Day in the Redwoods

We had a great day in our new backyard last weekend…

Fall Colors

We had a beautiful fall here in the Pacific Northwest!

Fine Art Portraiture

Lately all of my time has been spent working on the wedding and portrait photography business my wife and I own and operate; WindelHill Photography. We’ve taken on fine art studio portraiture, which I’m loving.  Everything from getting the lighting dialed in to coming up with new, natural poses to shooting to editing to delivering, I love the whole process.

Our studio portfolio is growing quickly I’m happy to say.  Here are a few examples of our fine art portraiture work:

Fireworks!

Happy 4th of July! These were all shot from the end of our driveway… People up here in WA don’t mess around when it comes to fireworks!

Camas Sunset

We’ve been having some stunning sunsets up on the hill lately…

Mt. Rainier Nat’l Park

Our first time to Mt. Rainier Nat’l Park couldn’t have been better. The surroundings were stunning, the weather was perfect and the friends who took us there were a blast to camp with. Can’t wait to go back!

There was still a little bit of snow…

Kerry

Summer

Rattlesnake Nat’l Recreation Area

We spent an amazing 3-day weekend in Missoula, both to celebrate my birthday and to see Modest Mouse, one of my favorite bands.  Before heading back to Portland yesterday we took a hike up in the Rattlesnake (Nat’l Recreation Area).  Back in the day I lived just down the road from the trailhead, and this was a nice reminder of why I love this corner of Montana so much.  Below are just a few sample images; to see a slideshow of all photos go here.

Morning Dew

I woke up to the perfect spring morning today; the sun was out, the birds were chirping, the lawn was full of fresh dew and all felt right with the world. It prompted me to pull out the camera and capture something… Nature is so unbelievable, and yet so often we don’t pay any attention to what’s right at our feet.

Venues

My “Venues” collection is starting to take shape…

Coming Soon…

Venues – A collection of music venue images from around the world.

Happy Dogs

I took the dogs to the park today to let them run and enjoy the sunshine (rare in these parts this time of year) and figured no better time to figure out the autofocusing system on the new 1D MkIV. Have to say, I’m really happy with the results. The tracking within the AI focus system on this camera is unbelievable – makes shooting so fun. And the dogs didn’t seem to mind modeling for me!

look at that smile!

12th & Washington

I parked in front of this building today and  my view from the curb as I got out was this looming, towering monstrosity.  I couldn’t help myself from photographing it. It doesn’t fit in in its neighborhood downtown, but I like it on its own.

Clapton at the Rose Garden

Traci and I scored passes to the Clapton show last night and wow, what an awesome performance. We gave up our seats one section off the floor right next to the stage to sit on road cases at FOH, in the sweet spot as far as audio is concerned. Thanks again to Robert Collins for the passes!

Robert driving the ship. Sounded soooo good!

Traci enjoying her seat – on a road case

New Anechoic Chamber

The new anechoic chamber at work is almost complete. My task is to outfit the control room with all test equipment and related furnishings.

The entry

The door. This baby weighs in right around 800 lbs.

Door handle

Wedge detail

The floor

Road Trip!

Traci and I decided to skip the airport / flying madness this year and make the 1100 mile drive to Colorado for Christmas. It also allowed us to bring the dogs, which sealed the deal!

Multnomah Falls – drive-by shot:

Driving along the Gorge outside of Portland

The dogs were great travelers and made themselves comfy!

Utah…

Made it!

Snow Day!

We were shocked today to look outside and see the rain had slowed down and turned white. SNOW?! Really?! Not that it never snows here, but it is pretty rare, especially this early in the year. But it was great – we enjoyed it.

AES San Francisco

Logitech sent part of our Acoustic Engineering team down to the AES conference in San Francisco, and I was one of the lucky ones who got to go! This is my first time being to an AES conference and I’m really glad I was able to make it. What a cool experience, being surrounded by like-minded audio geeks.

Fall in Portland

I took a walk around the block yesterday in an attempt to capture the fall colors. It’s such an amazing time of year!

Downtown Camas

Our new little town…

Fall in Chicago

My sister got married in Chicago last weekend, and during a brief break from the action I stepped out into the crisp, cool air with my camera to capture some of the colors.