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Street Portraits at Finch Arboretum, Part 1

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

Last Saturday I was down at the Finch Arboretum for a family portrait session (I’m still working on those photos and they’ll be up as soon as I’m finished with them). Due to the beautiful Fall colors the Finch was packed with people. The title of this blog is more than just a title, it really is my philosophy. As much as I enjoy taking pictures, I really feel at my best when I can find people who are willing to step in front of the lens.

So for an hour or so after my portrait session I wandered around and asked to make portraits of people. The weather was just about perfect for photography—bright and overcast with some cloud definition. Here are a handful of the photos I took. Many, many thanks to my willing subjects who were all a lot of fun and allow me to do what I love.

The reason that this is part 1 is I have a couple more family shoots at the Finch this coming Saturday, and if time (and weather) allows, I hope to be able to run around like a crazy person, meet more people, and get some great portraits.

I’m adding an iPhone photo I took of my shoe. Sometimes when I’m shooting I completely forget where I am. You know, like standing precariously on the edge of a stream. Inevitably, all it takes to get the perfect shot is one more step, so I take it and end up with a shoe full of mud. It happens—frequently.

I’m also including a TTV (through the viewfinder) photo I took at the end of the portraits. To see more about TTV photos click here.

Click the thumbnails to see the full photos.

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Street Portraits in Downtown Spokane

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Last night we had our Inland NW Photographers Assembly (INPA) meeting where it’s always nice to talk to people who enjoy the minutiae  of photography as much as I do. Afterward a few of us headed  in to downtown Spokane for a photo safari. We started taking pictures of the normal downtown things (hence the trash can hand warming shot). We were across the street from the bus depot and I saw some interesting people hanging out so I grabbed Shane Savage (who volunteered to be my voice activated light stand) and headed over there to make some portraits.

LIke my business card says, I shoot people. I really enjoy the interactions with people, asking strangers if I can make a portrait of them is a lot of fun for me. When the results are great, I enjoy it all the better.

I wasn’t sure what I had but when I got them on the computer I was really pleased with how they turned out. Hopefully you’ll think so too.

Big thanks to Shane, Jon, Lacey, & Tyson for the invite and a really fun evening

As usual, click the thumbnails to see the photos.

P.S. The officer was fine with us taking pictures, even of him, and didn’t try to stop us at all. He and his partner even did some joking around with us.

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Riverfront Park: Prom Photos

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

Last week I was wandering around Riverfront Park with my family (and taking pictures of course) and I saw a group of kids dressed for prom. I went up and asked if they’d like to be photographed. Of course they did. If you were dressed up for a night on the town, you’d jump at the chance to be shot too.

So I whipped out some business cards and a flash and took some shots. They were appreciative and I got some good photos. Win/win. Later on I saw another couple from the same event and got some really cool night shots.

You can see for yourself they’re a great looking bunch of kids and from what I could tell, they seemed like a really nice group as well. Besides, they were a lot of fun to shoot.

Plus Reagan & Kelsey thought it was cool that daddy was taking pictures of princesses.  :)

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