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Cowell Family (Bonners Ferry Photographer)

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A while back I held a contest on my facebook page and wen the winners were drawn the cowell family was selected and chose to use their winnings for a family portrait session.  I have to say this was about the easiest group of 9 kids and 2 adults I have had the pleasure to work with!

Play Time! 

After the portraits were done we set up a couple of lights in a shaded area and just let the kids play, it did not take too long to fill up a card with fun, unplanned shots.  Here are some of the family’s favorites from play time!

Family Portraits At Talus Rock

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Recently I had the pleasure of photographing a very fun family at beautiful Talus Rock in Sandpoint.  Check out some of the photos below and if you want more information about Talus Rock you can visit their website here: http://talusrockretreat.com/

Paul’s Senior Photos (Rathdrum Photographer)

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Paul is a senior soccer player from Lakeland High School, we captured some fun images at a number of different locations in Rathdrum and then finished up our time at the High School to take some sports themed photos.

This next photo is one of my favorites from the entire senior photo season, we set up this shot to look like it was taken after dark and then I turned the stadium lights on in Photoshop.

Michael’s Senior Photos (Sandpoint Photographer)

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Michael has quite the smile and he used it liberally during our senior session!  Here are some of the finished images from our session!

09/08/2012 – Mercer Island at Coeur d’Alene (JV and Varsity Football)

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On Saturday the Coeur d’Alene Viking JV and Varsity football teams played the Mercer Island Islanders from the Seattle area.  I was very excited for these games, partly because I knew there would be some great action but mostly because I would be able to enjoy the rare treat of shooting a Varsity Football game during daylight hours!  The lights that they use at Viking Stadium for night games are probably the best and brightest in North Idaho, but they cannot compete with daylight!  Below you will find some shots from each game as well as links to the full galleries where you can view all the photos from each game and order your own prints or digital files!

Full Galleries:  All 2012 Football Galleries   /   JV Game    /   Varsity Game

Halftime featured a performance by the Viking Dance Team as well as some Junior Tackle action on the field.

To finish up check out this sequence, it took a awesome effort for the Islanders Matt Orehek to pull down this catch in the middle of great coverage by Coeur d’Alene’s  Jackson Carslon (7) and Hayden Sharp (23).

You can also read about the game in Ryan Collingwood’s Monday Morning Notebook on  VarsityCDA.com

Jim’s Senior Photos (Priest River Photographer)

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The first time I photographed Jim was at a basketball game in Coeur d’Alene back in 2010.  The defending state champion Priest River Spartans looking for strong competition were playing the Coeur d’Alene Vikings and during a stop in play I was taking photos of the Priest River fans from across the gym.  One of the fans noticed I was taking photos, stood up and pointed at me, I took this photo.

The reason I remember this is the fact that it started something that continued through the rest of the season, at every game I would look for Jim and he would look for me so we could get yet another photo of him doing the “The Point”.  We tried to mix it up every now and then and get a variety of “Point” shots.

Now a couple of years later I have had the privilege of taking Jim’s senior photos as well as some photos with his sisters, yes we had to sneak in a pointing shot.

Alright, enough pointing fingers let’s get on with some senior photos!

Right around sunset we were at a perfect spot and the sky was amazing.  The next shots were all taken at the same spot only minutes apart, we simply turned different directions and were able to get very different looks.


 

08/31/2012 – East Valley at Sandpoint

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The Sandpoint Bulldogs kicked off their season by hosting the Knights of East Valley.  Here are some photos from the game as well as a link to view the entire gallery of photos and order prints.

Full Galleries: This Game  /   Entire 2012 Season

Sandpoint Bulldog’s Football Program

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This year Steve Russo and the staff at the Sandpoint Newsline took on the tack of creating and publishing the 2012 Sandpoint Bulldog Football Program.  Steve and I are both sticklers for quality so when he contacted me about shooting some portraits for the program as well as for the upcoming September issue of the Newsline I was thrilled.  The inside of the program also features many of my action photos and for every home game they will be publishing a new program featuring one of my action photos on the cover.  Here are some of the published and unpublished photos from my shoot with the team.

We took a number of different vertical shots to give the Newsline plenty of options for the cover.  We did some individual shots. . .

We squeezed did a group shot with 6 athletes and Coach Puailoa

And a couple of shots with three of the linemen

This is the one they ended up using, minus the victory bell.

We also did a couple of old school shots and I processed them with a grainy black and white look.

We ended the session with a lineup of linemen.

If you want to see the finished product grab a copy at any Sandpoint home game or at any of the businesses that you would normally find a Sandpoint Newsline.  You can also check out the online version at this link: http://bit.ly/Ovu9CG

Drew’s Senior Photos (Sandpoint Photographer)

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Here are some of the final images from my senior photos shoot with Drew in Sandpoint.

 

Kelsey’s Senior Photos #2 (Priest River Photographer)

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This last winter I had a great studio session with Kelsey, now that summer is in full swing we were able to have our outdoor session to wrap up her senior photos.  Here are some of the final images from our afternoon at Priest Lake.