American Gothic

Over Memorial Day weekend, Kenneth and I drove out to Ft. Stevens near Astoria. Scroll back a few entries for pictures of Ft. Stevens, itself! We hit the beach for a bit in attempts to stage a modern take on American Gothic (without the frowny faces). Normally gloomy, the coast turned out to be experiencing an early summer preview and we had lots of sunshine - great for morale, not so great for portraits. We'll go back on a cloudy day but in the meantime please enjoy our "first draft" portrait, complete with shadows (somewhat removed in Photoshop) and squinty eyes.