Timothy Greenfield-Sanders

I've previously espoused my love for Platon here and David Hobby at Strobist.com makes note that Timothy Greenfield-Sanders is another portrait master working with one soft light. Light that I too truly love.

Baby Hunter

Some friends especially close to my wife just gave birth to their first child and I was excited to grab the camera for our hospital visit. He was only about 2.5 hours old when these pictures were taken... Beautiful baby Hunter.

The going home outfit in honor of the …

July 4th!

This year we headed over to the lovely home of Jeff and Jessica Anderson to take in the holiday. Joining in the celebration were their nieces and nephew along with a training partner and friend of my wife's named Sara. You may remember Jeff from this post and his …

Ian Moore

Vashon Island's Ian Moore recently rocked the Tractor Tavern while my pals Red Jacket Mine played supporting act. The pics from Red Jacket Mine's set are found here. The story on Ian goes back to Texas beginnings with lauded guitar work rooted in the blues that led to …

Moriarty Anniversary Party

I recently shot the 50th wedding anniversary party of Eddie and Nancy Moriarty at the Swedish Cultural Center on the east side of Queen Anne in Seattle. It turned out to be a beautiful night with stunning views of Lake Union, the Cascades and Capital Hill and a festive …

Red Jacket Mine Live

As chronicled here, I have an audio and photography relationship with local band Red Jacket Mine as a result of engineering their current round of album tracks at Soundhouse Recording under the production guidance of one Mr. Ken Stringfellow. And when they announced …

Zack Arias Style

Atlanta-based photographer and seminar master Zack Arias has been spreading the word in regards to light almost as far and wide as a certain Strobist fella named David Hobby. Recently on Zack's blog he has laid out a series of posts on a white backdrop set-up that he …

Wizard Brackets

Being a student of the Strobist revolution, I love to tote my collapsible light stands around with me for popping off nice light whenever and wherever I can. One of the things that drives me crazy is my Pocket Wizards (wireless triggers) flopping around the whole time …

Interviews With Photographers on Pix Channel

As brought to the world's attention by APE here, I too would like to share this incredible resource of interviews with photographers put together by Randi Lynn Beach. With the photographers being so varied, it's absolutely fascinating to hear about their inspirations …

The Logans

I was recently in Marin County, California to cover the 40th wedding anniversary of Debra and Lance Logan. The reception was at the Deer Park Villa in Fairfax, California and the day was lovely. Here are a few images from what was a great party for an extraordinary …

Red Jacket Mine

As you may or may not know, I was a successful audio recording engineer/record producer for over 12 years in the Seattle, WA area before retiring upon the arrival of my daughter. During that time I made records for: Ken Stringfellow, Brandi Carlile, Kinski, The …

Kelsey

Here are some images from a recent shoot with the fantastic Kelsey. Girls are always great as senior portrait subjects because they love to look great in front of the camera and Kelsey is no exception!!

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Facebook Fan Page

Hey friends... I just spent some time building a Kip Beelman Photography fan page for Facebook and wanted to let you know about it. If you are on the FB, please head on over and become a fan. I look forward to seeing you!

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Licensing Images

There has been a lot of talk on the web throughout the photo industry about the power and use of Flickr for marketing oneself and as a source to license images. While Flickr has no infrastructure yet to support image licensing, stories abound about photographers being …

Yervant and Joe Buissink

I recently had the pleasure of attending the Two Views Seminar with Yervant and Joe Buissink while in San Francisco, CA. Also representing was none other than Bambi Cantrell.

Joe and Yervant covered a lot of ground about marketing, presentation, shooting, Photoshop and …

Justin

This weekend I headed out with the very nice Mr. Justin Johnson as we grabbed some shots around his home in the Renton/Maple Valley Highway area and down by the tracks of SODO. I can't wait to make his album along with one of my 24 x 363 Art Mounts. Cool dude... Fun …

Bellies and Babies - Sandy Puc'

I recently had the pleasure of attending the Bellies and Babies tour stop in the Seattle area at the Embassy Suites in Lynnwood, WA. Taught by master photographer Sandy "Sam" Puc' of the hyper-successful Expressions Photos in Littleton, Colorado, it was an …

Highway 99 Blues Club

Tonight I was commissioned to head down to the Highway 99 Blues Club and photograph up and coming Blues band The Dudley Taft Blues Overkill. Lead by the fine fingered fretwork of Mr. Taft, the band is rounded out by Evan Sheely on bass, Scott Vogel on drums and Patrick …

Kerrin and Alli

I recently shot expectant mother Kerrin and partner Alli in their Renton, WA home. At the time of the shoot, Kerrin was about 30 weeks pregnant with baby Jackson and was the perfect combination of comfortably mobile while showing a BIG bump!

The session was a …

Fitz in the Morning

Today's shoot brought me to the Metropolitan Park West building for a quick session with big time radio personality Fitz of 100.7 The Wolf's Fitz in the Morning show. I was working alone and we were on a relatively tight time frame, so we worked in one basic location …