Kat & Java

Some of you may be aware that I'm not a huge fan of small dogs (and by "some of you" I am referring to the two of you that read this blog, but hey, I know that you know!)

Java-man is the exception to this rule. If you ever go anywhere with a Corgi, you are guaranteed to be stopped by at least one person. Everyone has a Corgi story! Now, on to my favorite Corgi ... oh, and his owner is pretty cool too. :)





Cheerio and good dog days to all of you ...
~di

Preview, Kat & Java

A quickie from last night ...


Many posts to come, including the rest of John & Kayla, Kat & Java AND another wedding Sunday!

Cheers,
~Di

Retro, Part II

As promised, here are some of my faves from my cousin's wedding last spring. Isn't she gorgeous??

4.18.09 Over the hills and through the woods ...

This past weekend one of my lifelong friends came to visit me! You might recognize her from here. Being the great friend that I am, I humbly offered to photograph her and her husband during our day trip to Manzanita. The conversation went something like this (via facebook of course):

me = photographer in need of inspiration
you+hubby = good lookin' couple
solution = photo shoot!

Voila and enjoy ...








What a happy little family ...

3.10.09 Ana!

Here is Ana ... she is such a kick in the pants. I can't start to explain how fun it is to hold a full conversation with a two-year-old - especially when taking her pictures! My favorite interaction of the day:

Mom: "Ana, don't you want to play with your umbrella?"
Ana: "No thanks, Mom. I don't need it, it's not raining."

Hah!

Ana Teaser

Little Miss Ana ...

Reminiscing ...

I discovered my missing back-up CDs! AH!

For those of you who didn't know me in college, here's a little background on the j-school at the University of Montana: we were required to shoot film. We started with b&w, then after getting into the program as juniors, we were required to shoot slide film. Even in the studio. For each assignment, we basically had 24-36 frames to get it right. Exposure, composition, framing - everything had to be done correctly in the original image otherwise you had to re-shoot the assignment, took a docked grade and ate $16 ($8 for the film, $8 for developing). We scanned our negatives and were allowed some post-processing (such as cleaning up dust), but we turned in our RAW files as well as our edited files and were graded on both. None of the wonderful editing capabilites of photoshop we now have as digital photographers that can save our butts if we didn't get it right (even cropping!). Don't get me wrong, I love digital, but mainly for the financial breaks - not it's many technological abilities. It probably explains a lot if you have ever had a conversation with me about digital photography and my end seemed anything but knowledgeable!

Now I rely on my digital for the majority of my work, but still shoot film at every session. Bottom line? I can't afford to shoot film! On top of that, I haven't found a decent place in PDX that I trust for development (I had a bad run-in with a developer in Missoula and am now uber-cautious). But I love the look of film, and I'm more comfortable with it as a medium. I think I take better photos when shooting with it and I am grateful that I was taught the essentials of photography basics with film (the U has now moved to an all-digital format). Don't get me started. I wrote my entire senior thesis on the transition from film to digital, and it's many cons ... enough of this tirade.

Anyway, here are a few images I found in my long-lost backups. They were all shot with film and I just thought I'd share since I need to blog more anyway. Enjoy!




My beautiful aunt ...

3.7.09 Timothy Arlen One Year!

Finally! Sandra and I rescheduled this portrait session about four times before we finally lucked out on weather and/or lack of sickness (on both of our parts). Timothy is technically 14 months now, and he is running and talking! It's been amazing to watch this little man grow up. What a ham. Enjoy!

3.7.09 Teaser for Timothy Arlen

Timothy! He's such a grown up little man!

2.21.09 Photoshoot with Missy Cochran

I apologize for taking so long to get these up, but here they are! Last month, my friend Missy Cochran and I decided to go play on one of those beautiful Saturdays that Portland randomly seems to get mid-winter. She took pics of me, I took pics of her. My new banner on the blog are all done by Missy herself! We had a great time, and it was a great practice shoot! Let me know what you think ...

Timothy Arlen, 10 months

Is it just me, or does he just get better looking the older he gets?






Next up: Timothy turns ONE!