Ghost Toast

I thought of one more new Halloween food idea on my own, and I think that's my limit... perhaps for a few years even. Anything else I do this year (and future years?) will be a repeat or an idea found online.

Of course, this was an easy one: french toast + ghost cookie cutter = Ghost Toast. The kids wanted other Halloween shapes after their intial ghosts, but of course it's all about the name.



For a clean display and to make my white ghosts stand out on my white plate, I syruped the plate
then added the pre-sugared ghosts on top to keep the white sugar out of the syrup background.

Spider Soup

Halloween means a few "spooky dinners" for my kids and this year I actually came up with a new one all on my own!

Spider Soup
We have many variations of "nacho soup" in our family, nacho being the magic word to get the kids to eat any Mexican-esque soup, or basically anything with beans of some sort in it, from white bean to black. For this one I went with a bloody (tomato) base with maggots (rice) and flys and beetles (black beans) stuck under a big spiders web (sour cream with milk to thin for piping on) and a great big spider on top. I cut the spider out myself from tortillas and used Halloween cookie cutters to make additional spooky homemade tortilla chips. Cheese is an important part of any "nacho" soup but since I wanted to see the maggots and bugs and wanted a flat surface for the web, I went with a slice in the middle instead of shredding it on top.

Mark + Tiffany Wedding

Mark and I went to school together starting from grade school.
Tiffany and I were friends through a summer camp we went to many years running.
Years later Mark and Tiffany meet and in August I had the pleasure of photographing their wedding. So fun! Thanks Mark and TIffany for including me in your special day. It was really great getting to catch up with you both!








































Venue: CenterPlace at Mirabeau Point Park in Spokane Valley, WA.

Liberty House Champions for Children Luncheon

Recently the non-profit organization Liberty House, a child abuse assessment center, held their annual Champions for Children Luncheon. It was a great opportunity to learn more about their mission and how much they help the community. Here are a few of the photographs I took of the event. You can find out more about Liberty House on their website, http://www.libertyhousecenter.org/.

Studio Headshots

In addition to business headshots for Dr. Cole Johnson, we also did a studio shoot with local smiling faces for use on his website. These are the chosen shots that can now been seen on his site, http://www.livegrowsmile.com/, but there were hundreds more to choose from that can be seen, unedited, in a gallery here. Many thanks to all our great models!

Dr. Cole Johnson Headshots

I recently had the opportunity to work with a great new orthodontist in Salem. Dr. Cole Johnson opened his new office, Johnson Family Orthodontics, in South Salem and let me tell you, it is cool. Not to be outdone by his own office, Dr. Johnson himself is not only cool but one of nicest guys I've met. And funny. That guy can really make you laugh! We got together to take some headshots to use for his new website and business cards. Check him out at http://www.livegrowsmile.com/. Those of you from Salem may recognize some other familiar faces on his site. I'll post about those soon! Here's a selection of Dr. Cole Johnson's pictures.











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Jeb + Hannah Wedding

It's time to catch the blog up! I had a ton of fun with Jeb and Hannah and loved their bright, happy wedding colors! Since I was so busy that I let the blog take a back seat for a while, these images aren't new to them the way I typically like to give sneak peaks here first, but I hope you all enjoy their beautiful wedding at the Portland, OR LDS Temple and their reception in the Dye House on the beautiful grounds of Salem's Mission Mill Museum.