And now for something completely different.

Remember that awesome summery evening we had last week?

Well, here comes the rest!

Meet Zach. He's just about to graduate, and he's pretty awesome, if I do say so myself. Between music and design, he's all sorts of creative. We held his session at Coulon Beach and roamed around, just goofing off and chasing the evening light. The hardest part of the whole evening was just trying to keep from catching too MUCH light. What can I say, it takes a while to get back into the groove of sunshine.

I wanted to highlight his awesome clarinet skills and his creative side so we really played around with the light. Thanks to his willingness to go along with all my crazy schemes, we got some great shots!

Thanks again, Zach, for an awesome session!

P.S. I almost forgot! Leave a comment below - if this post reaches 20 comments, Zach gets a free 8x10 print. Woot!

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Sunbreak

Last night's senior session was fantastic! The sun came out just for us, I'd like to think. As we were wandering around Coulon Beach, the evening light was filtering through the pearly clouds. Brightly colored boats were racing on the glittering water and the Olympics were just visible on the horizon as a sea plane passed overhead. I couldn't help but stop and take it in. We live here. Summer is idyllic in Seattle and you can just feel that it's on its way.

As for the senior, well I'll just leave you with a little teaser... more to come!

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Sunrise at Snoqualmie

The Pacific Northwest has no shortage of photogenic locations - if you're tired of your own neighborhood and looking for something to spice up your photos, a location shoot is definitely it!

For this session we decided to take advantage of some beautiful local scenery and headed out to Snoqualmie Falls. On the coldest morning ever. (Okay, well, cold for here anyhow - we could see our breath!) At the crack of dawn. (Or 9am, but who's counting?) Seniors are busy busy, and we'll take whatever window of time we can get!



We started down in the valley, but at the bottom of the falls, morning light was hard to come by. We had a blast hopping from one giant rock to the next, seeking out good locations - and Roxanne braved the cold like a champ. See? You can barely see her teeth chattering or her hands freezing from the ice cold rocks. Next time, I think we'll bring hot chocolate.



Roxanne, it was a blast! And now that you're back from Florida, you can relive the cold in all its splendor. :O)

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