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pines

There’s a stand of pine trees behind my parents’ house that I seem to be compelled to photograph. When the sun sets behind the ridge it often lights these trees up in quietly spectacular ways, and I keep trying to catch it. I liked this image, converted to sepia to highlight the sun’s rays.

framing, framing, framing

Much to my own surprise, I have quite a lot of shows coming up. First is the one at the Libation Station (opening party this Saturday!), then juried shows in Stanwood and Mountlake Terrace, a Food-as-Art themed show in Seattle (more info as I get it), and then Ristretto Cafe in November. This means IContinue reading “framing, framing, framing”

moving targets

We went out to a friend’s farm last week, and I took the opportunity to try to get a few chicken pictures. Chickens, as it turns out, are really hard to shoot. They won’t stop moving! I suppose I should have upped my ISO to get a faster shutter speed, especially when they were throwingContinue reading “moving targets”

describing lemons

I spent this past weekend at the International Food Blogger Conference in Seattle. One of the workshops was an absolutely amazing presentation by Saveur photographer Penny De Los Santos, about what makes a good food photograph and how she approaches the subject of food culture. It was fascinating. Another good workshop was presented by KatContinue reading “describing lemons”

moonset

Until today, the weather has been clear and beautiful this week. On Tuesday morning we got up early and drove out on the flats so I could catch some early morning light, but happened to be just in time to see the moon slowly sinking behind a ridge. I jumped out of the car, thoughtContinue reading “moonset”

webs

The other day I had a request for a photo of spiderwebs to go with a newspaper article. I had a few in my archive, but I wanted to see if I could come up with anything new – goodness knows we have enough spiders in our garden right now. The morning was gray andContinue reading “webs”

a little post-processing

As opposed to my last entry, which was pretty much taken straight out of camera, this one has been messed with a little. I had gone out to try to capture the cloud patterns, which were fabulous that morning, but exposing for the sky left the foreground a bit dark and dull. I swapped theContinue reading “a little post-processing”

sunflowers

I didn’t take as many pictures over the long weekend at my parents’ house as I thought I might, I was just too tired. I did spend some time with my mother’s sunflowers, though, as they were in full bloom and attracting all sorts of cute bees. To my surprise, this was my favorite imageContinue reading “sunflowers”

the show goes on

After a week spent frantically printing images and washing glass for framing, I got my first show successfully hung! The opening party went well, and the show will stay up at the gallery for the rest of the month. If you think you’ll stop by, just give them a call in advance. And don’t forgetContinue reading “the show goes on”

ready, set, go!

I know I haven’t been here much lately, but I had a few small things to attend to…like finally quitting my day job, then working like crazy to get everything together for the show I’m hanging tomorrow at Peshastin Creek Gallery. I’ve managed to shoot a few pictures for my food blog, but that’s beenContinue reading “ready, set, go!”