Over the weekend I had a chance to work with an awesome couple, Kathleen & Bobby. I am lucky enough to be photographing their wedding this July, and we spent some time together taking engagement portraits. They were great to work with and were up for anything! We started at University of Portland, [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Kathleen & Bobby – Engagement Session
Posted in bridal, engagement, photos, photoshop, portland, wedding, tagged engagement, portland, portraits, wedding on May 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Photos at Portland’s Very Own Superfund Site…
Posted in photos, portland, tagged graffiti, photos, portland, strobist on May 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sunday I took part in the PDXStrobist(A Flickr group for Photographers) Group’s monthly shoot. This month we headed down to the Superfund site in North Portland. Wow was it cool…total industrial wasteland covered with graffiti. We had some models along as well. It was awesome and I got some great photos. [...]
A Rainy Friday
Posted in flowers, photos on May 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I was bored today, but wanted to try out some new lighting equipment and photoshop techniques. While I was out running errands today, I bought flowers for my lovely wife Tiffany…when I got home, I realized I had perfect subjects to play with. Here are some of my ‘experiments’.
Alberta Art Hop
Posted in photos, portland on May 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »
We live two blocks off of Alberta, so every year we have the street fairs to look forward to. Saturday we had the Alberta Art Hop, with lots of local artists and musicians on display. There was some very cool stuff and the weather was fantastic…too fantastic as it ends up as both [...]
Giving Back With Microloans
Posted in kiva, tagged charity, kiva, microloans on May 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been interested in the idea of microloans for a while now and have finally decided to take the plunge with a great organization named Kiva. To read more about what Kiva does, click here. My wife Tiffany and I had been looking for a charity to give to and then we saw [...]
A Portland Photography Club
Posted in photos, portland, portrait on May 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I took part in a meeting of the PDX Strobist group last night. This is a group of local photographers that are devoted to using off camera lighting(not the flash on cameras). The guru of this movement is David Hobby the founder of Strobist. I have been practicing a lot of these techniques [...]
I’m so proud of my students!
Posted in Uncategorized on May 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
As I have written in previous posts, I am a full time high school teacher and teach Digital Photography at Union High School in Vancouver, WA. I love teaching photography and have been amazed at the work my students have been producing this year. I recently organized our submissions for our District Art [...]
The Perfect Cappuccino?
Posted in Uncategorized on May 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I had a great Saturday meeting potential clients and trying new coffee shops. I had a meeting at Common Grounds in SE Portland early in the day and had a very good cappuccino and met a very cool couple. Then I continued my over-caffeinated day with a meeting at Albina Press with Krista & Chris. [...]
