cupcakes

Right now I could totally go for a peanut butter & jelly cupake from New York Cupcakes!

cupcakes & magazines :: Seattle Portrait Photographer

I received an email from Carrie, owner of Bella Cupcake Couture, letting me know that the photos I took of her wrappers made it into a couple of magazines! 

Click here to see my pictures in the Spring 2010 issue of Eco-Beautiful Weddings (the article is on page 25).

Below is a picture of Carrie with the pictures in Cake Central Magazine.

In other cupcake news, New York Cupcakes has two AWESOME new flavors for April. Go to their Facebook Fan Page to read about "Little Miss Sunshine" & "Carried Away Cosmopolitan"! 

Giveaway Winner + Fashion Friday

First order of business is my giveaway winner! I'm SO sorry for not posting this yesterday. Long story short, I ran into some technical problems and couldn't put up this video announcing the winner (excuse the poor quality of my crappy video camera):

Congratulations Buttercup Caren! Email me at art_of_subtlety@yahoo.com and let me know your mailing address. I'll pop the print in the mailbox as soon as I hear from you.

Second order of business is Fashion Friday! Seattle Magazine wrote this article about Spun and used a photo I took during my most recent photo shoot for the clothing company.

I knew the issue would be out in January, so I stalked Barnes & Noble and QFC for days until the magazine was finally on their shelves. Yes, I'm probably a little too excited about this, but enthusiasm is a good thing, right? :)

On a side note, while I was in the magazine aisle I also spotted my photo for New York Cupcake's ad in Seattle Met Bride & Groom:

Anyway, here's a couple more pictures I shot of Spun owner/designer Sara Seumae (she's the one on the left in both pics) with her 3rd collection of spring wear (worn by model Bianca) available in March at fashionethic.com.

Cupcakes for Three

New York Cupcakes asked me back to photograph more of their delicious creations. We decided to go for lots of color and I thought it would be great to shoot everything from above for a different perspective and to really showcase all the colors.

Photographing the cupcakes and milk from above was easy, but that table was a different story! Not only do I not like heights, but climbing on a ladder while wearing a dress and cute boots is really not a bright idea. The idea was mine though, so I have no one to blame but myself. I'm really happy with the end result so it was totally worth it. :)

You've heard the phrase "Tea for Two" but doesn't "Cupcakes for Three" sound so much yummier?

mmm...New York Cupcakes

I've had an email or two (or three or four) asking where I've been and what I've been up to lately. Well, I've been lucky enough to have had tons of people, places and things to photograph the last couple of weeks, and getting caught up is taking some time...ok, taking a LOT of time. I promise to post pics of what I've been doing starting with these from my shoot for New York Cupcakes.

(on a side note, I've been updating my Twitter account, so feel free to follow me by clicking here)

I had the absolute pleasure of working with New York Cupcakes, a deliciously amazing cupcake shop located in Bellevue. Their store has a cool vintage feel and is oozing with various shades of pink. Fun goodies fill the shelves, including retro-chic party hats, lollipops, kid-sized aprons...

...funky clocks, cupcake toppers and even happy hour frosting shots! :)

I photographed a bunch of cupcakes, including these pastel pretties...

 these gorgeous wedding ones...

and these chocolate-raspberry morsels.

Taste testing was certainly a perk during this shoot and I am officially in love with every flavor. If you haven't tried a New York Cupcake, you are missing out and must run to their store! Then, after you've fallen in love with their gooey treats, go online and vote for them on King 5's Best of Western Washington.

Another reason to love New York Cupcakes? They're offering 2 ways to get a free mini cupcake this month:

1) vote for New York Cupcakes here, then print out your voting confirmation and bring it in the store before October 11th

2) bring in $1.00 to donate to St. Jude's

And if you're looking for suggestions on which one to try, I'd like to point out the uber yummy Halloween mini!