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Posted by James Geddes on Saturday, October 20, 2012,
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Posted by James Geddes on Thursday, July 21, 2011,
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art
The photo I took has some of my favorite elements such as a leading line with the road taking you the viewer into the photo. But I was not pleased with the breadth of the road. I wanted it more personal, a more intimate experience for the viewer. I spent 5 days photographing this region and I had driven many one lane roads to gain access throughout the area. So I took another photo of the same area roads and over laid it onto this base photo. This created a layer that I coul...
Posted by James Geddes on Monday, June 28, 2010,
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art
Forgive me for being such a slacker on my blog duties... I had been swamped with work and then went on a couple week paint around and supervising Nancy in the garden! I have continued with my photography and pastel painting which is mostly done from photos that I take on trips around western and eastern WA. This is why my blog is called Photo Painter. My latest painting was completed this morning after a day of preparation. I created my own surface on a 16x20 rigid foam core. This required a Go... Continue reading ...
Posted by James Geddes on Tuesday, March 16, 2010,
KK Comment 2009: James Geddes and Take Your Best Shots have done an excellent job taking photos for our youth sports program, The Maple Valley Raiders! They do an amazing job, reasonable price, great quality and are kind and professional! Continue reading ...
Posted by James Geddes on Wednesday, March 3, 2010,
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youth sports
Over the years I have been involved with students, young athletes and their
parents as a coach, parent and artist. As a sports photographer, it is exciting
to see the game through the lens and capture those special moments that no one
else in the stadium was able to get. I love shooting sports with my son and
daughter who I trained throughout my years in business. Shooting sports action
is not about "what happened" it's about what is going to happen. You have to
have some understanding ... Continue reading ...
Posted by James Geddes on Friday, January 22, 2010,
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art
Palouse Cloudburst
Pictured: Karen, my instructor and yours truly
As I continue my pursuit of painting, I returned to the only instructor I have had personal lessons with. Karen lives here on the island about a 25 minute drive down West Beach to her home and studio overlooking Hurricane Ridge and the Olympics Mountains rising out of the sound. It's a wonderful place to view clouds and water which were the subjects that I was seeking help with. Pictured above are Karen and myself with the cloud ...
Posted by James Geddes on Monday, January 18, 2010,
I was just mentioning to my pastel teacher yesterday that I have 3
Terabytes of images stored on hard drives and backed up with even more in the
queue for filing. A Terabyte is 1000 Gigabytes. I am not in a race to see who
can have the most images... it's pretty normal for professional photographers to
amass a gynormous amount of images... And Now I have a large selection of superb images to paint from during these long wet months in Washington.
The shear diversity of photography
and subj... Continue reading ...
Posted by James Geddes on Thursday, June 4, 2009,
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art
 In 2004-2005 school year I was asked to take the senior football player's portrait for Tahoma High School. I had been working with many of the parents from the Maple Valley and Covington area at the time and photographing sporting events. Thanks to Sherry Racy and Janice Bundy, Take Your Best Shot was becoming pretty well know in the area after I had created a sketch of their Pony Baseball all star players. Janice organized the senior portrait and sent my "athletic crew" out to pull off the j... Continue reading ...
Posted by James Geddes on Wednesday, April 15, 2009,
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art
 Okay, I promised that I would let this cat out of the bag as soon as I could. I just received the signed copy of the sketch composite I created for Blake Griffin! I didn't take the photos, those were provided by Blake's trainer, D. Rich and the sketch was commissioned by Darby for Blake.
This project was awesome! I had watched Blake play during the NCAA March Madness tourney and felt he was one the toughest players I had seen in a very long time. I was thrilled to be able to create this for... Continue reading ...
Posted by James Geddes on Sunday, April 5, 2009,
I have had a busy week! We finished the photo work with the local high
school teams, created the products, printed the packages and returned
the orders... During this time I had a number of sketch projects arrive
 via the internet and USPS. My wife, Nancy, and I went to our grand
daughters birthday bash then she flew out to CA for her dad's 90th
birthday... And I am still in excruciating pain with plantar faciitis
and back pain... I don't want to know if that can get worse! I am continuing my e... Continue reading ...
Posted by James Geddes on Thursday, March 5, 2009,
I have created this blog to answer questions, offer suggestions gleaned
from my image processing and to generally share some thoughts of the
day. I would like to offer a "Weekly" image that you might
enjoy for a computer screen background or if you are inclined to paint,
perhaps a starting point for a new artwork. We do have pretty
incredible sunrises, alpen glow on Mt. Baker and birding photos during
each week. This blog is linked to my three websites:
www.TakeYourBestSh... Continue reading ...
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Meet James
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I have so many things to be thankful for... I live in a beautiful place along the water of a beautiful little lake in the gorgeous state of Washington. The wildlife here is incredible, the summer evenings on the lake are postcard perfect. I enjoy my art, whether it is photography, painting or sketching. It's wonderful to have such a diverse selection of activities in my daily life.
I also enjoy the company of my soul mate and wife of 40 years, Nancy.... who is definitely the "better" half!
Pastels and painting have become a rich part of my life now. I love to paint and this gives me the opportunity for trips into the wonderful mountains, tide areas and farmlands that surround our home.
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