Gina’s friend Chris wanted to have some pictures taken of herself for her new husband as well as get some photos of her & her boys so she hired me to do the job. The shoot went great. They all seemed to have fun (even the boys who weren’t too excited beforehand about getting their pictures taken). Most importantly they loved the final results (of course, I did as well). Here are a few of the photos.

Let me know if you’d like to schedule a time to get your pictures taken. Whether they be family, seniors, weddings, kids, or no occasion at all.

Special thanks to Reagan who was my assistant on this shoot.

Here are this week’s daily iPhone challenge photos. The titles of the photos show up when you view the larger versions. In some cases they  hint as to what I was thinking when I chose that photo for the day.

I’ve been getting a lot of requests for an explanation of how I get some of the effects I do so I’m getting a post together to show my process.

I’m a member of a local photography group called the Inland Northwest Photographers Assembly and we were in desperate need of some branding that would allow us to market ourselves. In addition to photography, my ‘other’ job is working as a graphic designer so I figured I could help.

I designed the series of logos so they would create a strong brand for marketing the INPA that would work in a variety of situations. I don’t think this is an either/or situation, all of these logos could be used in circumstances specific to their strengths. Each of the logos has a description about when it would best be used. I personally prefer black, but if the group came to a consensus on a different color, that’s easy to change.

I showed them to the photogs that showed up at today’s meeting and the response was great.

1.This is the main logo. Used in most circumstances. Can be used on bumper stickers, apparel, etc.

2. This is the first choice of logo when the full INPA title is required. Note that the text is quite small but works fine in larger applications.

3. Specialty photo* fill logo. Can be customized for specific uses such as portrait, wildlife, landscape, etc. when promoting INPA. Should be used judiciously and always with the thin black stroke.

*Special thanks to Steven King for use of the parrot photo.

4. This is the logo used when the full INPA name is required but the size precludes using logo 2. Scales down better than logo 2.

Later this summer I’ll be the photographer at the wedding of these two which will take place outside at Farragut State Park in northern Idaho. It would be an understatement to say that I’m looking forward to it, though probably not as much as Kylie & Brock.

These photos were taken in the span of a couple of hours in Coeur d’Alene. Obviously, it doesn’t get much easier when photographing couples than when they’re 1) really in love and 2) easy on the camera lens. As you can tell from these photos, these guys fit both of those criteria. We had lots of fun getting these shots and they are a nice prelude to what will be a great wedding.

Special thanks to Gina for assisting as a voice activated light stand on this shoot.

As usual, click the photos to view them larger.