Well 2012 is starting to roll along and I’ve had the pleasure of making portraits of some interesting people to start the year. Above, outgoing Bellevue council member Grant Degginger at the Lane Powell offices in Seattle. The portrait was assigned to accompany a Q&A piece about his tenure on the council and as mayor for the Bellevue Reporter. More photos after the jump…

This is for all of you with a shoe fetish… A look inside Report Shoes headquarters in Bellevue. Recently I had a chance to wander around the footwear company’s design and operations hub for a feature story in The Scene, and yes, there were shoes everywhere!

Not all business stories are created equal. Some may be fuzzy, but this recent assignment was downright furry. Above, Doug Brathovde, owner of Anthropaws, a Redmond costume-making business, puts the finishing touches on a hyena character, Nahia. More photos of Brathovde’s cosutmes and home workshop along with his ‘furry’ alter ego, Dyno after the jump…