Category Archives: Portraits

Portland Financial Executive Portraits…

January 15, 2012 – 12:08 am

So my favorite financial planner was in the studio yesterday for an updated photo for his website and various social media uses. We talked beforehand about the feel and emotional impact he wanted the images to convey.  He said: Accessibility, confidence, warmth. And from that, it was my job to interpret it into a visual representation. [...]

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Group Portraits…

January 5, 2012 – 10:27 am

What do you get when you bring thirteen naturopathic doctors into the studio, after hours, for a group shot for their collective website? If you stick with it long enough, the above shot! We started off with some simple groupings and as we shot some interesting forms started to take shape, much like arranging musical notes on a [...]

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Portland Senior Portrait Photography…

December 13, 2011 – 12:37 pm

I really enjoy shooting senior images and working with high school juniors on their yearbook photos. It is such a special time in a young persons life and senior photos have morphed from the boring old “yearbook” photo of days of old (you should see mine!) to be more fashion-oriented with hipper, more modern looks. [...]

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Portland Pin-Up Photography…

December 6, 2011 – 12:18 pm

A little warmth for these cold days! Had some fun in the studio with pin-up models Miranda and Kayla, friends of my assistant Aaron. We set up several backgrounds and collected a vast assortment of props beforehand to create some cool situations the models could seamlessly move into. The lighting set-up was pretty consistent, large [...]

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Portland Band Photography ~ Sweet Thunder…

November 7, 2011 – 5:00 pm

 Portland Band Sweet Thunder was in the studio last week for some new promo shots for their website and marketing fliers. Check them out and about soon!

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Portland Publicity Portraits…

May 20, 2011 – 10:02 am

Don came to the studio recently for a new portrait to update his business card, website, and social media. He is a keynote speaker, communications coach and presentation expert as it says on his card. My time with him ended way too soon; he was one of those rare individuals completely comfortable in their own [...]

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Beaverton High School Senior Portraits…

May 19, 2011 – 8:05 am

Jake just sent me his graduation announcement from Beaverton High School and it reminded me that I hadn’t posted these from his senior portrait session! His parents chose a nice vertical portrait of him in a white button-down shirt for the announcement photo but I like these two, one outdoors and one in the studio [...]

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Photographers: What do you do when the client doesn’t show?

May 17, 2011 – 10:21 am

We’ve all been there before. You spend a good hour or so getting the studio all set up for a portrait session- backdrops, lighting, remote triggers, cameras loaded with memory cards, and have shot some tests before the appointment. You’re all set as the time approaches. And you wait, five, ten, fifteen minutes and still no [...]

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Not your everyday Senior Portrait…

April 21, 2011 – 11:41 am

Arthur came into the studio recently requesting something different than I usually create for a senior portrait package. I had met him a few years earlier when I was the photographer for his sister’s Bat Mitzvah and ran into him again with his family in Ashland at the Shakespeare Festival that they attend every year. When [...]

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Intimate Newborn Portraits…

January 13, 2011 – 12:12 pm

Little Nolan came to the studio a little while ago to have his very first photo session. We cranked up the heat so the little fella stayed warm and cozy but we may have overdone it because he was so comfortable he fell asleep several times! I had photographed Mom and Dad’s wedding in Hawaii in 2008 and it was awesome [...]

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