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Laura~James~Evelyn~Hazel ~ Lifestyle portraits ~ Olympia WA

Bill — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:25:04 +0000

Laura and James purchased the portrait package that we recently donated to the 2008 Harvest Moon Gala – a charitable auction that supports the work of the SPSCC Foundation for scholarships and college programs. This is the second year we’ve donated to the SPSCC Gala, one of several events we’ve donated to in support of scholarships. It’s always exciting to meet and work with a family that shares our commitment to education.

We spent a glorious fall morning exploring the reaches of Priest Point Park with Laura, James, and their bright and energetic daughters, Evelyn and Hazel. We had the pleasure of tagging along for tree climbing, jumping, swinging and collecting giant fallen leaves.

Check out a few of the pictures – you’ll be able to see that this is a family that truly treasures their time together. …..and….it’s true what they say – “the gift is in the giving” - - our donation earned us the good fortune to create fun memories with an awesome family. :)

Olympia High - Class of 2009 - Chelsea

Bill — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 02:58:55 +0000

Chelsea and her mom met us at the Olympia Yacht Club for her senior portriats - we got to shoot all over the waterfront and then she set sail in her own little sailboat and gave a show of her skills - when we were done she sailed off into the sunset - literally! ;-)

What a fun time, I love it when we can capture a senior doing what they love!

~Bill

North Thurston High School Class of 2009 - Juan

Bill — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:40:07 +0000

Juan and Zane are both seniors at North Thurston High School in Lacey and we met them at the soccer field and then headed downtown for a fun fall session.

Juan showing his goofy side.

This looks like a studio shot, but it’s dark trees behind him - we love tricks with light. ;-)

Then we headed downtown…

The super hero graffiti wall has been popular this year. :)

This doorway was cool.

Thanks guys, we had a blast!

~Bill

North Thurston High Class of 2009 - Zane

Bill — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:47:58 +0000

Zane signed up to be our rep for his high school this year - it was fun working with him on that and we finally hooked up to do his senior portrait session in time to get the yearbook photos in. We met him and his friend Juan at the soccer fields in Lacey (they’re both awesome soccer players) and then headed downtown to get some urban shots. Here are a few of my favorites:

I’ll post Juan’s soon!

~Bill

Tumwater High Class of 2009 - Lindsey M

Bill — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 05:02:40 +0000

Lindsey and her mom Kim came to downtown Olympia for the first part of her senior session, then we headed back to their house for the end of the session to catch the sunset and play with the family dog in their beautiful backyard. Her sister Carly got in on the action too - check out a few of my favorites:

We’re being blessed with lots of great days for portraits this fall and this was one of the nicest ones. :)

~Bill

Class of 2009 - Chris C

Bill — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:11:31 +0000

Chris is a class of 2009 Tumwater High student. He and his friend Chelsea met me downtown on a beautiful sunny afternoon. We walked all over downtown and even went to his favorite pie shop - the owner agreed we could take some pictures there, but then she ran away to avoid being in them! laugh :-) There are so many great places for portraits downtown and in the surrounding area - I doubt I’ll ever see and do it all. :)

Here are a few teasers from the session!

in the pie shop:

It doesn’t get more ‘Olympia’ than The Spar: :)

Then we headed up to Tumwater Falls Park for the last few shots:

Looking forward to seeing you soon Chris, and meeting your parents too. :)

~Bill

Class of 2009 - Erin L

Erin — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:23:08 +0000

Not only is Erin beautiful, but she is an amazingly good sport! As a part of their feature article about creative outdoor senior photography, The Olympian called us the day before Erin’s session and asked if they could send their photographer, Tony Overman, to tag along. We asked Erin and she agreed. It was a gorgeous sunny day and Erin loves the beach, so we had a great time. And, in spite of knowing that she was creating her senior portraits and likely becoming a local newspaper model at the same time, Erin was an absolute natural in front of the camera. Thanks Erin!

Check out a few of our favorite shots!

I can’t wait to see the faces of Erin and her family when they see the whole collection! And….that marks the end of my first Mode blog post…to Erin…from Erin! :)

View the slideshow:

Class of 2009 - Jen W

Bill — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:59:29 +0000

Jen is a senior this year at Tumwater High - we went downtown for her session and she brought her friend Erin (and her mom Erin) :)

We had some windy and rainy weather, but the awesome clouds made it all worthwhile (for me at least - lol) Jen saw these already and she was pretty dang excited about them so I guess it was worth it for her too!

Here is the slideshow (turn up the volume!):

Class of 2009 ~ Josh Z

Bill — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:11:16 +0000

Josh Brought his guitar and a beach chair - how could we not have fun?!?

Here’s the slideshow! (turn up the volume!)

~Bill

Model ~ Ember Johnson

Bill — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:10:11 +0000

I met up with Ember, an aspiring young model, and her mom Lori at Lake Wenatchee last week. She hired us to take some portfolio pictures. Looking though the images now it looks like a sunny day at the beach, but the reality was that the wind was blowing about 40MPH and it was hard to even stand up! Communcation was tough too - yelling from just a few feet away was the only way to be heard. Ember was a trooper - it tooks guts and determination to model swimwear on that beach!!

Thanks Ember! - I have a feeling you’re going to go a long way in this business. :)

~Bill