ben blood photography | seattle wedding photographer » portraits http://blog.benblood.com Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:30:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 andree and glen in pdx http://blog.benblood.com/2010/04/07/andree-and-glen-in-pdx/ http://blog.benblood.com/2010/04/07/andree-and-glen-in-pdx/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 20:45:25 +0000 ben blood http://blog.benblood.com/?p=1626

Portland, OR

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This is my former roommate, Mike.
These photos were taken in my living
room around 5:30 in the evening.

No, my wall is not blue, purple, nor green. It’s white.

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Senior photos aren’t my specialty, I’ll admit it. But Mikayla was fun to work
with and we had surreal lighting and her family is great (last frame).
This is the third time I’ve worked with them. I documented Mikayla’s
brothers wedding (courtney+josh) as well as Courtney’s brother
and his lady (erin&justin).

And yes, this is at one of Seattle photographers favorite spots +.
The third frame is straight out of the camera.
All of these photos were taken after sunset, mostly at ISO 1600.

I have always been fascinated by the time of day when
artificial and natural light blend together.

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Here are some rough edits of some of the Crista staff from this year. Again, the expressions are priceless. I don’t remember everything I said to get them to make some of those faces. However, most radio personality have personality – so maybe it came naturally. You can see the previous 2008 shoot here.

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Beacon Hill – Seattle, WA

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This is Mitch. He and a friend wanted head shots to take to some connections for commercials. What do you think? Is the smiling one out of place? I almost left it out, but it is such a genuine frame. This dude had some great faces and helped with the laughs.

Thanks Mitch. Glad to meet you again.

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Part 4 of a 4 part series.

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Part 3 of a 4 part series.

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Part 2 of a 4 part series.

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Part 1 of a 4 part series.

]]> http://blog.benblood.com/2008/10/03/naphtali/feed/ 0 It’s All About The Faces http://blog.benblood.com/2008/06/26/its-all-about-the-faces/ http://blog.benblood.com/2008/06/26/its-all-about-the-faces/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:44:20 +0000 ben blood http://dev.benblood.com/wp/?p=56 I was hired to take some staff photos – “photobooth” style. I wasn’t going to post these because they are so rough (luckily, I don’t have to do the image masking). But then the faces caught me. It doesn’t matter how rough these images are, the faces and expressions really make these photos. Take a look – I hope they make you smile, or even laugh.

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That’s all. Thanks for looking. Please comment :)

]]> http://blog.benblood.com/2008/06/23/on-a-theme-umbrella/feed/ 3 More Than Frames and Faces. I’ve been sobered up. http://blog.benblood.com/2008/06/03/more-than-frames-and-faces/ http://blog.benblood.com/2008/06/03/more-than-frames-and-faces/#comments Tue, 03 Jun 2008 08:27:03 +0000 ben blood http://dev.benblood.com/wp/?p=51 It really hit me the day of this shoot how much I love my job. Being able to see a persons excitement and reaction after they view their photo, even on my tiny camera screen, is one of the most rewarding feelings as a photographer. I don’t know exactly what my calling as a photographer is. I have kinda just gone with the flow and have been rewarded with the gift of clients. There is an urge inside of me that wants to capture more than just frames and faces though. Recently there has been a lot of illness and decay affecting those around me. It has been sobering. But I’m still thinking, how can a photograph make this world a better place to live. Can it?

I had not planned on writing any of that as I opened up Safari to post this blog. It just came out. Originally I had planned on writing something like this.

Last week I shot the disc jockeys at Seattle’s Spirit 105.3 and 610AM radio stations. Exciting! At least for me :) I think the DJ’s were excited for new photos as well.

Matt made my day during this shoot. Seeing his reaction after viewing his picture on my camera’s 2.5″ screen, I realized how rewarding it is to see a clients emotion when first viewing their images. “The photos are awesome!” in an email just doesn’t have the same effect. So thanks Matt!

Here are a couple shots from the day. All the DJs had great personalities and were super easy to work with. In order of appearance, Tom, Matt, Martha, Sam, Sarah, Larry.

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]]> http://blog.benblood.com/2008/04/25/matthew/feed/ 0 Portraits of Three Men http://blog.benblood.com/2008/01/23/portraits-of-three-men/ http://blog.benblood.com/2008/01/23/portraits-of-three-men/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:40:54 +0000 ben blood http://dev.benblood.com/wp/?p=31 Thomas Panigot, Bruce Pearson, and Patrick Toney of Garage Voice.
Your thoughts and comments are especially welcomed!

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(note: I did not photoshop her eyes, they are actually that color! wow!)

]]> http://blog.benblood.com/2008/01/07/kaylee-cole/feed/ 0 P Smoov Strikes Again! http://blog.benblood.com/2007/12/18/p-smoov-hits-again/ http://blog.benblood.com/2007/12/18/p-smoov-hits-again/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2007 04:10:08 +0000 ben blood http://dev.benblood.com/wp/?p=25 You may remember P Smoov from some earlier photos. Last week I took some photos of him as we wandered around Seattle. His work is the stuff! If you haven’t already, take a look at his myspace: myspace.com/psmoov. He currently has work up at Laced Up on Capitol Hill – check it out!


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