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Hey! Thanks for stopping by!  *hi-fives all around* 

My name is Patrick.  My wife and I have been married for six years.  We
love car camping all over the Cascades and the Olympics, as well as more
serious international adventures. Ask me about the trip where we hiked through
the Slovenian, Austrian, German, back into the Austrian, and then the Italian
Alps.  Or, the time I played bumper cars on a hairpin corner with a man in
the Albanian mafia and got chased across the border into Macedonia!  Anne still hasn't
forgiven me for that one.

That said, you should probably know that I like to have fun, I work hard and
I'm willing to take risks.  I believe that being a wedding photographer is
not for the faint of heart.  During my days as a freelance travel photographer/writer,
I learned that the best images don't just happen because you've bought a plane
ticket.  In over 30 countries, I found that the most compelling images
come from getting inside the life of a person or falling in love with a place.  My most cherished picture
of you is likely to come after we've had a beer, and your cousin has shared a
funny story about when you were little.

Thank you for looking, and don't be afraid to leave a comment.

Wedding Site - Here

Travel Site - Here

Category Archives: Landscape

La Dolce Vita – Italy, July 2010

*Lots of people have asked me if they could buy pictures.  Pictures are now for sale here.*

Piazzas, gelato, pasta, heat, churches, wine, and soccer.  Anne and I experienced large quantities of those things and much more as we traveled around Italy’s mid-section.  On a side note: it was hot.  Too hot.  For instance, one day it was almost 110 degrees!  When we left Seattle, it had not yet reached 75 degrees in well over 7 months!

*Lots of people have asked me if they could buy pictures.  Pictures are now for sale here.*

Kevin Wrenn Photography - Patrick, this is the best work I've ever seen from you. This is amazing! When will the exhibition be? :-) I'm glad you took your digital and not just the pinhole. I'm so impressed!!!July 31, 2010 - 5:48 pm

Tarah - I finally got around to checking out your blog update today. Wow! LOVE these new pictures!August 7, 2010 - 6:45 pm

Shannon - Really impressive images! I love the atmosphere you've created. I'm your newest fan :)August 26, 2010 - 12:46 pm

Tatoosh Mountains/Mt. Rainier Hiking

There is a popular reflection pond in the Tatoosh mountains that photographers have been visiting for years.  Personally, I’ve hiked to it many times, but have only been able to shoot pictures twice.  Once, it was still covered in snow (in late July), another time, the clouds were so thick I couldn’t see anything but gray.  This year, was a good year.  BTW, one of my pictures from the Olymplic National Park is published in this months issue of Backpacker Magazine.

Brian, an awesome photographer for Photo Elan also came.  He blogged about it here.

Amanda Richelle - LOVE! Truly great outdoor photography evokes emotional response, and I'm feelin' it!February 22, 2010 - 1:00 am

Julia Carnevali - These are unbelievable! Your talent for colour and composition are truly fabulous - if you ever get tired of happy couples, you have a beautiful future in nature photography. Wowsa!April 26, 2010 - 7:29 pm

Bessemer, MI – 4th of July and other Oddities ;-)

Anne and I visited her parents in Bessemer, MI for the 4th of July.  They live about 20 minutes from Lake Superior and Black River Harbor.

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In Bessemer, they used to shoot the fireworks from right in the field where everyone sits.  The fireworks would explode right above the crowd, and for many years everyone thought that this was best way to do fireworks.  Then one 4th of July, a firework malfunctioned and went into the crowd and exploded, hurting many of the town’s residents.  Now they shoot the fireworks from off the bluff, where is it much safer.

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Wally is legendary as the best roofer in the Bessemer, MI area!  He also drives a really cool truck.  In the winter he builds beautiful all-wood canoes.  He said that building canoes keeps him from going crazy.

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Hiking around Presque Isle
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Minnesota Mel is known in these parts for the elaborate custom building projects he does, and his nearly encyclopedic knowledge of traditional Scandinavian music.  You’ve got to wonder about a man who brings his accordian, and a few warm Schmitts to his current project which is a sauna/outhouse.  That’s right, one building that contains both a composting toilet, and a sauna.  I bet you don’t have one of those.

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Jose Rizal Bridge

I wonder what drivers think when they see a stranger holding a large camera directly over where they are about to drive?

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Brian Hartman - Nice tilt-shift shot.June 22, 2009 - 1:10 pm

Seattle from Kerry Park

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