Bradley, thank you so much for being a part of today’s feature! You truly inspire me, not only because you are an awesome artist, but also because of your faith. Keep up the great work my friend. Be sure to check out Bradley’s work by clicking HERE.

Meet Bradley.

Based out of the northwest, US Photographer Bradley Castaneda shares with us a unique point of view to his drenched, evergreen landscape. Whether its imagery from a wet forests, or snow-covered peaks, Bradley’s attention to detail and trusting photography is nothing short of entertaining. His work is simply original, authentic, and tranquil matching his personality in every way.

Where do you gain inspiration from?
Haha, the question artists always ask each other. I get my inspiration from lots of places. Be it the Behance network, thecssawards.com or designheroes.co.uk/ I mainly just stick with digital resources like those. But to be completely honest, God is the first place I seek from helping artistic direction. I figure it’s His gift not mine, so better ask Him what I should do first.

If you were a tree (or animal) what kind of tree (animal) would you be?
I need to move around. Animal. Grizzly Bear. I could live that life.

What things in life drain your energy?
Revisions & Proofs. The ‘paperwork’ of being an artist.

What is the last book you read?
I’m the type that never finishes books. I’ll pick one up, read the majority, and then put it down to pick up a different one. But the one book I can never put down is the Bible, and my favorite scripture is Psalm 62:2 “He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved.”

If you could be any character in fiction, whom would you be?
I would have no problem being Jason Bourne. The guy is nuts.


If you had only six months left to live, what would you do with the time?
Travel to all the the places I have left to visit. Norway, Antarctica, Paris, Russia, Iraq. Spend time with loved ones, and get a life’s worth of adventure in before I croak!

If Hollywood made a movie about your life, whom would you like to see play the lead role as you?
Viggo Mortensen might be a good pick. Any suggestions?

Well the kids in this post are some of easiest kids to photograph. I think they are just so beautiful and unique in their own ways. And I’m not just saying that because they are family hee hee! I’ve been photographing my aunt and uncles kids since they were little and it still shocks me how fast they are growing up! Makes me feel old.

Dark-haired children= Max. Sam. Mae. (my aunt and uncles kids)
Light-haired children= Henry. Hazel. (my aunt’s sisters kids)…(you may recognize them from this post!)

Don’t they just have the cutest names to match their cute little faces?! Okay, okay…I’ll stop being that annoying cousin.
Enjoy!

Isn’t she the cutest!?

A few of my favorites!

Hee hee, I love the picture on the left. This is Henry’s face when I told him to “smile”! So cute.

Another favorite!

What a sweet big brother.

Their eyes = my heart melting.

Favorite of little Mae Mae.

I could count those freckles all day.

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My handsome cousin Max, such a young man he has become. He now towers over me! Not cool.

She is one of the sweetest children I have ever met.

Sharing is Caring.

This series makes me laugh every time! I told Mae to kiss Henry and this is the reaction I got. Priceless.

I had only done a couple senior portrait sessions at this point and still wasn’t sure if it was “my thing”. I’m still not claiming that this is “my thing”, but I definitely enjoyed this session! And I love photographing seniors because they all have their different styles and little quirks that make them each so unique. It’s their day to express themselves and I love capturing it!

Geoffrey, his girlfriend, and his mom drove all the way to Seattle from Selah for this Senior Session and I’m SO HAPPY the did because I ended up loving a lot of these photos! And the weather couldn’t have been any better. I also had the pleasure of taking their family portraits during Seattle’s prettiest time…fall. I should really post that session some time hee hee. Thank you Geoffrey for being so awesome! Enjoy the rest of your senior year, it goes by fast!

Geoffrey and his girlfriend were so cute! We just had to get some photos of them together.

My favorites.

Aw…young love.