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  • 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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  • Canvas Wall Portraits

    I wanted to make a quick post about my new Wall Portrait offerings. I’m pretty stoked about them. Like furniture for the wall, our Wall Portraits are all at least twenty four inches and their what you’ll see on the walls at the studio these days. If you look at classical portraits and art you begin to understand that small prints like eight by tens and eleven by fourteens just don’t make sense for the wall.

    Every great image deserves to be hung as a high quality canvas. Here’s a photo of me with the latest studio samples. They look more amazing in person so feel free to stop by and get a closeup. We’re offering them to current as well past clients so if you want a timeless print on your wall get in touch… Gav

  • Jana & Darren's Wedding

    Saturday we shot a great wedding for Darren & Jana at the Cave B winery. It was a great day and I’m thrilled with the results. Hop over to the weddings site for the highlights reel..

  • Ice Climbers: Banks Lake

    The cliffs along Banks Lake headed towards Grand Coulee get some amazing frozen waterfalls this time of year. On my escapades recently, I came across Jay and Brian, two climbers from the west side of the State, come over to brave the cold weather and get some climbing in. Here’s a few shots I took of them taking on these neat looking ice falls.

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  • 2009 Is Here. What's New At Seim Photography:

    2009 is shaping up to be a busy season for me. I’m hoping to move into the new studio this summer and that’s going to be a big step. I’ll also be working out some great senior portrait offerings as we come into spring and summer.

    Right now weddings are the order of the day. Much of my activity has been on the new Seim Weddings site. I just finished designing the new business cards and I’m really happy with them. You can see those in this post.

    I’ll also be at the 2009 Bridal Premiere in Wenatchee hosted by Katrina’s. It’s always a fun show and we have lots of neat products to display. You can see more about that, and a look back at 2008 with a few of my favorite wedding pictures over in this post. Catch you soon… Gav

  • 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

  • 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.