I have a favorite red pen. It's a Retro 51. I bought it 5 years ago at a Franklin-Covey store. Unfortunately, Franklin-Covey has stopped selling these great pens, and I have to search for sources for the refills. The last time I ran out of ink I found refills at a nice pen shop on 5th avenue in downtown Seattle. The next time I ran out, the shop was closed; a victim of our economic times.

My next step was a google search. I found the best price at amazon.com. I ordered the refills and thought nothing of it. They arrived yesterday and I was happy to be able to use my favorite pen again. As I was tossing out the packing material, I found a handwritten note from the Store manager of the amazon reseller that filled my order! What a great touch. And for a twenty dollar order. Sure makes me want to do business with them again. If you need a refill, or want to buy a nice pen go to Paradise Pen . The Store Manager's name is Julie and she really knows how to treat her customers!

I finally selected a new logo!

I used an online service, logotournament. What a great way to go! I filled out a detailed survey defining the look that I wanted and graphic artists from around the world submitted designs. The designers came from 15 countries: Canada, Mexico, Italy, France, England, Sweden, Bulgaria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Switzerland, Australia, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Singapore and the United States

Every day I gave them feedback and ranked the designs. The next day I would receive additional designs, and revised designs. All told I had over 350 designs to choose from! Narrowing it down was pretty daunting. But in the end it was pretty clear that one designer understood best what I was looking for.

The winning designer is Susy Francoeur from Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. She was great to work with. Very understanding and accomodating. Here's her winning design.

 

Here are some of my options for a new logo. I'm thrilled with all of the designs so far. I've had 218 to choose from! It's almost been overwhelming.

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Sanja and Matt were married August 15th on the Edmonds waterfront. It was a beautiful Seattle summer day. A great day to get married!

 

Here's their wedding album.

 

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I had the pleasure of shooting Amanda and Aubrey's wedding on July 11th. Amanda is one of the sweetest and prettiest girls I've met. Aubrey is a great guy who's well grounded and knows what he wants. Seeing them together left no doubt they were in love.

Amanda and Aubrey were surrounded by a great group of loving and supportive friends and family. Here's the online version of their Wedding Album. The hard copy is being printed as I write by one of the coolest album companies out there; KISS Wedding Books. I hope you enjoy viewing their pictures as much as I did creating them.

 

 

Sanja and Matt contacted me to shoot their wedding this coming August 15th! In the meantime we got together for an engagement session. Their wedding will be help on the Edmonds waterfront. We checked out the venue and took some shots on the beach. We then loaded up everything in Sanja's car and found a really cool park nearby.

Here's some of their pictures:

 

Laura and Israel had their engagement party June 5th on the Argosy Cruise on South Lake Union. What a great party! The cruise went out the Montlake Cut to Lake Washington and back to South Lake Union. The Dj was Jason Henne, who was fantastic, and kept everyone moving. Laura and Israel's family and friends were a whole lot of fun to be around. Thank you Laura and Israel for letting us photograph your event. Can't wait until your wedding next year on June 5th at Cave B!

 

I had the pleasure of shooting with Meeh shel on February 12th. We had a great time creating some amazing images to document her pregnancy. Meeh shel is one of the makeup artists that I use for photo sessions. She's incredibly talented and very creative. She's a licensed esthetician, and loves to take care of her clients. I'm positive she'll make a wonderful Mother.

Here's what Meeh shel had to say about her photos

"I just got my photos. Thanks! It all looks so awesome~!!"

As you can tell, she's going to have a boy. Congratulations Meeh shel!

I had the opportunity to do Stormy's maternity shoot for her second baby, Madelline Isabella, on January 22nd. The session was originally scheduled for today, the 24th, but Stormy called and said she wasn't sure she'd still be pregnant! So we moved the appointment up a couple of days.

Stormy delivered baby Madeline 31/2 days later on January 26th at 11:16 a.m.. During the shoot, Stormy was wonderful. She was calm, peaceful, and very serene. She knew her baby was coming sooon. In fact, during her session she said she was already dialated a bit and having contractions. Fortunately Baby Madeline waited a couple of days before entering the world, and I was lucky enough to capture some beautiful images of her mommy. Hope you enjoy them.