Category Archives: Photography

Ron Martinsen and his Blog

I wanted to write up a post to help promote and further educate others on a friend and his photography blog. He’s been working on this for years, I kid you not. And it’s a GREAT resource for anyone who is starting out in photography, loves reading about professionals in the business, or needs some help...

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HISTORY: Photographer Found for Wedding Reunion

Orginally posted here. Photographer found for wedding reunion A woman reorganizing her wedding album from 48 years ago tracks down the photographer in St. Petersburg for a special gathering. By PHINDILE XABA © St. Petersburg Times, published July 25, 2001 ST. PETERSBURG — As a young photographer, 84-year-old Jack Swenningsen had taken wedding pictures of...

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Portrait—Jackie

A couple weekends ago, I had the pleasure of photographing Jackie. She was an entertaining one for sure. We had a lot of fun with her mom, the camera, and Bella, her Rottweiler. Thanks again to her mom for letting us shoot her daughter and have some fun. To see more photos, please visit Flickr.

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Shooting Weddings: Contracts & Business Practices

This is for everyone who has invested in a DSLR over the past few years and has either thought of shooting weddings or has been asked by a friend or family member due to their thought of either saving money or because the bride or groom isn’t aware of what goes into shooting a wedding....

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Shooting Weddings: In The Bag

This is for everyone who has invested in a DSLR over the past few years and has either thought of shooting weddings or has been asked by a friend or family member due to their thought of either saving money or because the bride or groom isn’t aware of what goes into shooting a wedding....

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Event–Lakeside Golf Tournament

Back in late June, Lakeside School hosted their annual Claude Johnson Memorial Golf Tournament. Shot out in Arlington, WA at the private course of the McCaw family, Caledon. It was a great honor to shoot the event as a favor to my mentor, Paul Dudley. Thank you for the opportunity. To see more of the...

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Shooting Weddings: Inspiration

This is for everyone who has invested in a DSLR over the past few years and has either thought of shooting weddings or has been asked by a friend or family member due to their thought of either saving money or because the bride or groom isn’t aware of what goes into shooting a wedding....

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Shooting Weddings: Expectations & The Day of…

This is for everyone who has invested in a DSLR over the past few years and has either thought of shooting weddings or has been asked by a friend or family member due to their thought of either saving money or because the bride or groom isn’t aware of what goes into shooting a wedding....

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Shooting Weddings: Introduction & Location

This is for everyone who has invested in a DSLR over the past few years and has either thought of shooting weddings or has been asked by a friend or family member due to their thought of either saving money or because the bride or groom isn’t aware of what goes into shooting a wedding....

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Portraits—Microsoft’s Xbox IEB Team

Last month I had the pleasure of shooting portraits of the team I have worked with for over a year now. I will start back with Xbox tomorrow and had a lot of fun taking a couple weeks to capture some entertaining shots of everyone on the IEB Team. Because of the size of the...

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