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There's just something about photography that I have been fascinated with ever since I was a kid. I was a professional photographer in Seattle throughout my 20's and then gave it up to pursue other passions and well... make more money. Over the past few years technology and digital photography have caught up to the quality I had been use to in the "film" days and so I have found myself enjoying photography once again. The thing I enjoy most about it now is that I don't have to make money at it, I can just enjoy being an artist once again. I now live in Seattle Washington in the heart of downtown (Belltown) and I enjoy photographing locally and as I travel the world.

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Alex's "The Thing" 2009 : I've been to Alex's "The Thing" a few times and each time it is a bit different. This time I felt t more in the mood to photograph then to dance so I found myself trying to capture something different than before. I grabbed a few "night shots" (more details later) with some flash units until one of the dancers complained and I tried to capture some of the fun of the Chacarera (probably at the expense of Alex's wonderful dance). Thanks Alex for being a good sport about it. :) I played with "extremes". From ultra wide (Nikkor 14mm-24mm f2.8), then with the telephoto using the Nikkor 300mm f2.8. Low light with the Nikkor 85mm f1.4 and depth of field with the lens baby. The flash shots involved two SB800 flashes, one remote and one mounted on my Nikon D3. Honestly I hate flash photography in milongas because it's always difficult to capture the color and mood with a "daylight" flash. So this time I put a warming gel on the flash to try and keep the warmth of the room. I wasn't able to play with it much because of how disruptive a flash can be. I was told afterwards that flashes weren't allowed.. DOH! If you like my work and you want to stick it on your site or facebook I'd ask that you keep my credits and link to photobywesley.com. No commercial use without prior permission. Thanks! -Wesley

Alex's "The Thing" 2009

I've been to Alex's "The Thing" a few times and each time it is a bit ...

Updated: May 12, 2009 9:58am PST

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Mayte and Carlos : Mayte Valdes: Mayte is highly trained in diverse dance techniques, such as classical ballet, modern jazz and tango. She began her dance studies in Miami Florida, where at an early age performed with the Miami City ballet. She continued her studies in Buenos Aires Argentina at the "Teatro Colon" with various ballet masters. Mayte was trained in the Argentine Tango by the greatest tango masters in Buenos Aires. She has performed in many tango shows "Tango en el Maipo" "Tango historias breves" and "Tanguera, the musical" among others. In 2004 she toured with the company "Tango Pasion" throughout Spain, Sweden, Russia and Germany, and has also traveled Egypt, Asia and United States sharing her talent and passion for tango. Carlos Barrionuevo: Carlos began to dance tango at a very early age, he developed his technique by studying the great masters of tango. He was invited to perform with Ricardo "Chiqui" Pereyra, Enrique Dumas- Raul Lavie, Maria Grana, Guillermo Fernandez and Mariano Mores. In April of 2005 he won the championship of the Patagonic Tango Festival in San Carlos Bariloche and was a finalist in the 3rd and 4th World Tango Competition in Buenos Aires. Carlos has Performed in many different Tango shows such as, "Tango Emotion" "Tango Historias Breves" and "Tango Odisea" among others traveling throughout Italy, Russia, Chile, Uruguay and United States.

Mayte and Carlos

Mayte Valdes: Mayte is highly trained in diverse dance techniques, su ...

Updated: Jun 02, 2008 4:01am PDT

Eva and Patricio's Wedding (Proofs) : After giving up wedding photography many years ago I decided to do just one more for my good friends Eva and Patricio. In the beginning I was only going to take a "few" candid photos for them but after seeing the Church and everything I just couldn't see passing this up. So over twelve hours of photography (leaving at 6 PM and getting home after 7 am) I took over 2000 images. Here are the images Eva has picked to share with everyone. These are the "raw proofs" taken from the camera without any "photoshoping". Soon we will narrow these down to a select few so I can put some creative finishing touches on the images. If you like something, please comment and give it a "thumbs up". Enjoy.....

Eva and Patricio's Wedding (Proofs)

Eva and Patricio's Civil Wedding : There are two weddings when you get married in Argentina. The civil (court) wedding and the Church Wedding. The civil wedding was the day before. Patricio had asked me to be the "best man" but because I was not a local citizen I was unable to. It's ok, I got some great photos. :)

Eva and Patricio's Civil Wedding

There are two weddings when you get married in Argentina. The civil ( ...

Updated: Jan 16, 2008 9:01pm PDT

Eva & Patricio's Wedding Album : Keep an eye out for the finished album....

Eva & Patricio's Wedding Album

Keep an eye out for the finished album....

Updated: Jan 15, 2008 5:49am PDT

Friends :

Friends

Updated: Dec 19, 2007 11:03am PDT

Buenos Aires 2007 : After almost five years of waiting to go to Buenos Airess with Eva and Patricio we finally got a chance to meet here. What I didn't know until the last minute was that they are getting married. Due to the limited bandwidth I'm not able to upload the highest resolution images. When I get back home to Seattle, I will work on it more. For now, I hope you enjoy the photos.

Buenos Aires 2007

After almost five years of waiting to go to Buenos Airess with Eva an ...

Updated: Feb 24, 2008 5:52pm PDT

Laguna Seca MotoGP 2007 :

Laguna Seca MotoGP 2007

Updated: Dec 14, 2007 3:02pm PDT

Tokyo 2006 : We spent 4th of July, 2006 traveling around Tokyo and Tango Dancing.

Tokyo 2006

We spent 4th of July, 2006 traveling around Tokyo and Tango Dancing.

Updated: Dec 14, 2007 8:54am PDT

Puerto Rico : Hanging out with my friends Eva and Patricio in Puerto Rico during their Forever Tango tour

Puerto Rico

Hanging out with my friends Eva and Patricio in Puerto Rico during the ...

Updated: Dec 14, 2007 9:00am PDT

Denver Tango Festival : Denver Tango Festival

Denver Tango Festival

Denver Tango Festival

Updated: Dec 14, 2007 8:42am PDT

Perlage Systems : For Product Information see http://www.perlagesystems.com.

Perlage Systems

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Updated: Dec 13, 2007 5:31pm PDT

4th of July : Taken from the rooftop of my Belltown Condo in Seattle. July 4th, 2007.

4th of July

Taken from the rooftop of my Belltown Condo in Seattle. July 4th, 200 ...

Updated: Dec 12, 2007 10:57am PDT

Eva and Patricio : 2007-08-10 Michelle Badion's Tango Cabaret, Eva Lucero & Patricio Touceda

Eva and Patricio

2007-08-10 Michelle Badion's Tango Cabaret, Eva Lucero & Patricio Touc ...

Updated: Dec 12, 2007 6:25pm PDT

Tango Magic 2008 - Outdoor Milonga : I wasn't in the mood to dance so I thought I'd just take some shots of the Milonga in Kirkland WA during the Tango Magic 2008 festival. These are for private use only and copywritten by Wesley Kronick. If interested in using for commercial purposes, please contact me directly. Thanks -Wesley

Tango Magic 2008 - Outdoor Milonga

I wasn't in the mood to dance so I thought I'd just take some shots of ...

Updated: Jul 31, 2008 8:40pm PDT

My Smug Mug :

My Smug Mug

Updated: Jan 22, 2008 11:40am PDT

Vita Radionova : Vita, her husnband and I all met at Bar Sur. We both liked each other's work so we got together at my place to do a late night photo session. We photographed until she couldn't do any more (several hours). Enjoy.... ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. NOT TO BE COPIED, DOWNLOADED OR USED.

Vita Radionova

Vita, her husnband and I all met at Bar Sur. We both liked each other' ...

Updated: Oct 15, 2008 1:20pm PDT

Portland Tangofestival 2008 : Views of the Portland Tango Festival 2008. It's been a couple years since I've been to the Portland Tango Festival. When I first started to get back into photography (now digital) there were still some challenges with low light and high speed. However, Nikon decided to come out with a new camera (D3) that addresses both the problems of quality, low light and high speed. Having been frustrated in the past with the lighting at Milongas I figured it was time to see what the new Nikon can do. After looking at some of the images I can say that I'm honestly happy with the results. So this is the results of me playing with my camera gear, the available light (no flash was ever used) and the Tango dancers at the festivals. Some of you I know and many of you I don't. I hope you enjoy the images as much as I have enjoyed creating them. NOTE: Clay just sent out a link so I guess I should post up the images from the grand ball. Check back in a day or so if you don't see them. As with all my work, these are for private use only (even if downloaded, purchased or printed) and copy written by Wesley Kronick. If you're interested in using these for commercial purposes, please contact me directly. Thanks -Wesley

Portland Tangofestival 2008

Views of the Portland Tango Festival 2008. It's been a couple yea ...

Updated: Oct 19, 2008 7:58pm PDT

Chastity :

Chastity

Updated: Feb 23, 2009 1:50pm PDT

Miriam & Leo :

Miriam & Leo

Updated: Nov 05, 2008 7:39pm PDT

SmugShots :

SmugShots

Updated: Dec 18, 2008 8:39pm PDT

Pablo & Erica :

Pablo & Erica

Updated: May 03, 2009 10:29pm PDT

Alex's "The Thing" 2009 : I've been to Alex's "The Thing" a few times and each time it is a bit different. This time I felt t more in the mood to photograph then to dance so I found myself trying to capture something different than before. I grabbed a few "night shots" (more details later) with some flash units until one of the dancers complained and I tried to capture some of the fun of the Chacarera (probably at the expense of Alex's wonderful dance). Thanks Alex for being a good sport about it. :) I played with "extremes". From ultra wide (Nikkor 14mm-24mm f2.8), then with the telephoto using the Nikkor 300mm f2.8. Low light with the Nikkor 85mm f1.4 and depth of field with the lens baby. The flash shots involved two SB800 flashes, one remote and one mounted on my Nikon D3. Honestly I hate flash photography in milongas because it's always difficult to capture the color and mood with a "daylight" flash. So this time I put a warming gel on the flash to try and keep the warmth of the room. I wasn't able to play with it much because of how disruptive a flash can be. I was told afterwards that flashes weren't allowed.. DOH! If you like my work and you want to stick it on your site or facebook I'd ask that you keep my credits and link to photobywesley.com. No commercial use without prior permission. Thanks! -Wesley

Alex's "The Thing" 2009

I've been to Alex's "The Thing" a few times and each time it is a bit ...

Updated: May 12, 2009 9:58am PDT

Vivian : Photographed in natural light during an evening sunset. A friend and wonderful model.

Vivian

Photographed in natural light during an evening sunset. A friend and ...

Updated: Jun 02, 2009 1:41am PDT