An Ohme Wedding

The fabulous Ms. Mary Collier asked me to come and play with her at Ohme Gardens for an afternoon. I was only to happy to oblige.

It was a beautiful day and a lovely couple. Here are a few of my favorite shots from the day.

A Couple Afternoons With Gabi

I'm just going come right out and say it: It's inaccurate calling this a "senior photo" shoot. The more accurate description would be calling this the "hang out with Gabi, have a great time, and let her make you look REALLY good as a photographer" shoot.

Gabi is a super-amazing kid and was a ridiculous amount of fun to work with.

Here are a few of my favorite shots.

Chelan County Commons - A new Venue For Local Photographers

This last week, I became involved with a really exciting new endeavor. Chelan County Commons gives local photographers a venue to showcase and offer to the public, images in and around our beautiful home. I'm so excited to be part of this project and to be able to offer some of my favorite moments and places, in tandem with my other services. Do me a favor and and take a peek. You can see my gallery here, and do us a solid and give Chelan County Commons some love on Facebook, here. 

As always, if something in my portfolio not featured in Chelan County Commons strikes your fancy, give me a shout.

The Clark Wedding - Town Toyota Center

On July 4th of this year I had the privilege of backing up the incomparable Ms. Mary Collier for the Clark wedding at the Town Toyota Center here in Wenatchee. What an experience!

I got to help help shoot the first wedding held in the TTC. I got to shoot from the cat walk above the arena! I can't thank Mary enough for letting me tag along. It was such a blast!

Here are a few of the favorite shots I took that day. Hope you enjoy them as much as I had taking them.

The McKee-Ringler Wedding

I had so much fun last month shooting Kevin and Danielle's wedding. The temperature was in the triple digits, but between the strategically placed misters and the great company, the heat was hardly noticeable. 

Such a happy couple and such a wonderful day, it was a joy being able to spend it with you. Thank you Kevin and Danielle.

Here are a few of my favorite shots.

Wenatchee Burning

My adopted hometown, Wenatchee Washington, burned yesterday.

The fire started in an area northwest of the city, called Sleepy Hollow. Triple-digit heat and ferocious winds quickly turned a small blaze into a monster. 

That monster descended upon the city with a speed I can scarcely wrap my head around. We all watched it race across the hills with terrifying speed.

In the span of eight hours I went from snapping photos of helicopters running water to the blaze north, to watching a swath of the industrial heart of the city turned to ash by an ember borne miles on the wind. I've gone from evacuating my home with only those items we deemed essential, to sleeping (very little) on the floor of a church sanctuary, to resting comfortably once again in my own home.

I have mourned with friends their losses, and rejoiced that they are unharmed.

It has been a deeply surreal twenty four hours. I am deeply grateful for where I am tonight.

This is my attempt to come to terms with the last day, in telling, as best I know how, my small piece of the story.

Because I need another distraction...

I set up a Twitter account today. Now, I know what you're thinking, "Wait, what? A tech savvy dude like you isn't already all over the Twitters? That seems hardly likely." Difficult to believe, I know, but true.

Twitter has always seemed both completely overwhelming and rather redundant to me. I'm already connected to the people and things I want to be connected to through other venues. Why do I want want another distraction in my day?

It was photography that finally pushed me over the precipice into the maelstrom that is the Twitterverse. I am ferociously passionate about capturing in photos life, events, people, nature, the visual world around us. I am obsessed with constant learning, exploring, expanding my abilities. And I want to share that passion. Twitter can be an asset in accomplishing all of that, I think.

So here I go. It is still quite overwhelming, but I've already made some headway in figuring out how to tame the clutter and get to the information I want to see, when I want to see it. The next step will be figuring out how to use Twitter to share my passion for photography with as wide an audience as possible.

You can check me out at @SpradlinPhoto. Not much there after 3 hours, but stay tuned...

Morning shoot with Matthew

Picked up Matthew around seven this morning, headed to get some new head shots for him. Three locations, a ton of photos, and a peculiar dude who was a bit star struck later, and I think the results are more than satisfactory.

Had a great time. Of course, that's easy to do with such a great subject. Thanks again Matthew!