Jon

I thoroughly enjoyed photographing Jon last week. As with so many of the seniors I photograph, it was not the first time he came to my studio. I photographed Jon and his two older brothers a year or so ago, when he had shoulder-length hair! I have to admit I like it this new look!

Jon is an accomplished musician, and brought both his sax and bassoon to include in his senior images. Jon shared his passion for music and his instruments during our session, and I learned quite a bit while visiting with him--he's quite an interesting guy!

~Diane

The Last of Three Sisters

Kristen's two older sisters came to me for senior portraits a couple of years ago. Like her sisters, Kristen is beautiful, athletic, and a delightful subject!
I will always remember a photograph I took of all three girls when they were in grade school. They were sitting on their back porch laughing. It was an image that was used in a slideshow at the Women Helping Women Fund Luncheon. Seems like so long ago. Seems like I say that a lot lately!

Grandma Sherri & Emma

I have been photographing Sherri's "kids" at Cornerstone Montessori since...forever! Now that Sherri is a grandma, she called to have me photograph her family and new granddaughter, Emma. Emma was not overly thrilled to be part of this epic family portrait. In fact, she evidenced true diva-like traits by expressing her displeasure with the whole affair!

All said, we went back to the studio and captured a few tender moments with Emma and Mom and Dad.

And here's Sherri's kids in the park. I photographed Justin, lower left, when he was a senior in high school, and Josh, upper right, owns Waddell's, next to Twigs on South Hill.

Thanks, Tabby!

I have to tell everyone about Tabby, and how she came over on a whim this weekend. I have been working on a new postcard to send to seniors and just wanted something new and FUN to include on it. My friend and client, Amanda, had told me a while ago that her sister was interested in modeling. So, I called Tabby and she was willing to come over, and we got some really fun images that I will definitely use on the new postcard.

Sometimes I get excited about a concept or a project and in order to make it real I have to enlist the help of other people to make it happen. As a portrait photographer I can only take pictures if I have willing subjects on the other side of the lens.

My sincere thanks to Tabby and her willingness to help me bring these ideas to life!

~Diane

Destination: Lake Chelan

So here we have just a sampling of the great portraits we took at Lake Chelan last week with one of my favorite clients, Lynn, and her family!

Very strong winds wreaked havoc on the lake earlier in the day, but, as if by design, they calmed just in time for our portrait session!

Every time I photograph Lynn and her family we do something a little different. The first year we had a session in Cannon Hill Park. The next year we did black and whites in the studio. This year doing a "destination portrait" was lots of fun! They rented a great house on the lake, and found a really nice spot on the lake for portraits. We had the comfort of shade from several large trees, with a fabulous view of the water and the distinctive golden hills of Chelan in the distance.

The Last of Three Brothers

Here's Thomas! When I photographed Thomas's entire family several years ago, I think he was about 12. Since then, I have photographed his 2 older brothers' senior pictures, and now, the baby of the family, Thomas, is graduating! Am I getting old or what???

I discovered that Thomas and I have something in common--we both play guitar and love Neil Young's music. I know I'll have fun choosing the perfect song for Thomas's slideshow!!

~Diane

Seniors...Again

The first image here is of Kaitlund, photographed in the "barn area" of the yard. I love her eyes in this photograph. We also went to the park and we were BOTH photographed by a photographer from the Spokesman Review. I guess we didn't make the cut since I haven't seen our picture in the paper! It was fun though, and for once, I was on the other side of the lens.









This is Stephen, chillin' on the red chair in the studio. We had a fun time, of course, and I took some great shots of him and his car in the park--but I'm saving them so he'll be surprised when he sees them in his slideshow later this week!

This was one of my favorite photographs of Hilary, who goes to LC. I always wonder if seniors will like the same ones I do...What do you think, Hilary??

Happy 4th of July!

Here is a really fun photograph of a family I photographed on the 4th. My friend, Debbie, entertained 31 family members at her lake house this year, and we spent the late afternoon photographing all of them in various groupings. After we got all of the groups photographed, we did got this one of Debbie and her family jumping off the dock! It looked like so much fun, many of the other families did the same! Everybody had a great time--especially me!!

~Diane