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Jazz Portraiture: Bill & Jesse

A couple of weeks ago, I was asked by Jesse Canterbury to photograph him again, this time for a CD he is releasing with Bill Smith, one of the Pacific Northwest’s greatest experimental jazz musicians and teachers. I went along to The Good Shepherd Center in Wallingford to photograph them - a place where they often practice and perform. The light was pretty challenging (it’s a dark place in the afternoon!) but I loved the beautiful old windows in the former chapel on the fourth floor. Here’s one of my favorite images from our session - it’s actually a Photoshop merge of two separate photographs.

Jesse Canterbury, Portrait of a Jazz Musician

I’ve just completed editing the photos for Jesse Canterbury’s first shoot at Seattle Public Library. Jesse’s an up-and-coming jazz clarinetist (amongst other things) and plays with the Tom Baker Quartet as well as doing solo gigs. I chose the library for our shoot for several reasons: first, I thought the amazing modern architecture would be a great match for his uber-modern approach to jazz; second, it’s a beautiful space to work in, with tons of different spaces for taking interesting shots. We’re both delighted with the results - and these are a few of my personal favorites.