Fashion Week Hullaballoo!

I've only been shooting Fashion Week for two days but so far I am very excited about my take. I like this one a lot. What do you think of it?

I am even more excited about some of the other great photographers I've met and I really look forward to getting to know both Portland's photographers and the photography scene here a bit better. It is about time.

Daytrip to Maryhill

(Above): I'm always amazed when I see Mt. Hood. I don't get to see it from this side very often though. This was taken somewhere near Lyle, Oregon.

(Above): Me looking dashing.

My girlfriend Shannon after we were done at the museum and stopped in at the Stonehenge War Memorial.

Rudy Fernandez.

I photographed Blazers Media Day for Willamette Week on Monday and I met some great photographers. I'm also pretty happy with the photos I made given the circumstances. Each player had their own table and the press could move from table to table. Unfortunately this pretty much limited what each of us could do. I miss the U of O's basketball media days where we could take players around Mac Court for different poses etc. That was great.

You can see the story at the Willamette Week(here)

All American Classics

Here are a few from my most recent trip out to All American Classics in Vancouver, Washington. I think I'm gonna go back and make some portraits of a few of the guys working there. To get into the yard, you walk past a sign that reads "Cemetary".

First Post in a while!

After a couple of hours spent in the parking lot of a Troutdale Walmart, my brother finally found the culprit of some wacky mechanical errors.

I'm late, I'm late to a very important date!

Lately my focus has been on finding a job in a newspaper. Anywhere. I could likely be anywhere in the country in 3 days, ready to work. Because I've been so distracted with finding work, I haven't been making any new work. This is a problem. So with that in mind I'm going to start work on a series of portraits focused on Oregon City. I want it to act as a visual census of who is in Oregon's first capitol, what their wearing, how they smile, what they do at their job or how they're going about finding a job. The first round of shooting begins today with a simple goal. I want one take-away portrait and a quick five minute interview. This first round of portraits will be environmental, full body pictures. Both enviro and full body are difficult for me and I need to get into the habit of shooting full length. Each portrait will be accompanied by a video interview where (hopefully) the subject will talk about Oregon City, what they do, where they're from, family, what they do for fun and a quick note on religious and political affiliation.

I'm still not sold on the second round. Right now I'm envisioning a formal portrait with big soft light and an army green backdrop. Simple lights, 45* pose. I don't want to directly copy Dan Winters but his stuff just looks so damn good. Also, I think I might be able to get my hands on some gold/brass colored velvet curtains which could be a cool background. I want these to look like the photo equivalent of old formal painted portraits.

But I need to get out and shoot one portrait today. Just one today and then another tomorrow and the day after that. Game on.

I need to find some work. I've been done at Willamette Week for about a week and a half now and I'm going bonkers. I'm working on a post-WW wrap up post. Hopefully that will be up in a few days.

I'm hoping to work on a new project soon at a model train shop. Should be some interesting photos I think. I'll keep you posted.