ben blood photography | seattle wedding photographer » seattle http://blog.benblood.com Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:30:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Washington Mile http://blog.benblood.com/2010/06/15/washington-mile/ http://blog.benblood.com/2010/06/15/washington-mile/#comments Tue, 15 Jun 2010 23:24:58 +0000 ben blood http://blog.benblood.com/?p=1827

It is important to support and encourage the communities that you are involved in.
Music is one of those communities that is important to me. Most of my close friends
are musicians, so I find myself attending local shows regularly – which is great!

This group is called Washington Mile. They asked me to photograph them. Listen to their music.
Their next show is on July 23 in Ballard at the Sunset Tavern.

]]> http://blog.benblood.com/2010/06/15/washington-mile/feed/ 11 tracy and andrew on capitol hill http://blog.benblood.com/2010/05/12/tracy-and-andrew-on-capitol-hill/ http://blog.benblood.com/2010/05/12/tracy-and-andrew-on-capitol-hill/#comments Thu, 13 May 2010 00:08:14 +0000 ben blood http://blog.benblood.com/?p=1738

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It makes me so happy that these two are engaged. Karli is a friend / artist / musician
out of Spokane’s superb music community and to complement that is Caleb, a pure audio genius.
Caleb plays drums and Karli sings and they make great music (Karli Fairbanks).
These two are very humble and giving and I hope to see them more often.

*Karli is actually one of the handful of people who has been a huge
advocate of my work since I became a photographer and has referred
many couples who I have worked with. Thanks Karli!

]]> http://blog.benblood.com/2010/04/01/karlicaleb/feed/ 26 ashley+sean: a harvest barn wedding http://blog.benblood.com/2009/12/10/ashleysean-a-harvest-barn-wedding/ http://blog.benblood.com/2009/12/10/ashleysean-a-harvest-barn-wedding/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:49:17 +0000 ben blood http://blog.benblood.com/?p=1174 125_benblood6896001_benblood6459002_benblood6442165_benblood7028005_benblood6395007_benblood6401025_benblood6494029_benblood6517037_benblood6574038_benblood6544012_benblood6475040_benblood6582044_benblood6599045_benblood6588047_benblood6636056_benblood6611057_benblood6637058_benblood6639059_benblood6641220_benblood7277067_benblood6659070_benblood6673081_benblood6720076_benblood6698083_benblood6733121_benblood6879126_benblood6900122_benblood6882151_benblood7038160_benblood7067229_benblood7326254_benblood7419286_benblood7558280_benblood7527281_benblood7529194_benblood7172295_benblood7581303_benblood7612116_benblood6861

While editing this wedding, I felt a more subtle, organic
approach to the editing style. I am always intrigued how
a collection of photos can suggest the feel of one day,
and how the next wedding can have a completely
different quality. Ashley and Sean, your wedding was
amazing. Even though we were rained out, I am
thankful that I could be there. Blessings.

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]]> http://blog.benblood.com/2009/12/01/andrew-mitchell/feed/ 11 Mile High http://blog.benblood.com/2009/11/23/mile-high/ http://blog.benblood.com/2009/11/23/mile-high/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:20:39 +0000 ben blood http://blog.benblood.com/?p=1118 benblood_5755benblood_5753benblood_5760benblood_5738benblood_5771 Thursday some friends and I took a trip up to mile high coffee
for old times sake. We decided to go at dusk to be able to see
the lights from the office buildings take over the evening sky.
Those are the photos above. Then yesterday I found this
awesome Fortune (July 1964) magazine at Deluxe Junk. Isn’t this
cover awesome? I had to purchase it. I know I’ve said this before,
but I really like this time of day when the transition of night lights
is almost equal to that of natural light.

fortune1964july

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Downtown Seattle, WA

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Musician Kaylee Cole in downtown Seattle. You should go listen to her music.

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]]> http://blog.benblood.com/2009/10/12/it-is-here/feed/ 7 some senior photos http://blog.benblood.com/2009/10/02/some-senior-photos/ http://blog.benblood.com/2009/10/02/some-senior-photos/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:33:39 +0000 ben blood http://blog.benblood.com/?p=915 benblood_4987benblood_5038benblood_4935benblood_4867benblood_4942benblood_4950benblood_4958benblood_4966benblood_4969benblood_5017benblood_5112benblood_5137

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.

]]> http://blog.benblood.com/2009/10/02/some-senior-photos/feed/ 1 marissa+scott married http://blog.benblood.com/2009/07/31/marissascott-married/ http://blog.benblood.com/2009/07/31/marissascott-married/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:45:21 +0000 ben blood http://blog.benblood.com/?p=642 001_benblood0358015_benblood0413019_benblood0415033_benblood0456034_benblood0467038_benblood0485043_benblood0504047_benblood0514050_benblood0526056_benblood0560057_benblood0564060_benblood0583061_benblood0591062_benblood0600067_benblood0607169_benblood1015093_benblood0738benblood_0708098_benblood0756103_benblood0769102_benblood0768160_benblood1000112_benblood0809157_benblood0984167_benblood1013171_benblood1018177_benblood1051227_benblood1239231_benblood1255249_benblood1365257_benblood1423255_benblood1415253_benblood1402276_benblood1502294_benblood1548299_benblood1555319_benblood1601312_benblood1586278_benblood1506360_benblood1735330_benblood1665371_benblood1915325_benblood1646380_benblood2006 I gave in and rented the Canon 45mm Tilt Shift lens for the weekend of this wedding. I specifically wanted it for the wedding the next day which was in the forest during the middle of the day. I thought the T/S lens would help with the harsh shadows from the overhead sunlight. I’m still getting the hang of the lens, but I think it is a bit overused in wedding photography. I’m superbly impressed with Keith Loutit’s use of it in his stop motion videos. Check out his video, Bathtub III.

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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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]]> http://blog.benblood.com/2009/06/29/karentim/feed/ 6 karli fairbanks, garage voice, noah & abby gundersen http://blog.benblood.com/2009/06/25/karli-fairbanks-garage-voice-noah-abby-gundersen/ http://blog.benblood.com/2009/06/25/karli-fairbanks-garage-voice-noah-abby-gundersen/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:05:47 +0000 ben blood http://blog.benblood.com/?p=531 benblood_9718benblood_9734benblood_9765benblood_9769benblood_9772 This is a shout out to my dear friends Karli Fairbanks, Garage Voice, and Noah & Abby Gundersen. Great musicians representing Spokane, Seattle, and Centralia. Here are some photos from their show at the Q Cafe Friday.

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