It has been a whirlwind of a ride with the new little one. I have been snapping photos of him whenever I get time but my free time really has taken a hit. Soren is really becoming interactive now. He smiles, laughes and giggles which brightens up my day every time he does it. Here are a few of the 200 photos that I took yesterday in a 15 minute session when Holly was washing his face. It is amazing how many expressions he can make in such a short time. More »

I had the privileged of taking some maternity photos for some old college friends of mine. Sommer and I sang in the PLU Jazz Choir for several years together and cliff played in the Jazz band. Both of them kept gigging after college and are still playing and singing in the greater Seattle Tacoma area. Sommer was a bit anxious about the portraits but as soon as we got started she relaxed and we were able to enjoy the process. Cliff had some great ideas at the end and I had a great time laughing along with them. More »

I recently had the opportunity to take a work related trip out to St. Louis. This was my first time in the great state of Missouri. In my time outside of work I got to taste some pretty authentic BBQ, and spend a sunset taking photos of the Gateway Arch and the St. Louis skyline. More »

Holly and I are pleased to announce the arrival of our son Soren! Soren currently does not have a middle name but one is in the works. It has been a long three days of labor birth and getting to know our son. I plan on writing up the whole story but tonight I'm just going to post some photos and the short version of the labor while Holly is nursing. Holly's water broke on Saturday afternoon around 3pm. We got to the Hospital around 6pm and Holly's contractions started in full at 1am on Sunday morning. More »

Well Holly is officially one day past her due date. We had a midwives appointment on Wednesday and everything checked out OK. We have another appointment next Thursday so we are still just waiting for the baby to arrive until then. Holly reminded me that we never posted the final photos of the Nursery so here they are. We got the crib and dresser used on Craig's List and the night stand and bookcase are from Holly's room growing up. Holly painted the green, blue and did an awesome job of hand painting the clouds. More »

A few weeks ago Holly and I spend a Saturday afternoon and evening picking out cool maturity photos on the web that she liked and we then tried to duplicate the lighting pose and setup of the photos in our living room. I had a great time taking photos of Holly and think she is one beautiful woman. We also ran out to the trail behind our house to catch a bit of that beautiful sunset light. Here are the results. More »

Gerrin and Rocelle are now officially married and what a cute couple they make. I have known Gerrin since my PLU days, we were both Computer Science majors, and we now both work at Boeing. I have take a few other photos of Gerrin back when he was a single guy on the hunt and more recently photos of the actual engagement last summer. I have always had a good time taking their photos and this occasion was no different. Their wedding was at the beautiful mansion in Gig Harbor called Kensington Gardens. The house was perched on top of a hill and surrounded by a well kept gardens and an elegant fountain just outside the main entrance. More »

After a long month of house hunting and a tough few weeks of cleaning and moving Holly and I have officially changed addresses and are putting our townhouse on the market. It went up this morning and we are hopeful that all of our hard work will pay off. We already heard from our Realtor that we have a few people going to see the place tonight. Holly did a fantastic job of staging the place which made my job of taking photos pretty easy. I had fun stitching together the panorama of the living room to try and capture the "cathedral ceiling" as the listing puts it. Holly and I spent 5 years at the townhouse and have many fond memories of the place. More »

Holly and I split the 4th of July between our local parents. We started at her folks house in the early afternoon for a BBQ and time to get caught up on Holly's parents recent trip to Denver to see Brett and Megumi. Holly and I took a bit of time to sneak away to the beautiful backyard and shoot some maternity photos of Holly at 5.5 months. I think we got several good shots and we may return to shoot some of the next ones there as well. We chatted for a bit and then sat down outside to eat some hamburgers with all of the fixings. It was a proper 4th of July feast complete with red, white, and blue fruit pizza for dessert. More »

I found this little guy snacking on our Hosta this morning. In exchange for the meal he was kind enough to let me take a few photos of him (I insisted). I drug out my light box and set up for some table top photography. It was interesting watching him slither up to an edge and then reach and far as he could to try to find the next platform to continue on his journey. After the photos I thanked him and set the little snail back where I found him. More »

Holly and I just got back from the Dr's appt and we are excited to announce that we are having a baby boy. The technician was 100% sure and we have the ultrasound photos to prove it. We also got to hear the heartbeat again. What an amazing sound. 10 Second Heartbeat Clip. More »

Yesterday I attended the memorial service of my uncle Dave Brickley. Dave died of a sudden and unexpected heart attack last Saturday march 28 in the middle of the night. On the flight to Billings I wrote a few of my uncles favorite memories down about Dave. Sandpaper Face Hugs - Dave used to greet me and my brothers, when we were kids, by grabbing us in a hug and rubbing his stubble covered cheek against ours much to our dismay. We always knew it was coming and we would struggle to prevent this greeting. Red Ryder - I remember one particular camping truck when Dave got a set of walkie talkies and insisted on calling everyone by a callsign. More »