Andrea & Marty's Engagement Session

Man! Don't tell anyone but the weather around here has been pretty spectacular lately! So much for it always raining in Seattle!

Andrea and Marty are a really cool couple that love the outdoors. They're getting married in Stehekin, WA in June at the Silver Bay Inn. Stehekin is cool because it's so remote. You have to take your own personal boat or a slow ferry to get up to the top of Lake Chelan where it's located. Their wedding is going to be beautiful!

We got together last week for their engagement session over on Alki Beach in West Seattle. It was so warm and sunny you would have thought we were in Southern California, minus the palm trees. As luck would have it, the tide was on it's way out and the sandy beach on Alki was exposing itself, something of a rarity in Washington. We're known for our rocky beaches so seeing sand was a gold mine to me. We totally had to take advantage of it!

Here's a few of my favorites from their session and as always, check out the slideshow for more.

Cynthia & Cameron's Engagement Session

Cynthia and Cameron are getting married over on Hood Canal next month and I can't wait because they're having lots of nieces and nephews in there wedding! I love photographing kids at weddings. They're always so cute!

We met up at the Japanese Gardens in the Arboretum last week and had a great time walking around. Cynthia got lost on her way to meet me at my studio for our initial consultation so we never had met until the day of the engagement session.

In the brief time I spent with them that day it was so easy to see the love these two share. It's incredible! Just look at them. That's awesome!

Here's a few selects from their engagement session. Be sure to check out the slideshow for more.

Ashley & Jason's Engagement Session

Yet another awesome engagement session!

Ashley and Jason met me over at Lincoln Park in West Seattle on a beautiful sunny Sunday afternoon in Seattle last week. It's one of Seattle's largest parks and it's awesome! They have this cool zip line that you'll see Jason and Ashley try out in their slideshow.

We had a great time walking around the park and UP the steep trails that go from the beach to the bluff above. I'm totally going to bring my family down to the park to play!

Their wedding is next week! It's going to be lots of fun! I can't wait! Thanks for the awesome time last Sunday Ashley and Jason.

Here's a few of my favorite images from their engagement session.

Genevieve & Bobby's Engagement Session

Genevieve and Bobby were in Seattle a few weeks ago finishing up their plans for their wedding in Port Angeles this summer so we took advantage of the great weather to go play in the sun and take some great engagement photos!

This was the first time I'd met them in person. It was a treat to put a face to their voices. They're both awesome and I really look forward to being part of their wedding day.

Here's a few images from their engagement session.








We met at Red Square on the University of Washington campus and played around in the library and then the quad where the cherry trees were still in bloom. Then we jumped in my MINI and headed over to Gasworks Park. I love this place! There's all sorts of cool and colorful bits of plumbing to use as props and backgrounds. Fun! Gen and Bobby told me they had once tried to stay up all night at the park and watch the sun rise but they didn't quite make it. I wouldn't have been able to do it either!

Bobby and Genevieve have their own wedding page if you'd like to learn more about them.

Check out their slideshow on my website to see more images from their session!

Kiara & Chad's Engagement Session

It's been a busy week for engagement sessions!

I met up with Kiara and Chad at Kerry Park in Seattle on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. It was a glorious day and everyone was out enjoying the sunshine.

We had a blast playing in the sun at Kerry Park on Queen Anne and down by the Space Needle. We checked out the EMP and then had a fabulous dinner at their favorite Indian restaurant at the base of Queen Anne Hill. Chad even tried his hand at photography and caught a few fun-but-out-of-focus images of Kiara at dinner. :) (I think they're cool!)

After dinner we ran back up to Kerry Park and played in the golden light of the late afternoon with the city skyline in the background.

What an incredible day!

Check out their slideshow for more images.

Megan & Travis' Engagement Session

During my whirlwind that was March I had a free day to get together with Megan and Travis to photograph them out in the rain at the UW campus. Now, we really hadn't planned on doing their engagement session in the rain, it just turned out that way. None the less, we had a great time! :)

Megan and Travis are both Alumni of UW and we thought it'd be fun to go back to the campus for some shots. The Cherry trees were in full bloom!

After spending some time on campus we decided to try and get onto Husky Stadium field for a few shots before the security guards swept in. As luck would have it we found an open gate and made a break for the 10 yard line. :)

We were able to get a few shots in before we felt like total trespassers and took off. It was a really fun shoot even though I was completely drenched by the time we finished up. It's a good thing I brought the Gortex jacket!

Check out their slideshow for more images.

Simple Photo Booth - Dane Sanders' Trippy Shiny Black Photobooth

I mentioned in an earlier post that Dane Sanders brought out his new Simple Photo Booth to WPPI. This thing is so cool! Dane and his buddy Carl did a fantastic job of reincarnating the old fashioned Photo Booth like the ones Amélie Poulain used in the movie Amélie.

They're renting out the booths in Southern California so go check them out! If you want one of your very own, they're starting a franchise so place your order now. :)

Here's a few hilarious images of Brittany and me in the booth at the [b] party.

Davis Photography article in Studio Photography Magazine

My good friend Jim Davis-Hicks of Davis Photography is featured on the cover of Studio Photography magazine this month!

In the article, Jim talks about how he built his business on customer service and the need to balance a busy business life with your family life.

ActionRunner 2.0 takes center stage in this balancing act, allowing Jim and his wife Lara to spend less time editing and more time living life.

If you'd like to check out ActionRunner, visit davistools.com or my store for a free trial copy. You can edit 10 images per batch to check out how it works. Register it and you can process unlimited images in a single batch.

It was great of Jim to mention me in the article. (Thanks Jim!) I've already gotten a couple of emails from people who saw my name. :)


Here's a great testimonial about ActionRunner 2.0 from Heather Kallhoff:

ok, I'M LOVIN IT!!

YOU ROCK...

YOU ARE THE BEST...

YOU ARE MY HERO...

the 2.0 is a HUGE improvement over the 1.0

I THINK I'M IN LOVE!

heather kallhoff
www.kallhoffportrait.com

March Catchup

Wow! I have so much to write about! March has been a very busy month here at the studio!

It started out with a trip down to Orange County to see my friends Dane Sanders and Mike Colón. Follow that with an amazing Conclave with Denis Reggie at his home in Atlanta with my good friends Sharlane Chase and Susie Hamidi. I came back for a few days and had time to squeeze in an awesome engagement session with Megan and Travis in the rain at the UW campus. (We even got on the field at Husky Stadium!) After that I was off to WPPI in Las Vegas where I spent the better part of 4 days in the air conditioned Paris and Bally's hotels meeting with photographers and checking out all the cool new stuff at the trade show. I attended [b]ecker's party, had a lot of fun with Dane Sander's Simple Photo Booth with Brittany Gebler (watch closely and you'll see a photo of Brittany and me in the video) and enjoyed a good lunch with Mike Colón. I had the pleasure of meeting Joe Buissink too which was great! His work is truly inspiring. While in Vegas I was working feverishly to finish up ActionRunner 2.0 for Jim Davis of Davis Tools. It's a sweet little program to take the pain out of adding actions to your images. I gave Kevin Kubota a demo of the new ActionRunner at the trade show. Good stuff. Now that I'm home I had time to get my e-store up and going. Check it out at www.jefflaplante.com/cart. I am now configuring custom RAID storage solutions for photographers like the one I setup for Dane. You can also purchase ActionRunner there.

Phew! Ok, now I need to back fill and post individually about all of that. Stay tuned!

-Jeff