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A walk on the beach

BillCawley — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:12:17 +0000

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 - this really is a stunningly beautiful place.

Thanks to my friend Shawn Reeder for inspiring me this morning with his beautiful work.

A few images from my walk:

technical notes: I took the Canon 5D, 100mm macro and 16-35mm f2.8L II - I often use a fairly high ISO for macro shots to allow a higher shutter speed and minimize camera and subject shake.

This is their ‘front yard’

Thanks for looking - go for a walk, wherever you are, it’s worth it.

~Bill

Jon + Rina ♥ Beautiful Wedding at Kapowsin Airfield

BillCawley — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:42:44 +0000

Jon is a pilot for FedEx and has a passion/hobby (OK maybe it’s a full blown obsession) with cool old airplanes! I get the feeling that Rina shares his glee. :) The wedding was behind their house which just happens to back up to their very own runway and hangar (Kapowsin Field in Graham, WA). They moved the airplanes out of the hangar for the reception. How cool is that? Some of their friends parachuted in to watch the ceremony and join the celebration.

scroll down for the slideshow and gallery link

I’d like to thank my good friend Trevor Meeks, (Napa Ca wedding photographer) for referring Jon and Rina to me. He’s a long time friend of Jon’s and if he wasn’t already booked he would have flown up and taken their pictures (lucky for me he was!) Here’s the slideshow:

Wanna see more? Click here for the complete gallery The password is Jon’s last name, all lower case.

Jon and Rina, thank you very much for including me in your beautiful day! ~Bill

Mason County Rodeo 2008

BillCawley — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:08:04 +0000

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 year’s rodeo was last weekend, my schedule only allowed me to make it on Sunday. Here are few of my favorites - the whole gallery is here:

2008 Mason County Dodge Truck Rodeo

Brittany + Ryan ♥ The Wedding

BillCawley — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:44:34 +0000

A warm day in the mountains — close knit family and friends — Brittany and Ryan’s wedding was beautiful — so much joy and love. The Mountain Home Lodge in Leavenworth is one of my all time favorite places - the setting, hospitality and food are all top notch (I guess that’s why they get all those rave magazine reviews!)

The girls started at the Eden salon and the boys started at the miniature golf course.

Thank you both for including me in your day — I really enjoyed it!

~Bill

We will ~ Bill and Mary

BillCawley — Mon, 05 May 2008 19:45:20 +0000

Bill and Mary (my parents names, how cool is that!) will be married in just a few weeks on May 31st. We met at the Tumwater Falls park for their engagement session - the weather was beautiful!

They’re a relaxed and fun couple and I’m really looking forward to their wedding -

A couple of steamy kisses ~

This one with a little sun flare - I love sun flare…

Walking away… together.

Thanks guys - I’ll see you soon!

~Bill

One more from Vegas

BillCawley — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:10:53 +0000

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

Lunar Eclipse ~ 2008

BillCawley — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:38:20 +0000

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…

Nico, Reggie and Kelley

BillCawley — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 20:21:48 +0000

I spent some time at the park yesterday with Jill and her 3 Vizslas. These show dogs were well behaved as you would expect, but they still had a great time running around in the reeds and chasing the birds

These images will be used for promotion/marketing and an upcoming magazine article about Nico, the oldest of the 3 and a show winner, in the Vizsla News (the cover story!).

Reggie is only 15 months old and is all puppy. I brought some beef stick that Jill treated them with to get him to stand at attention.

I’m not quite sure how I’m going to get the grass and mud stains out of my white t-shirt, but anything to get the shot, right? Right.

Old blog links

BillCawley — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:41:13 +0000

Older blog entries

My iBlog blog links dating back to February 2006 will continue to work, you can find the catagories here:

If you don’t see the catagory you’re looking for, just click one and look to the left to find the others.

~Bill