Category Archive

The following is a list of all entries from the GOYA category.

A walk on the beach

I’m in Oregon right now visiting with my grandparents.  My grandma broke her ankle and they’re struggling to maintain a routine in their life that allows them to stay in their home.  It’s been stressful for everyone.  This morning the sun is shining and I just got back from a nice walk on the beach [...]


East Meets West in NYC

My friend and awesome photographer Jason Groupp hosted a one day workshop at his Manhattan studio on Tuesday.  The day was co-taught by San Fransico based destination photographer Gene Higa, listed as one of the worlds top ten wedding photographers by Pop Photo magazine.
Erin and I decided at the last minute to go to the [...]


Mason County Rodeo 2008

Last year I attended the Mason County Rodeo somewhat by accident.  And I had a blast - the rodeo is just plain fun!  I struck a deal with the rodeo organizers to use my images in their marketing and to take some portraits of the 2008 royalty (Queen and Princesses).  Again, fun. This [...]


One more from Vegas

One more image from the desert outside of Las Vegas.
EDIT: This image was included in the promo video from the Leaving Las Vegas shoot where I took it.  You  can watch the video in HD here: LLV Video   Cool!

~Bill


Jesse

I spent most of the last week in Las Vegas at the WPPI’s yearly convention. Lots of classes, trade show browsing and hanging out with the best wedding and portrait photographers in the world. In other words, FUN. The convention ended Wednesday and on Thursday I had the opportunity to shoot [...]


Lunar Eclipse ~ 2008

2 blog posts in one day!?!? crazy I know, happens about as often as a total lunar eclipse!
I didn’t go outside to check it out till it was just past ‘total’, so by the time I set up my tripod, it looked like this…


Napa, CA Photography Conference

I spent last weekend in Napa and Sonoma California with a bunch of cool wedding and portrait photographers. This is the second year in row we’ve gotten together to hang out, take pictures and learn from each other.
The drive down took me 12 hours, basically sun-up to sun-down. The mountain pass as you [...]


Denny Heck ~ ‘Our Times’

Last night Erin and I had dinner with our good friends Eric and Tara and then went to see a show. Denny Heck’s performance was both captivating and informative. Denny has been involved with WA state politics for a good long time and shared our state’s political history from his own unique [...]