Seim Photo

Here’s wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. The blessings of Christ abound around us. I’m thankful for my family, my customers and my colleagues. Here’s a little collage of self portraits we made in the studio yesterday. It would be tough to send cards to everyone since I know so many people, this is our version of a Christmas greeting.

Gavin, Sonrda and Cyrus

Here’s a few shots I took of Sondra recently in our back yard. In staying busy with client jobs I don’t actually get to shoot Sondra that much, but she loves posing for me, and it’s a great way for me to try new ideas. What a beautiful wife I have

Cyrus is nearly 9 months old. I don’t post about him as much as I should, as I have hundreds of pictures of his antics. He’s soooo cute. Crawling now, he cruises everywhere squeaking and cooing to himself as he discovers new thing on the floor to eat, and sweeps it with his little body. Out little bot is growing up. When I get home he get’s exited and gets a huge grin. Then we go lay on the couch and he cuddles with me for a few minutes before he gets back to exploring.

Cyrus, 2 days old in February (growth reference)

Cyrus in June: Sondra took this great shot with her compact camera.

Cyrus in August. He bathes in the sink a lot:

Cyrus  in September, trying out the swing for the 1st time:

This session was actually for my older brother Grant, his wife Aimee, and of course their little girl Grace. We shot these at their house up in the country above coulee city on a Sunday evening.

The sun was going down, and though time is tight at sunset, the lighting is sooo nice. I love it when I can do family pictures and capture that relaxed fun side of things that shows a family being a family.

I also had some fun using our HDR technique on Grant’s bike. This allowed us to get grant on the motorcycle, and still have the sunset bold in the background.

As always ckick any image for a larger view.

Last Saturday I did a big family portrait session in Moses Lake for Cindy and her family. They were together for a graduation party for Brianna, and we had a nice big group.

Nothing to crazy or revolutionary here. We just got some nice portraits and had a little bit of fun. The group did a great job putting up with my crazy ideas. That always makes things easier. There were lots of separate group shots, as well and some big one’s of the whole family.

I did have a bit of a challenge because of the bright sun. In photography light is great, but direct sun is hard because of the shadows and squinting. I did some corrections in Lightroom starting with some of my own effects, and then a bit more in Photoshop to compensate for the harsh light, and give the shots a bit more mood.

Here’s a few of my favorites. You can click any image for a larger view… Gav

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