ILLUMINARE | Photography + Cinematography

hello, nice to meet you.

We're illuminare photography + cinematography and this blog/website serves as our initial meeting ground, allowing you to get to know us and our work a little better. While we have a portfolio section and frequently post blog highlights from our weddings and portrait shoots, we also keep the blog rolling with a bunch of various photos and videos that we do for ourselves when we're out just having a good time. We feel that it's important to share this side of ourselves and allow you to see who we are, how we work, and what we think is cool.

So sit back, relax and have fun browsing around! And if you feel that we'd be a good match for you, we'd love to hear from you!

Ginny

Saturday, July 23, 2011 seniors

When I found out that my cousin Ginny was coming to visit from Seattle I was so excited, not only because I would get to see her after not seeing her for 8 or 10 years or so, but also because my Aunt Jan asked us to take her Senior portraits! It was a great visit, and a great shoot. We started at around 7:00am wanting to beat the heat, and I’m so glad we did. It was already in the 90′s by the time we were finished around 8:30. It was hard enough on us Texan’s much less Ginny who is conditioned to 75 degree Seattle weather. But she was such a trooper, and did amazing through the whole shoot. I’m so excited for her and her mom to see them!

by Annie

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July 27, 2011 - 10:28 pm Ginny Kaminski - It's a scary one...don't tell my mom haha :)

July 27, 2011 - 6:13 am Aimee Bilyeu - That's a compliment:D

July 24, 2011 - 5:53 pm Ginny Kaminski - NOOOOOOO

July 24, 2011 - 9:32 am Aimee Bilyeu - WOW..these are fantastic! Looks JUST LIKE the pictures I have seen of Jan when she was around that age!

July 23, 2011 - 6:26 pm Ginny Kaminski - I think these are the first photos ever taken of me that I actually like...maybe love but I'm not telling you.:)

July 23, 2011 - 6:19 pm Ginny Kaminski - You're in trouble.

Karla and Carlos

Thursday, July 21, 2011 life in general

We are sooo excited to be shooting the upcoming wedding of Karla and Carlos. They are quite the fun and international couple! When I first met Karla, she told me “I got engaged in Guatemala to a Mexican I met in Israel” When it came time to picking a great location and theme for their engagement shoot we kept in mind their love of coffee, and travel book and decided to do something a little bit different for their engagement photos. We went to the Crooked Tree Coffee house for the look and feel of an afternoon typical kind of date for Karla and Carlos. They did great even with getting strange stares from the fellow coffee house dwellers, and the shots we got that day are loving, and beautiful! Congrats on your engagement Karla, and Carlos! We can’t wait for your wedding!

by Annie

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November 7, 2011 - 10:27 pm Omar and Ellie - Hey Carlos, those are beautiful pictures! We rejoice with both of you in this special day. Looking forward to be in your wedding!

November 7, 2011 - 7:31 am Becky Mitchell - Congratulations Carlos! We are excited to meet Karla and loved your story and engagement pictures. Thank you for inviting us to this very special celebration--we look forward to seeing you. Love & hugs--Becky

September 30, 2011 - 8:30 pm Kathya - There are great pictures they show all the love of God you are perfect to each other I love you Both

September 29, 2011 - 6:03 am GW Dameron - Carlos & Karla - These pictures are beautiful. I can easily tell you two adore one another. Carlos, I knew the Lord had the perfect woman waiting for you - even when we became friends on the Orange bus back in 2008. How perfect! You just can't rush God's perfect timing! May the Lord's blessings overflow every day of your life together!!

July 28, 2011 - 7:52 am Sue Kooyers - Beautiful photo's! Love them all!!

July 27, 2011 - 12:27 pm Kari Nilles - LOVE love love these!!!

July 26, 2011 - 11:43 am Karla - A few comments from friends & family: "Oh. My. Word. WOW!!! Gorgeous. Fun. Intimate. Loving. LOVE IT!" "Wow!! Quite a variety of unique pictures. Lots of good ones!" "They are great! I really love that you took them in a coffee shop." "They are beautiful, fun, funny, spunky, loving...I'll run out of adjectives to describe them!! ...and it is so fabulous to see how well they captured your love for each other."

July 26, 2011 - 11:37 am Karla - Thank you, Ann & Bret. We love the photos!

Getting Close

I know it seems as if I’ve been off the radar a bit with my blog. It’s been a crazy couple of months getting ready for our little Colton’s arrival. I’ve got a couple more things coming in the next couple of days, but I wanted to start with some maternity photos that Bret took of me. As part of our preparation for the baby, a visit with Bret’s Nana in the country was a must. We figured it would probably be a while before we made it back down there so we wanted to take the opportunity when we could! Luckily we went just before the MAJOR heat wave and we were able to snag a few maternity shots of myself. I’m not gonna lie. I LOVE them. I didn’t even realize how big my belly had gotten until I saw the photos, and now a month later I can’t believe how much I’ve grown since then. Holy baby, Here he comes.