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

So there is no better way to describe todays assignment then to just visually show you what I mean. This week Jacob L. (view more of his work HERE) and I did a One on One Photography Workshop down at Pikes Place Market! I set Jacob out to photograph one subject from as many various angles as he could think of. Picture this area of Pikes Place if you’re familiar with it..How many other angles can you think of to shoot this scenario? I can think of at least 4 other distinct angles…

The goal is to see a situation in a unique manner that others may not see or think of. It will help set your images apart.

Here are Photographs that Jacob took. Notice how he didn’t rely on a zoom lens to give a different perspective, but picked up his feet and moved himself around his environment. He was up high, down low and to the sides! Great job Jacob and thanks for going for it! Hope you learned some valuable lessons to take with you!

If you’d like to view the video we shot on location at Pikes Place that accompanies this assignment, make sure to check out my Facebook page and become a Fan

This is Jacob L. He’s a Rockstar!!! Jacob works for a well known Seattle software company, who moved him out here 4 years ago from Tasmania!! And Jacob LOVES Photography. A few months back he attended an Intro Photography Workshop that Clane and I put on, and this morning Jacob and I met up for a two hour One on One Photography Session down at the Pikes Place Market! If you’re a FAN of my Facebook page make sure to check out tomorrow’s Free Friday Photo Assignment which we shot this morning. The Assignment covers what we focused on this morning. Email me HERE to book your own One on One Photography Session.

These are Images I took while out with Jacob galavanting through downtown Seattle, early morning before the crowds descended! The best time to wander around with a camera in hand! =:)

This S-W-E-E-T event was More than Fun!! Featuring James MacWilliams, famed bartender from Seattle own Canlis Restaurant, mixing up and serving his Wonderful Strawberry Infused Vodka drink, and on hand there were Luscious mini cupcakes by Wink Cupcakes and LOTS of wonderful Women Powered Networking!

And the SWAG bags were particularly Rockin’ this time too! The fabulous Powerhouse Darnell Sue planned and hosted a truly wonderful event for us all at Domaine. You should see the view from these new Gorgeous Condos…And they’re now available for rental leases!!! And check out the last photo of the Beautiful Lake Union Water view from the complex.

Thanks to all the ladies who were there and that I had a pleasure to meet and get to know! See you all again soon!!

All of you are Truly ‘Sexy in the City’….. ; -)

You know how to Rock this ole’ car Bill! Concours d’LeMons kicks a** and thanks for takin’ me along for the ride!…