I’ve started working on Tom and Abby’s wedding book today so here is one sneak peak of photos to come.

This week was amazing. There were so many sports lovers who came out to watch the best doing what they are good at. Saturday was the Big Air Kite Competition. I was going to only go for a couple of hours to get a few photos, but I ended most of the day up on the boat with my buddy Rod Parmenter who is an awesome filmmaker of all things sporty. We had those air crazed kiters jumping over us which made for some cool closeups at high speed…so I got some great pictures. Kiters were coming at us in both directions which made me wish for a helmet and 3rd eye on the back of my head. I just had a haircut few days ago and did not want to have it re-cut with one of the many fins on the kite board. I was ready to protect my camera gear with my body a couple of times when it looked like the kiter was going to join us in the boat. You can see more of the photos here

Last Saturday I photographed my first wedding at Gorge Crest Farms. It is in Underwood, Washington with an amazing view of Mount Hood with grounds specifically designed for wedding venues. Laura was a beautiful bride that was easy to photograph. This entire crew came up from California to enjoy our relatively new status as wine country and our drop dead gorgeous scenery. They had looked at Napa Valley, but chose what we had to offer instead in the Columbia Gorge. I will post more photos when I finish editing.

I’ve spend most of yesterday shooting and editing photos from windsurfing contest at the hatchery. It was fun to watch and take pictures of the best windsurfers in excellent conditions on the river. There wore many photographers clicking away all the great action. After about 9 AM you have to shoot directly in to the sun what makes it very difficult to get great photos. Here is a link to photos from the contest.