plenty of painstaking editing to get the finished look that was a cross between a painting and a photo. It really shows up well in a large print. If you want to learn more about how it was done, I’ll post more about that soon on my Seim Effects blog. Have a wonderful day everyone… Gav

  • HoneyBee Portraits

    I was about to head in to the studio today, when a group of honeybees headed up by Chuck here came to the door and asked if I shot on Sundays.

    I said I could, providing it was early enough so I could still make the Sunday dinner and bible study with my family. Chuck said we could do the shoot right away, so I grabbed a camera and off we went.

    It makes me feel good to see these hard working little beauties at work. I love spring 🙂 Gav

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  • Jacobs Senior Portraits – Lighting With Headlights

    Here’s a few shots from Jacob’s Tuesday session. There’s lots of cool ones, but these are some of my favorites. I especially like the birds in the background and the mood of this fist shot.

    These were taken near Ritzville Washington, on a bridge that spanned this pond. It was getting pretty dark and I needed something dramatic. The clouds had wasted out my dreams a stunning sunset, and I knew we had to try something fast.

    Looking around at the light, I got an idea (almost by accident) The car headlights had gone on, and cast light and shadows across their path. I decided to try something I had never done before by parking the car across the road with the lights on Jacob. After editing, and a few of my Lightroom effects I was able to get some super cool results… Gav

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