The Beautiful Charity Lynne

I was thrilled when Charity, one of my bestest friends ever (not to mention photography partner for PaddyWag) asked me to take her portrait. I was even more excited when she wanted to do it over coffee and food because I knew that would be totally appropriate since she's an amazing food and product photographer (check out her website at www.charitylynne.com).

Charity is such a great person to photograph, not only because she looks amazing in front of the camera, but also because she's fun and goofy and the kind of person you want to be around and spend time with.

She wrote about the shoot on her blog, so click here to view more pics and to hear her side of the experience!

Thanks again Charity for letting me play paparazzi for a morning! :)

Kodiak - PaddyWag's newest client

I'd like you all to meet Kodiak, the newest PaddyWag client.

Spending an afternoon with this cutie was way too much fun! Brother and sister even got in on the cuteness action.

This one cracks me up! It was the first shot of the day:

Love the detail on this next one...

We were having so much fun that I wanted to be in a pic too, so here's my shadow with Kodiak:

I think Kodiak was pretty worn out by the end of the shoot. 

It was definitely time to curl up with a toy and rest.

Thanks again to Kodiak and family!

***Just a reminder to all you blog readers, TODAY is the last day to vote for PaddyWag on King 5's Best of Western Washington. Click here to submit your vote and make us your #1 favorite pet photographer! Thank you, thank you, thank you! :) ***

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!

a new season

I can't believe fall is officially here! The trees are starting to lose their leaves, which I just noticed while photographing these 2 kiddos.

At least the summer sun is still hanging out in Seattle. That makes me happy.

Enjoy your weekend everyone! :)

Geoff & Suzy's wedding

Photographing a wedding is one of the most amazing experiences a photographer can have. You're invited to document such an important moment in two peoples lives. You're there to witness a personal and emotional event, and the task of documenting it all is an honor.

Geoff and Suzy had a gorgeous wedding at the Sorrento Hotel. Their wedding coordinator, Kristin Shea, was on top of everything the entire day. Check out the amazing details:

Suzy's dress and accessories were beautiful:

The room the boys were in was filled with dress shirts, cigars and a nice bottle of whiskey:

There wasn't a dry eye in the room during their first kiss:

The Sorrento Hotel has a gorgeous deck that overlooks Seattle, which was a perfect backdrop for the wedding party photos:

Thank you again, Geoff and Suzy!

follow me on twitter!

After much encouragement (that's putting it nicely--it was more like harassment) from my friends and clients, I've finally started a Twitter account! You can start following me by clicking here.

Thanks in advance! :)

Fashion Friday - More Spun love!

I love the photos I shot for Spun and I love seeing those photos appear in blogs and articles! Check out these recent postings and learn more about Sara Seumae's eco-friendly and uber-cute clothing line:

Fashion Pulse Daily

Skinny Purse

PR Couture

Thanks again Sara for choosing me to photograph your amazing collection! :)

I was feeling a little vintage today, so take a look at a couple pics from the Spun shoot that I've revisited in Photoshop:


In other fashion news, I'm working on a fun project with my wonderful friend Charity (check out her food-fashion post here) and I should have some new images to share by next week. Woo hoo!