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I take photos for work and I take photos for fun. I can’t imagine doing anything else. I'm a professional who’s been in the business for close to 20 years, with a long history in art, who grew up on a farm and knows how to work. The value of photography is not in the number of pictures you capture or the cameras you use. It's the eye of the photographer. The experience. The way they interact and communicate. What I bring to the job is talent, experience and service. I’m a graduate of the Art Institute of Seattle and the School of Hard Knocks. I’ve lived int the most diverse zip code in the country since 1995. In 1993 I married my hubby Mo. We live with our beasties Lisa and Elvis.

Ben’s Bar Mitzvah

We first meet Leslie and Sue at the playground years and years ago (and by playground I mean the dog park) where our children played nicely together (and by children I mean dogs).  This went on for a while until one day my husbands burst through our front door and exclaims “Leslie and Sue got [...]

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South Dakota road trip 2012

This past May I had a wedding in South Dakota.  It’s been years since I had last been there…..in fact I not 100% sure I had ever been there.  I feel like I have been.  When I was 4ish, but my Mom says no.  Who’s to say whom is right.  Anyway……. I got there 4 [...]

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Pickled Rhubarb

Pickled Rhubarb 2 pounds of trimmed rhubarb cut in to 3″ lengths 2 cups of apple cider vinegar 1/4 cup light brown sugar 1 Tablespoon sea salt 1 teaspoon white peppercorns 1 cinnamon stick 1 whole dried pepper-of heat preference 4 each whole cloves 4 each whole allspice berries Directions: *Boil vinegar, sugar, salt and [...]

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Jazz Singer Sue Bell/ Seattle Photographer

  Jazz singer Sue Bell performs at the Tula’s. Sue has a crazy amazing voice and gives a wonderful performance.  If you have the chance go see her!

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Bitter Sweet/Family Portraits/Seattle photographer

Sometimes life really pisses me off.  Stage 4 pancreatic cancer is not fair.  This is the most gentle of men ever.  Dammit. I first meet this family about 13 years ago when I was commissioned to shoot one of the kid’s wedding…in this very spot in fact.  Ever since then we have all been orbiting [...]

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DIY Dishwasher Detergent

It’s cheap. It works. And it’s better for the environment. What’s not to love. DIY Dishwasher Detergent Ingredients: 1 box Borax (4lbs 12 oz or 76 oz)-found in the detergent isle-$3.38 1 box Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda (55oz or 3 lbs 7oz) found in the detergent isle.-$3.24 Citric Acid-usually found in the canning [...]

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Kaija/Head shots/Seattle Photographer

Wow It’s been a while.  I almost forgot how to access my dashboard.  You know your a bad blogger when……… Anyhow, meet Kaija.  You’ve seen her before I just love working with her so here she is again.  Kaija needed some new head shots.  That’s it-just head shots.  It’s amazing just how far off course [...]

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Flat Stanley visit Seattle

 

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DIY Laundry Soap

What’s this have to do with Photography?  Nothing. It’s just that I very sensitive skin and this is one of the few detergents that work for me.  And it’s CHEAP!  And I like making stuff. You will need: 4 cups of hot tap water 1 Fels Naptha Soap Bar, ~$3.99 a bar 1 cup Arm [...]

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Allie & Kyle’s Wedding/Seattle Wedding Photographer

It’s that time of year where everything is grey.  Grey light, grey plants, grey, grey, grey.  And it’s when I find myself doing the majority of my album design.  As I sit here working on Allie and Kyle’s album it keeps making me smile and it’s inspired me to revisit their great wedding. All the [...]

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