Nate and Rina

These two beautiful humans are some of my oldest friends. We have seen each other at our highest and lowest moments. I'm so happy that they have decided to tie the knot. I truly do not know two people more meant for one another. Maybe they will adopt me. 

Chuck Willis

Chuck Willis is a war veteran, a craftsman and the most active 91 year old I have met. 

Kevin Belford

Kevin Belford worked on the train yard for ten years and was recently laid off after his line was replaced by a series of karaoke train cars. 

TOM's Shoes

We had a really tight timeline for this shoot, less than a week from the initial meeting to the shoot date. Do to the tight deadline some of the early ideas involved simple or textured backgrounds and graphic treatments. Because Michelle and I couldn't help ourselves we came up with the theme of a family dinner. At least that was the universe we wanted to images to live in. We decided to show the transition from summer to fall by creating an indoor/outdoor space and incorporating fall textures and colors. We had to build the set instead of shooting on location because there were so many shoes and we wanted the look and feel to remain consistent from shot to shot. In the end we delivered substantially more images than would ever be used, simply because we had the set so dialed in. 

Styling by: Michelle Lateste

Photography by: Me

Here are some behind the scenes images, including rough whiteboard diagrams and some pictures of me pondering my small existence in the vast sea of apple-boxes. 

Patty Murray

Here are a couple images from my recent shoot with Senator Patty Murray. She was on set for less than three minutes. I wish I could have spent a little more time talking to her as she has a really interesting perspective on politics and policy making, but I'm grateful I had the opportunity to capture her likeness.