Yes, it is well over a month into the new year, but since this if my first post in 2010 it seems an appropriate title.  The new year has brought new opportunities my way in the form of a shared studio space with a few friends.  It isn’t huge, but it more than serves its purpose.  Below are four images of my good friend Nathaniel Willson that I shot a few weeks back in the new space.  The “shoot” was therapeutic in helping me get a feel for using strobes again (although you will see that one of the below images is a natural daylight shot).

So much of what I shot last year was for others, i.e. shooting/2nd shooting at 25 or 27 weddings.  My goal this year is to shoot more for myself and my business, and this space is one step towards that.

As part of our two year running tradition (with many years to come), Asha and I took the time to have some fun taking photos for our holiday card.  Thanks to my trusty tripod and MkII, we were able to capture a few fun and partially random moments (the cones on our heads was totally Asha’s idea!).  Our location was in Bothell, down by the amphitheater back in mid October.  Also, take a peek at the whit and wisdom of my good friend Horace Glump at his website, featuring photos from yours truly at the Glumpabilia Store which can also be found in the right sidebar.

It has been a month since the the last posting, which is a sure sign that I have not been shooting enough for myself!  On Monday my friend Prestin and I decided to just walk around and shoot some photos.  To often, I get stuck in a rut shooting what makes me money or only what I schedule and plan out.  Monday involved neither of these things.  These four photos represent a 31 minute chunk of the time we spent walking around Capital Hill and just shooting whatever, which I haven’t done for a very long time.  I have a bit of a fascination with doors.

Locked garage doors

Prestin

Driveway

Apartment entry

Asha and I met up with our newly wed friends Angela and Evan to hit up the Puyallup Fair the last day it was running.  This was the first time Asha and I had been to a fair of this size, and we were quite surprised, as it was substantially larger than the Kootenai County Fair we grew up with in Coeur d’ Alene Idaho.  Below are a few details from our highly enjoyable far experience.

Angela sporting the one of the substantial burgers we enjoyed

"Lomo" style fair ride image

Asha modeling next to one of the many attractive signs

Evan giving a proffessional photographer worthy dirty camera stare

Skillfully posing for a final shot of the night

On June 18th of this year, my mother had a surgical procedure preformed on her brain to remove a slow bleed aneurysm from her right frontal lobe.  There is a book of stories to be told that lead up to the 18th, but I feel it is enough to say that she is now quite healthy and once again enjoying life.  After she was released from the hospital, it was a few days before she was ready to travel from Seattle back to Coeur d’ Alene.  On the drive back I was pulled over for speeding but was not issued a ticket by the very kind WSP Officer.  The next day I drove back to Seattle, but not before I took a few photos along the way.  Below are four images that have no relation to each other except for the fact that they were taken in a four hour period.  The image directly below is posted with her permission.

One week after

Self portrait going 70 MPH

Kocka, once mine now my sisters cat

Power lines and light pole in Ritzville