Jill - Lifestyle Portraits - Capitol Hill

Look how much of a beautiful queeeeen my friend Jill is! I rarely get the chance to photograph my girl friends and was so thrilled when Jill asked for me to take some saucy lifestyle portraits of her.

We used my apartment & my boyfriend’s apartment to bring her concept to life. I loved her high waisted retro flared jeans + sexy Orseund Iris top she chose.

It turned into a 70s / free spirit sort of vibe because our plant children are scattered everywhere, but it works. I also made black & white copies of this which I rarely do. I’m glad Jill requested them though, it gets me out of my color only comfort zone.

Thanks to Jill for being an amazing subject & fun + sweet person!


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Isabel- Seattle Model Portraits

OMG, last week was crazy! My website was down for 4 days, I lost some client messages on my Instagram and my hard drive kept crashing. I was MEGA stressed. I am proud of myself for getting my website back online and transferring it between hosts (so long Namecheap, hello Google Domains!). I probably chatted with 8 different customer service reps in the 4 days. So glad I'm back up and running! Cheers to Isabel for being patient and waiting an extra week for me to get this session out during all that craziness!

Isabel is an awesome young model from TCM Models here in Seattle (where I'm also signed). We met at a casting call last year and I remember how bubbly and kind she was (which is starting to become exceedingly rare in the model industry it seems). She has a fantastic attitude and is she basically reminds me of a mermaid, fairy + princess combined as far as her looks go.

We wandered around my neighborhood around 15th Ave and found a cool community garden and garage with a view. I realized I locked my keys in my apartment (ARGHHH) and among all that chaos, her great attitude never wavered. We went and got ice cream and waited until my neighbor got home. Thanks for being such a fun subject, Isabel!

I like the different summer-y/boho/fairy vibes we created with the different looks and locations. The ear cuff portraits are something I wanted to photograph for YEARS! Glad I finally got to use that eBay find for a session.

PS- I saw "Wonder Woman" this weekend and it was GREAT. Girl POWAHHH! Gal Gadot is such a fox and is a great actress (and WHAT she's had two children with that bod?)