1st Year Portrait
I wanted to spotlight Brynn for my photo of the week. It was her first year photo shoot and we had a blast. Since we did the shoot after Easter, she was very receptive to the idea of playing with plastic Easter eggs. As you can see from the photo she is very happy to [...]
Paz Ramos, Portrait
This week the spotlight is on Paz Ramos, the Principal at Alder Elementary School in Gresham Oregon. Alder has the unique designation of being one of the most impoverished elementary schools in the state of Oregon. When I met Paz my eye was immediately drawn to a pencil sketch he had on his wall. The [...]
Brandon’s Senior Portrait
This week’s photo is of Brandon, a senior from Corbett High School. Brandon’s pride and joy is his quad runner which I included in several of his portraits early on in the session. When we moved the shoot to the railroad tracks behind the rail depot museum in downtown Troutdale we seemed to really hit [...]
Shoot Those Girls!
One of my favorite types of photo session is with small children. I like working with the little ones because they are so unpredictable and I actually get a great deal of exercise trying to keep up with them. While this can be a major motivator to keep me on my photographic toes, as it [...]
Brittany and Chelsea’s Senior Portrait
This week I had the opportunity to photograph Brittany and Chelsea for their senior portrait. As you may have noticed they are twins. Their photo session occurred over a two day period mostly because we live in Portland and the weather changes every six or seven seconds. The studio session was completed during a rather [...]
Balerina Portrait
This week’s photo is one I took of Rachel, a ballerina, who teaches at Spotlight Performing Arts here in Portland. I was lucky enough to be invited by the owner, Sherry to photograph her staff of instructors last weekend. Every photo session has commonalities one of which is to ‘find’ the essence of the person [...]
Newborn Portrait
I chose Averie for my photo of the week, mostly because I would rather photograph children than anything else. She also has these wonderfully beautiful, mesmerizing eyes that just looked right through me. It was as though she knew what we were trying to accomplish and enjoyed the attention that her mom and I were [...]
Psychology of a Senior Portrait
I have always believed that truly great portraits are created through the eyes. What I mean is that the viewer of the subject is drawn into the portrait through the eyes of the subject and whatever the subject is thinking, comes right out of their eyes. Case in point is Matthew, the young man in [...]
3 Ideas for a Successful Senior Portrait
WELL DONE! This is your senior year and my goal is to give you just what you the very best. When you look back on this year I want you to feel confident that when it came to choosing a senior portrait photographer you chose the very best. I have created a list of things [...]
Baby Portraits
Timing is Key Portraits of babies create lifelong memories that are cherished by all members of the family over several generations. In order for me to create the best possible portrait you need to keep in mind a few things. Schedule your portrait session during your child’s upbeat time of day, after naps and feedings, [...]
Newlyweds
I had the opportunity to do a portrait session for two newlyweds this last week. Doug and Barb have only been married two years and their feeling for each other was palpable. I spent a great deal of time perfecting the lighting and they were OK with it all. I finally made them sit on [...]
