Kendal Jean Photography

Friday, August 1, 2008

Suicide Race 101

I had my first introduction to Omak's Suicide Race that coincides with the Omak Stampede every year. The had practice runs and swim tests for the horses tonight. I called up Tim and asked if he wanted to go watch with the cameras. We headed down and the light was perfect, but of course things didn't start on time, so the light quickly disappeared. It was interesting chatting with Tim about the race as he's a 20 year plus resident and he had some facts that he shared with me. We may go back tomorrow night for more elimination races.

The sunset was awfully pretty tonight, too bad it is because of the fire burning at Green Lake. We could watch the smoke rising from the Hill and the planes circled around us constantly. Kind of felt like WW2 with all the big tankers flying back and forth from Omak Lake. We even watched one dump a big load of water or retardant right the crest of a hill. The last number I heard was 12 structures threatened. There are a couple of teachers up that way that I hope are faring well with the family, house and animals.

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Wedding Photos... AGAIN!

Stephanie has all her proofs up from my wedding, take a look, they are amazing! There are some great shots and she really captured the details of the day... and my butt, but it was so fun. Leave her lots of love on her blog.

Sunday, July 27, 2008

Cruise Photos are Here!

Friday, July 25, 2008

Hard at Work... Really

Just letting all my readers know I'm hard at work editing all these Alaska photos... can't you tell? I really do have the computer in front of me while enjoying that cigar :0)

Back on Shore

We're back on land after a week of being busy and eating... alot. We're at Shawn's folks in Granite Falls waiting a day before we head home. There will actually be a one night detour to the cabin on Lake Chelan because we have to drop his dad off.

Well, among the 1500+ photos I'll give you a small sample and it wasn't even from my camera. As soon as I get a chance to look through and edit the photos a bit more you'll be getting a small tour of Juneau, Skagway and Prince Rupert, BC.

Cruising in Endicott arm with Dawes Glacier in the background.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Off to Alaska!

We're off to Alaska, actually slight detour to Granite Falls and then on to Alaska. We'll head to Shawn's folks tomorrow after dropping the kitty off at the vet and then the cruise ship leaves Friday night. I'm really looking forward to all the great food and no dishes.

There are plans for tons of photos and I hope to actually do some updating while cruising when we stop in Skagway and Juneau, but no guarantees.

I'll leave the loyal readers with one more wedding shot, since I guess technically we are leaving for our honeymoon. This wonderful shot is from Stephanie.

Monday, July 14, 2008

More Wedding Photos

Expect to see lots of these in the next few months as I get my favorite ones. Stephanie is one of my photo friends who made it out to the wedding and did some photography for me. She just posted a preview on her site. What great photos! I'm so excited to see what else she captured.

Pond Path

Pond Path
Originally uploaded by Kendal Jean Photos

Cow Pond

Cow Pond
Originally uploaded by Kendal Jean Photos

The pond the cows are drawn to on the property.

Pink Weed Flowers

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Originally uploaded by Kendal Jean Photos

It may be just a weed, but it looks pretty with funky focus.

Building Fences

Building Fences
Originally uploaded by Kendal Jean Photos

Helping Scott and Denise put up some fence to keep the cows off their property.

Sunday, July 6, 2008

Preview From Tim

I got an email from Tim Patrick today giving me an update on photos and he sent me one I really liked. There's an old barn on Amy's Manor property that we did some photos in:

Friday, July 4, 2008

Bridezilla!

The horror stories abound about bridezilla. You know the women who have to control everything and they are not above being nasty to anyone and everyone. Well I feel I got the ultimate compliment from one of the staff members at Amy's Manor. They told my sister-in-law that I was one of the most laid back brides they had ever dealt with.

But.... in tradition with brides morphing into bridezilla I do have a picture of The Other Side. Although it could be considered quite the embarrassing photo, I love it!

The girls had so much fun teasing me about being demanding we couldn't resist. I think my only demand that they reluctantly agreed to (albeit not very hard) was my lunch trip to McDonalds :0) Although somehow the toy that Caroline got in her Happy Meal ended up having a prominent seat for the wedding hiding among the flowers.

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Wedding Photos

Alright in between having to say goodbye to everybody and having the hillside across from us burn down I've finally got the pictures my brother took all edited and happy. Here's a quick sample, but the rest can be viewed on my website. There will be more to come as I haven't gotten photos from Tim or Stephanie yet and I'm eager to see what photos they took.