Darnell Sue, owner of Girl Power Hour here in Seattle put on a Amazing Event last night thanks to Banana Republic! Many wonderful sponsors were on hand to showcase their work and work with 10 Fabulously Lucky winners of Full-On Makeovers. You can see them coming down the Runway, fresh from Banana Republic fittings and makeovers by Gene Juarez!

These two little ones were a Ball to chase around the water park! We were out in Bellevue and the rain kept teasing us..

Gotta love the littlest ones kickin’ rain boots!!

Recognize these faces?

I have to say, these ladies were truly wonderful to work with! News Anchors in Seattle are truly a wonderful bunch! And ever since I can remember I’ve always LOVED Channel 5 in Seattle. Above all other local channels, King 5 has always been so quintessentially Seattle to me!

Hello, we have the nicest anchors AND Evening Magazine! LOVE IT!! Thanks for the opportunity to make you all look SO GOOD!

Ok!! HELLO!!! This little Miss has been stalked by me for more months than she has been alive at this point! When her mom Mindy and her dad Rick were expecting her, they asked me to do Maternity Portraits of her 8 month pregnant Belly!! Well OF COURSE I said Yes!!! I LOVE photographing families…And to have them ask me to photograph all of her first year milestones from photographing her actual Birth to her 1, 3, 6, 9 and NOW her 12 months pictures…It has ALL  been such a fun blessing!

I hope you enjoy a look back through Petra’s first year in my Family Gallery! I’m hoping to make a collage of images to share with the families I photograph to show how fun this process has been!

Oh, and Make sure you check out the Two Tooth Grin photo with the red background! CLASSIC…. ; )

Enjoy!!

The Starlight Foundation Seattle Chapter hosted an Awards lunch and Fundraiser at the Westin today. I have to say, it was very encouraging to hear of all the wonderful ways that the Starlight Foundation helps not only children who have severe medical issues, but truly the entire family and non-sick siblings. Parents shared how much that means to their families as they deal with the medical issues of their children.

Kathi Goertzen was on hand to receive an award for her dedication and advocacy of children’s health issues. Some of the Starlight children collected donations and took a little mic time of there own on stage. It was great to hear from there about their own experiences and grateful for all Starlight has done for them and their families.

Holiday Specials Family Portrait Sessions

It’s that time of year to have Beautiful Photographs of your family taken, just in time for the Holidays! You choose your family’s favorite outdoor location for the Photo Shoot and best of all, the sitting fee is low, then you order and purchase JUST the images you love online and prints and/or Holiday cards can be mailed directly to you.

Let’s have some fun, take the kids out and play at the park or down at the the beach of Carkeek Park and capture your family in this present moment!!

Call or email soon to book your November shoot with Trishann Couvillion of Fire Eyes Photography.

View Trishann’s People Photography ‘Galleries’ here on my blog!

Sitting fee is only $125 for a 60 minute session in the Seattle area. (travel additional)

Contact Trishann Couvillion ~ cell phone: 415.425.2733

~$50 deposit to hold the date, remainder due day of shoot~

I caught up with Laura & Oliver on the weekend they were prepping for Oktoberfest. FUN!!! Oliver runs the grounds for the German Tourist Lodge in Muir Woods, just on the other side of the Golden Gate Bridge. It’s a beautiful, fun area and they were getting ready to welcome 1400 guests for the celebration. Luckily for me they took a few minutes out to let me get them in front of my camera.

We just had to take a few steps and we instantly had the Gorgeous backdrop of the woods right at our feet. Obviously, these two are GREAT in front of the camera…Hope it works out to have me do your Actual Engagement Session and Wedding in Santa Cruz next June…Lookin’ forward to it!! Now how about a Pint?!!!

Today I want you to play with moving around as you photograph People. If you’re shy, grab a friend. If you’re Bold, ask a stranger. But try to vary where you place your subject within the photographs. Get close up and just photograph a portion of them within the frame, compose them off to the side or down in the bottom corner of the image. Pay attention to the environment included in the image around them. Shoot from high, low and sideways…Just MOVE!!! Get some cool funky shots and send them to me! Have fun!!

View the HD Video of the Assignment on the Fire Eyes Facebook Page HERE!

Understanding this simple photographic rule will enable you to know what settings to set your camera at when shooting outdoors on MANUAL setting during Daylight hours…Without a light meter. I want you to Google ‘The Sunny 16 Rule’. You’ll get the basic concept and then I want you to take your Digital SLR, set on ‘M’ (Manual) so you can adjust your ISO, Shutter Speed and aperture depending on the daylight that is available. When you start taking your test images the exposures should be very close to correct if you’ve applied the correct settings for the available light. Try it out and if you’d like to view the Video that corresponds with this assignment make sure you become a Fan of my Facebook page HERE

Joy is a writer, upcoming author, artist, and an all around wonderful person! We had fun out at Carkeek Park taking her photographs and talking about the book she has written. Can’t wait to see which favorite photo you choose for your Author Photograph Joy!

Make sure to view her Blog of memoirs HERE