Tag: portrait

  • A Family Portrait in Ephrata

    UPDATE 12.10: The final prints have been made and hung in the clients home. I’ll add a photo below of the main print, which ended up being a 70in framed heirloom canvas. The two other scenes were both made as 36in heirloom canvas for other areas of the house.

    What a great looking family. And they did a great job as this was no easy task. I just had the privilege of making a portrait of all forty two of them. I won’t say it was easy, but I good a hearty challenge. The planning started well in advance, meeting with Mr & Mrs Chamberlain and then visiting their farm various times to layout and plan the portraits. I even chatted with a few of my mentor photo elders before photo day, discussing options and getting ideas. When the time came, I didn’t even have an assistant, but planning ahead made things come together almost perfectly.

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  • WA State Photography Competition 2010:

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    Angel Eyes.

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    Stars of Coldest Night.

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  • Merry Christmas

    Here’s wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. The blessings of Christ abound around us. I’m thankful for my family, my customers and my colleagues. Here’s a little collage of self portraits we made in the studio yesterday. It would be tough to send cards to everyone since I know so many people, this is our version of a Christmas greeting.

    Gavin, Sonrda and Cyrus

  • My Wife Sondra

    Here’s a few shots I took of Sondra recently in our back yard. In staying busy with client jobs I don’t actually get to shoot Sondra that much, but she loves posing for me, and it’s a great way for me to try new ideas. What a beautiful wife I have 🙂

  • 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

  • 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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