This was taken around their one year anniversary and exemplifies their personalities well. Happy 35 years, mom & dad!
This was taken around their one year anniversary and exemplifies their personalities well. Happy 35 years, mom & dad!
Hello and welcome to the new blog. Let me catch you up on what I’ve been doing with myself. This summer has been a busy one.
The first weekend of June was spent searching the streets of Seattle for ladies in leggings with Sarah Murphy as my PA . You can view the fruits of our labor in the August issue of SPIN.
Later in the month I drove to Portland with Anna Lange and Erin Skipley to assist Autumn de Wilde on a shoot for the Decemberists. You can see a video sampling of our day here, courtesy of Jeff Feller. I’m the one in purple sending you kisses.
Even if you’re not familiar with Autumn’s name, it is likely you’ve seen her work on the cover of Res or the many albums and videos she has shot for artists like Elliott Smith, Beck, Jenny Lewis, Spoon and Death Cab for Cutie. I fell in awe with her images on Eleni Mendell’s album, Wishbone, in 1999 and met her in 2003 backstage at a Death Cab show when she first started documenting the band. This was the third shoot I’ve worked on with Autumn (the first two being the Long Winters and Jesse Sykes). It’s been a privilege to work with such a sincere and imaginative mind.
June also marked the Vegas wedding of one of my best friends, Megan O’Brien. Thankfully I wasn’t the official photographer because my eyes were flooded throughout the ceremony and reception. I did however take some scandalous photos at the bachelorette party. I’ll have to get her permission before posting those to the site. Megs?
I almost forgot two of my favorite shoots – album art for Night Canopy‘s forthcoming release and promotional portraits of Cristina -tiny tough- Bautista for her EP. You can view a handful of the images on their sites and in the Music section of the site.
I went to NY the weekend before last for my little sister’s bridal shower. I brought the bridesmaid dresses Ruthie custom made for the wedding. She attached a cute little note to each with instructions for care and alterations if necessary.
My mom brought her wedding portraits from August 5th, 1972. 
Checking out the younger version of my parents:
Mom caught up with an old friend, Connie, who she met decades ago when they discovered from a mutual friend they were dating the same guy. Instead of duking it out, they conspired. They bought the same dress, did their hair the same way, and went to the bowling alley where they knew he’d be, acting like the best of friends.
I caught up with my cousins. Every Thanksgiving we’d take the same photo with grandma. I’m on her right (her left. your right). This was taken in 1988. My aunt had it made into a painting:
Back to the shower. I figure other people have the domestic gifts covered. You can always count on me for something spicy. Along with my tradition of giving something silky, I threw in Nerve.com’s Position of the Day Playbook. The ladies loved it:
well, most:
Jodi seemed to:
I’m curious what airport security thought of it. I opened my suitcase to find the book unwrapped and put back together with a large “inspected by” sticker. I wish I had a photo for that!
hi! so much has been going on, great things are happening! On the music side, Night Canopy is releasing an album March 13th. we have a handful of shows coming up, including an in-studio performance for KEXP‘s show, Audioasis, on March 10th and a CD release party at the Crocodile March 16th. a Sonic Boom in-store is also in the works.