Seim Seniors

Senior Portraits for Hunter, Wenatchee/Leavenworth

Gavin Seim — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:42:03 +0000

We started Hunters session on Wenatchee, then headed to Leavenworth. I focused on relaxed personality based images, using dimensional light and taking advantage of composition. Hunter’s friend Dominique was there to help out too. That really helped keep things relaxed and natural.

One of my favorites if this one on the bridge. It’s an HDR taken from the same spot as Bridge of Memories, my award winning still life from last year. They’ll be getting a great canvas print of this and it’s gonna look great large. There’s many more though, so here’s a few more favorites from Hunters collection.

Wenatchee Senior Portraits For Kylie:

Gavin Seim — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:36:17 +0000

Here’s a few favorites from Kylie’s session in Wenatchee. We hit a few great spots including Ohme Gardens. Kylie was super fun to work with and did a great job.

The first image is from the fountain in Downtown Wenatchee. Slowing things down gave the great silky water and post processing using Seim Effects finished it nicely. This will be a thirty inch canvas and is going to look. stunning in their home. I’ll stop talking however and show you some results… Gav

Senior Portraits at Sun Lakes for Justine:

Gavin Seim — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:06:17 +0000

Last week I had a fun class of 2010 session around the Sun Lakes area (near Ephrata/Moses Lake WA) for Justine. She brought a few friends and we walked around the parks and roads. There were plenty of great views and everyone loved the results when we had her proof session earlier this week. Justine like many of our seniors is be getting a great canvas wall portrait of the cliff image above along with plenty of other goodies.

Senior Portraits For Heather, Spokane:

Gavin Seim — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 02:14:52 +0000

Heather is a Quincy High School student, but for her portraits we went on location to Davenport WA (near Spokane) to a neat old farm owned by the family. No one lives there anymore, but the the location was perfect. The weather had been a bit stormy, but it calmed down in the evening and the remaining clouds gave us some stunning images.

Big props to heather and her hoarse Snickers for doing such a great job. The top image is one of my favorites, but there were so many to choose from. Heather will be getting a senior album so she can show all her poses as well as a one of our canvas Wall Portraits of the image above. It’s going to look great in their home. Here’s a few more favs from the session. Enjoy, Gav

Alone On Harvest Moon:

Gavin Seim — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:40:49 +0000

Taken in Central WA wheat, this is an HDR portrait I made using Photomatix and my Photoshop know how. I like going wide with a cinematic scene that has a plenty of mood but is also simple. I love the motion blur on certain areas of this wheat and the swirling sunset. All that and Sondra in that red dress make this really hit the spot. If you want to learn more about HDR, see my HDR articles on Pro Photo Show.

If you’re planning a session always consider the possibilities. Everyone does not want the same style, but everyone should have something that makes them look great and looks great on the wall as a big beatiful print. I like the style of sessions I do because it’s not about grabbing a portraits quick and going home. I like to get to know my subjects and make something really amazing.

Gav