We’re not usually ones to toot our own horn, but we were recently talked about in a post on the Baron & Company Blog… and liked what they had to say :) They Featured the images from our shoot with Chmelik Sitkin& Davis.

If you’ve emailed or called over the weekend, thank you for your patience! We’ve been going non-stop for a long weekend and it’s extending into the week with important and very last-minute shoots. I spent a lot of time responding to inquiries, emails and voicemail with my iphone which works great as an office away from the office.

I’m just taking a break from uploading and backing up images to put up an image from Malibu, CA where we shot on Saturday.

Had a sweet e-sesh with Heather and Clay this week. I’ve grown up around the skagit tulip fields most of my life but haven’t spent much time out there. That said, I was excited when Heather called up and wanted to spend an afternoon shooting some engagement photos in the fields. Heather and Clay were super fun to shoot and made my job so easy as they were all lovey-dovey and having fun with each other. The weather was all over the place which was kind of freaky, but that’s the how the Pacific NW is this time of year.

My son Baron and I have birthdays two weeks apart so I thought it would be fun to share a party before baby boy number two (Roman) is expected to arrive sometime in May. We had a bit of a scramble to get the house ready for guests as my wife Ashley recently took a crowbar to the kitchen cabinets. All that to say we were putting in extra hours sheet-rocking, texturing and painting the walls (I must say that Ashley actually did most of the work!! I had a pretty busy work week and she stepped up. I was up late a few nights with the heavy lifting and moving but it’s enjoyable once it’s all said and done). By the way, we found the best cups ever in San Diego (see above photo).

Reading with the Birthday Boy

Two of our beautiful chickens

Our new vegetable and flower garden

Is this too much torch?

too much cuteness?

Cousins

Smokin!  This little urban e-session with Rita and Blake was awesome.  First of all, they’re a really fun couple and its obvious they have a huge heart for others.  They told me that they came to me because they wanted engagement photos that weren’t cliché and really showed their personalities.  They also really liked that urban candid personal feel in many of my images. Rita explained to me when we first met that she had essentially been raised by her church family, friends, and boarding schools and wanted some images that truly showed her personality as a young woman so she could send the online slideshow to her family back in Missouri and say “Here I am as a grown up on my own, this is my life”.  Similarly, she wanted to introduce Blake and his fun and loving personality through these photos.  Wow.  I was blown away with this responsibility. And excited.  I love it when I see purpose and ambition in people’s lives and its awesome to be a part of that.

A couple other fun things to note about our shoot:  Rita rides TriMet everywhere and we thought it would be fun to get some shots on the bus or max downtown.  It was awesome just seeing them get on and off the bus as she chatted it up with all the drivers on a first name basis.  We met at the Chinese Gardens and goofed around in that area for a little bit and then walked on up to the Ace Hotel… our destination?  Their Photobooth.  Urban shoots like this are like a playground for me as a photographer.  Check out the slideshow for more: http://gabrielboone.com/showit/rita/

Bellingham Real Estate Photography

I was shooting a local Bellingham home today and I happened to see some small birds on the roof. They were too rad to pass by so I snapped a few shots. Sure, typical Real Estate Photography isn’t Black and White, but as soon as I saw these birds I envisioned this image. Enjoy.

Ok… now that April Fool’s Day is over I can finally put an end to all the widespread shenanigans!  I hope I didn’t get you too riled up over the “Obama’s Offical Campaign Photographer” post on our blog yesterday!  I certainly had many of you going, even Gabe!  You can see who else was fooled in the comments box. 

In reality, Gabe and I are super pumped about pouring our creativity and energy into photographing weddings in Portland and Seattle.  Gabe just got back from a stellar wedding workshop and I’m talking with a colleague about hosting a photography workshop in Portland.  With all this going on, Gabe and I are all fired up about photography. 

Those photos of Barack were taken by yours truly while Obama was vising Portland for a rally a week or two ago at Portland’s Memorial Coliseum.

Since I obviously had fun with this April 1st, I’ll list out a few other folks who had hoaxes of their own worth mentioning:

• Google Austrialia’s gDay which lets you access web pages before they’re even created!
• Nestle changed the name of the Butterfinger to “The Finger” (including a video!)
• Annie Leibovitz signs 25 Million dollar deal to host entire collection on flickr under Creative Commons License! (I think this was my favorite hoax that had me for a about 20 seconds). 

Hey, what can I say.  Growing up as the youngest of three, all boys, you learn to see tricks like this coming… and its fun when you can turn the tables a bit! 

After posting these images on flickr and getting massive positive reviews, one of Barack Obama’s media spokespeople got in touch with me… and I’ll be taking off later next week for Pennsylvania to cover Obama’s rally in Wilkes-Barre. Looking forward to getting some more great images! I’ll be flying back and forth quite a bit to cover weddings and other jobs in Portland. I’ll be posting up to date coverage here.

I enjoyed working with this group of Lawyers and having shot them before, we were all a bit more comfortable with each other. The lighting is a little more sloppy than I’d like, but we pulled this idea off at the end of the shoot as the group was ready to leave. They were so great in letting me try one more idea, I quickly guesstimated the settings and fired off a handful. I think the client will end up liking these the best (and using them for the pubs). Not everyday you get to say ‘I just shot 8 attorneys.’

We’ve actually had a great response to our recent images and some requests for personal usage lead us to finally put together a few desktop downloads for y’all. I hope these will be the first of many over time and if there is a size we’re leaving out, don’t be shy.

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