We woke up to snow today. There really wasn't all that much on the ground but the kids sure managed to have fun!

More of this little peanut and his lovely family.

More from my engagement session earlier this week.

This little guy is seven months old.

It was sunny and cold today (mid 30s!) when I took these engagement photos in downtown Tacoma.

Meet this little seven week old bundle that I had the pleasure of meeting on Sunday.

If you haven't been to my portfolio site in awhile take a look. It has been updated finally!

The tooth fairy made a visit to my house this week!

I am offering three urban photo session at half the normal sitting fee - $50 and there is only one discounted session left. Contact me if you are interested.

Some more urban pictures of my family taken in downtown Tacoma.

And the winners are:

First Place: Photo 13



Second Place: Photo 12



Third Place: Photo 2



Congratulations to the winners (you'll be hearing from me shortly) and thanks to all for participating. 499 people voted for their favorite photo! Wow! Check back often because I plan to run contests and specials periodically throughout the year.

The Urban Session

My family was good to me today. They let me take them to downtown Tacoma for some exploring/picture taking. My kids are typically not very cooperative models for me. They are without a doubt my most challenging subjects. But today they were pretty goofy and cooperative - two things that tend to lead to good photos.

I love the urban look to these photos. I think it is a modern and fresh look for portraits. I'd like to do more urban work . . . so, I'm offering a special - half off the sitting fee ($50) - to the first three families to book an urban session.









It was also nice and sunny out today making for some gorgeous light for me to try out my new lens. For those photogs out there I just got a Canon 70-200/2.8L IS. It is big and heavy and incredible! I love the zoom and the background blur is yummy. I bought it mostly for a wedding I'm going to be doing this fall but I think it will have a place in outdoor portrait work as well.

Keep voting in the contest below. We're almost up to 500 votes!!! Winners will be announced in Tuesday.