lovely view.

fan of the window seat.

international photography awards

some of my images received honorable mentions at this years international photography awards. the awards were comprised of over 10,000 entries from over 80 countries. it was my first year entering the awards and it was pretty exciting to see my name next to some of the biggest in the industry. 

my awards were in the following categories: advertising food - for the bloody mary series, 

advertising self-promotion - for the organized office supplies and fine art: still life - for the aged french oak series, the fall leaves and the dead hydrangea's

you can see the winners here: http://bit.ly/PPiiNn and the rest of the honorable mentions here: http://bit.ly/PQoJ2W

and if you would like to learn more about the awards you can do that here: http://bit.ly/bHSr06

new website

new website is live: http://www.kooimanphoto.com/

new work. bigger images. user friendly. and works on your mobile device. whats not to like?

foundfolios

be sure to check out my recently updated portfolios on the foundfolios site: http://bit.ly/MulZYk 

there is new work in all three galleries and plenty of the images are not yet up on my site. 

a horrible use of technology

gravity happens.

aged french oak part deux

continued visual appreciation of these barrels that have been kicking around my studio. you can see my first study of the same subject matter here: http://bit.ly/LCQvhC

cheap eats

new work for this months issue of the seattle met. my job was to come up with the visuals to illustrate  the cheap eats feature. we wanted to showcase some of the foods mentioned in the editorial and give them a conceptual twist. we decided on two different themes that play off the different angles we were shooting at. we also chose a color palate to work through the story and determinded using various paper containers would help sell the "cheap" part. i decided to shoot the story with a singular hard light source which was a nice contrast to the soft colors.

styled by jean galton

art directed by andré mora

digital finishings by martin gonzalez