Before & After Z
I think it was Hannibal from the A-Team who said many times, “I love it when a plan comes together.” I have to say, I almost love it more when a plan doesn’t come together. Before the snow started dumping, I was supposed to make the trek up up to North Seattle for Mark and Diane’s maternity [...]
Maternity/Baby Portraits: A flash and a bump in the woods
With a new baby on the way and an almost-two-year-old growing and learning new things every day, my friend, Teresa (“Tre” to me), decided it was a good time to hit pause and capture a key moment in her personal history. After doing some photographs of/with the oh-so-cute Kyra (it probably won’t come as a surprise, but this lil’ lady has [...]
Maternity Photography: Alki Mom-to-be Part2
Man, I can only imagine the excitement building over at Merkys & Mike’s house. I’m just the photographer and I’m about to boil over in anticipation. I know for certain this lil’ guy/gal is going to be incredibly special. There is a trident just like the one Zeus and other greek gods carried stamped right [...]
Maternity Portraits: Alki Mom-To-Be
The air was so cold out last Saturday that the air was twinkling with tiny ice crystals. The coolest thing of all though happened when I walked in the door and Merkys offered me a cup of hot tea. She had remembered that I mentioned I was a tea lover when we first spoke about doing maternity [...]





