Boise Family Photographer

Boise Family Photographer | The E Family

I spent a wonderful morning with this sweet little family in Boise. It was a cold, crisp morning, the sun was out shining it’s beautiful light, and I had such a great time behind the camera with these guys. We snuck outside for a few minutes, I couldn’t resist the beautiful backlight, and all that dreamy lens flare, it’s amazing that in 14 years of being a “professional” photographer, I’ve never gotten tired of lens flare.

As I edited these photos, I was struck by what it’ll be like for this little baby to look at these some day. That thought gave these photos a bit more meaning for me, because my hope is that he’ll be able to look back and see all the love that his parents had for him from the very beginning of his life. The older I get, and with being a dad, being able to look back and understand the past is something that I think is really important for all of us, and I’m honored to be able to document these stories.

E family, thank you for hiring me and spending the morning with me.

Bryan

Boise Photographer | Halloween Birthday Party

This was amazing…and like nothing else I’ve ever photographed. I wore a skeleton onesie costume for this shoot (which was admittedly an extremely weak sauce costume, Jenee the coordinator told me that maybe I could be entered in the “is that really a costume” contest 😂(which was a really contest at this party)).

It was Rose’s 40th birthday and to celebrate this milestone she and her family put on an INCREDIBLE Halloween party. Bliss events absolutely slayed this party and I’ll give you a description that will explain how legit the party was, it was complete with a psychic, DJ, scare zone, incredible food + drinks, coffin, hurst (a real one, who’s license plate read “timezup”) actors and a bunch of incredible costumes. Boise’s vendor scene was well represented (see vendor list and links below)

I love these types of shoots, and anything interesting and unique. Part of the fun of this shoot was the challenge of capturing the atmosphere as it actually was. I could’ve used a flash or lights and smashed the ambiance to smithereens, but I wanted the photos (and video, I shot a movie style trailer for the party) to show what the party was REALLY like, so I chose to shoot available light only, and it was a very dark party. I was amazed at how well the EOS R performed in low light, I shot both on it and my 5D Mk III, and the EOS R outpaced the Mk III by 100x. It focused easily and accurately in the dark situation, and nailed the focus even when I was shooting at F1.2. The Mk III took much longer to lock focus, and then it missed focus more often. It was hard to see when the Mk III was in focus compared to the EOS R’s EVF viewfinder. I trash talked the EOS R when it was launched based on it’s specs, but once I had it in my hands it was a different story and I was left apologizing and caressing my beautiful new camera. This shoot, more than any other so far has showed me how impressive the EOS R is, and I’m so excited for the pro version of it to launch soon.

I’ll be sure to post the movie trailer once I’ve got it finished.

Happy Birthday Rose, thanks so much for hiring me, it was an honor to be a part of this incredible party.

Bryan

Vendors :

Coordination: Jenee w/ Bliss Events

DJ: Rhoads Entertainment

Psychic: The Holistic Babe

Catering: Horsewood Catering

Transportation: Boise Party Bus

Limousines: Diamond Limousines

Bartender: Kathryn Dimick

Baker: Bake Moe Cakes







Columbia River Gorge Family Photos | Funks Island

Ok, you may know that this (apparently it’s now named Funk’s Island?) is one of my very favorite locations in the Columbia River Gorge. It is incredible. It has everything you could want from a photo session location, all within easy walking distance of your car. The most negative thing about the location is keeping all of the photographers out of your shots (seriously, I think I saw five other photographers there shooting at the same time as me).

I was so honored that the M family drove all the way out to the Gorge from Albany to do this family photo shoot with me. We had a beautiful afternoon and as always I enjoyed watching this family interact and seeing their family culture and how much fun they have together. I’ll let the photos to the rest of the talking here, they’re better at it anyways, but M family, thank you so much for hiring me and for making the trek out to the Gorge, so wonderful meeting you and spending a little time with you all.

Bryan