Category Archives: Portraits

Urban farmers…

March 9, 2010 – 11:07 am

OK, so the books are out and it’s been wild getting feedback and emails about them from readers all over the world! We’re currently in discussion about another book that I am very excited about if it gets final approval. I can’t say much about it right now but suffice to say it is a [...]

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Clowning around in the studio…

February 3, 2010 – 12:25 pm

Mimi the Clown came to the studio recently for some promo shots and to help me out with a few images for my new book on Canon Speedlites. After she got into costume we did various poses showing a range of her expressions. The original plan was to do some shots outside in the fading [...]

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Nighttime Portraits, Canon Speedlite System…

November 20, 2009 – 12:36 pm

Nighttime portrait of a friend of mine on the roof of an office building in downtown Portland for my new book about the Canon Speedlite System, due out in January 2010. One 580EX II was used, triggered by PocketWizard Multi-Maxes, and fired through a small white umbrella on a stand camera-right.

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Recharging the Batteries, Columbia River Gorge Trains…

November 5, 2009 – 12:21 pm

After spending the better part of two months using Canon Speedlites to shoot lots of images for my new Digital Field Guide about the Speedlite system, I felt like I needed a break from flash photography and the computers. My photographer friend Dave Lutz suggested a trip out to the Gorge to shoot some trains, [...]

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Studio Portrait with A Twist…

August 28, 2009 – 3:17 pm

Had a floor covering client in the studio this week that wanted a variation over a standard studio portrait. He wanted something like a trade show/showroom feel that he could use for his marketing and web sites along with some social networking. After discussing a variety of ways to do it, we incorporated a banner [...]

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Jenna Fallon Make-up rocks…

August 4, 2009 – 11:55 am

I was reunited recently with a makeup artist I had worked with a year or so ago on a Nike shoot with distance runner, Kara Goucher. Jenna had called to reconnect and it was perfect timing because the scheduled makeup artist cancelled that day before my shoot for INUR magazine the next day. I quickly hooked her [...]

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Family Portraits & Charity Auctions…

July 13, 2009 – 2:19 pm

Families are starting to call and book the portrait sessions they won in the charity auctions I contributed to this year. Donating the sessions to groups I care about is a great way to give back to the community, increase awareness of my brand and create some exposure about another style of photography I do. As much networking [...]

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Environmental Portraits…

May 18, 2009 – 3:04 pm

Wow, interesting. The last three people who came to the studio for portraits, took one look at my wife’s creativity in the garden and all opted for outdoor portraits (what, you don’t want a boring seamless background?!). My wife is an excellent gardener (I just mow, that’s my creative input!) and I was proud of [...]

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Photo Class wrap-up…

March 12, 2009 – 9:38 am

As we wrapped up another eight week photo class, we spent the last 45 minutes of the last class out in the hallway doing some remote flash stuff. I gave them all jobs, digital tech, Speedlite operator, gel manager, reflector holder, etc and just kind of directed them to think about light and what it [...]

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Color Balance Nightmare…

January 13, 2009 – 12:08 pm

Somehow with getting ready for the Hawaii trip this shot never got posted. Stuck at home with all the snow, I attached a heavy duty orange gel to one of my off-camera speedlights and did a color balance for that. Right out of the camera this rendered the background this oversaturated blue/magenta which looks very surreal ;-)

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