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From Real Estate photos, to business headshots, family events, and now rounding out the week with shots at the skate park! Thanks Ryan Handy for letting me snap some shots of you on this rail! Not bad for mid day with the sun coming in hard! Lit with an E

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Joe Mcnally took my photo!

Artist: JOE MCNALLY Copyright: JOE MCNALLY Not only did I get to experience an awesome Seminar taught by one of the greatest speedlight photographers in the world, Mr, Joe McNally Photography actually took my photo on set yesterday! I met some cool people and new creative connections and got to spend some time with a good friend. I couldn't bring myself to edit them just yet so these are straight from his D4s! Lit with tiny gridded beauty dish boomed above camera. Two bare speedlites at 45 degrees behind myself on either side for rim. www.nakean.com http://flic.kr/p/nRdusV

Frenchie

This little girl was full of so much energy! I surprised I was able to capture this photo of her! According to mom this is her, "asking mom if everything is ok" face. Strobist info: Lit with two gridded stripboxes either side softlighterII boomed camera right with Einstein 640 EXD400 through Large PLM just behind the camera silver reflector camera left. http://flic.kr/p/nExb3W

Agnew Family

Gorgeous Agnew family at Lincoln Park a few weeks back! Are you kidding me with these little girls! They were never short on smiles, and had me crackin up as well! Good family photos are all about laughter, appreciating each other and enjoying yourself! http://flic.kr/p/nCs6RS

Agnew Family

Gorgeous Agnew family at Lincoln Park a few weeks back! Are you kidding me with these little girls! They were never short on smiles, and had me crackin up as well! Good family photos are all about laughter, appreciating each other and enjoying yourself! http://flic.kr/p/nUPbvN

Agnew Family

Gorgeous Agnew family at Lincoln Park a few weeks back! Are you kidding me with these little girls! They were never short on smiles, and had me crackin up as well! Good family photos are all about laughter, appreciating each other and enjoying yourself! http://flic.kr/p/nUWt2T

Agnew Family

Gorgeous Agnew family at Lincoln Park a few weeks back! Are you kidding me with these little girls! They were never short on smiles, and had me crackin up as well! Good family photos are all about laughter, appreciating each other and enjoying yourself! Lit with single Einstein 640 with 64" silver PLM with deffuser panel camera right. Sun provided hair light. http://flic.kr/p/nUDrrD

Agnew Family

Gorgeous Agnew family at Lincoln Park a few weeks back! Are you kidding me with these little girls! They were never short on smiles, and had me crackin up as well! Good family photos are all about laughter, appreciating each other and enjoying yourself! http://flic.kr/p/nURuGW

Golden Gardens Stretch

For composites, lighting has to match your background. As a photographer it's funny how differently you see the world in terms of light, quantity of light and quality of it. When you start creating composites in which you need to capture backgrounds it ads a whole new element in which to view your surrounding through. Thanks Angela for being patient and bending over backward, literally, to make a cool image. Strobist info: Photographed in my West Seattle Studio Einstein through 60" Softlighter boomed above, b800's through gridded striplights for rim lights on either side. www.nakean.com http://flic.kr/p/nU22LK

Bed Time Storys

I haven't had a lot of inspiration regarding composites lately. There are so many amazing images online to draw from, but the more images I see the harder it can be to find my own vision. This popped in my head last night and I just had to execute! Lit with 60" Photoflex SoftlighterII above camera with Einstein E640 2x AB800's through gridded striplights for rim. http://flic.kr/p/nTxCbM

Grandma

Happy Belated Birthday Nana!!! She's always been the rock in the family! Love this woman! Lit with a single Einstein 640 through a shoot through umbrella camera left. http://flic.kr/p/nsruq9

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Lit with beauty dish boomed out of frame camera right. Gridded strip for rim camera left and gridded strip much more in front camera right with PLM serving as fill behind camera. http://flic.kr/p/mZyNSB

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Lit with beauty dish boomed out of frame camera right. Gridded strip for rim camera left and gridded strip much more in front camera right with PLM serving as fill behind camera. http://flic.kr/p/mZAB6L

Standing Tall

Lit with Beauty dish overhead No fill this time around. gridded stripboxes for rim light on either side. Background is an overlay and actually placed on top of the image instead of behind. This helps maintain the shadows in the original image. http://flic.kr/p/mdxSQs

New Best Friend

-"You're my favorite Deputy!" Man, my son can't get enough of his new pal Woody! Only problem is I'm stuck operating Woody at all times. I have lost my identity as father and have now become the Sheriff in town, well West Seattle anyway....ok really just my home. Flash can be a ton of fun even when it's on the camera. Here The flash is pointed directly at the ceiling. You can see that most of the light is coming from above and actually hits my sons face more than Woody's. Had I added a warming gel, the light would have blended in even more! Happy New Year and happy shooting everyone! What's your child's favorite toy this year? http://flic.kr/p/iPn28q