This is an image I created using a technique known as HDR and I use Photomatix exclusively for all my HDR work. The weather conditions on the coast were the worst I had seen in years. It was the same day the Tsunami was suppose to hit the Oregon coast. The area got the name [...]
Blind Photographer
“Painting is a blind man’s profession. He paints not what he sees, but what he feels, what he tells himself about what he has seen.” Pablo Picasso. Many times I get comments like “you did something to that photo, didn’t you?” and I just look at them wondering why they can’t see what I saw [...]
Portrait Background
One of my basic workflows is to shoot as much as I can with a white background. This allows me the flexibility to add dramatic effects to the background and bring out the subject in such a way as to accentuate their personality. In this case, Ruth, my “Photo of the Week” is a very [...]
Aiden, Andrew and Joshua
This week I got to photograph three brothers for a birthday gift for their grandmother. What mom wanted was to have me create a portrait of the three boys together. Oh, I almost forgot the most important part about this story, two of the boys were three year old twins, and their little brother was [...]
Yaquina Lighthouse
Yaquina Head Light House is my newest photo of the week. The day of the shoot it was a very cold 41 degrees. The real problem that day was the wind. Twice I was nearly blown over by gusts. Try shooting on a tripod in a gale, heck, try keeping your lens dry. I do [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Winter Formal Fun!
Last weekend I had the pleasure of covering the Winter Formal at Portland Lutheran School. PLS is an independent prep school with students who are highly motivated to learn. This is the second time they asked me to cover an event for them and some of the students remembered me from my first visit. This [...]
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 [...]
Anita’s Wedding Day
This week’s photo is of Anita, a young bride who was married at the Bell Tower Chapel near Sandy, Oregon. The setting started out as an experiment in light for me. The ceremony had concluded and most of the guests were outside at the banquet celebration. I found Anita walking, alone, back into the chapel. [...]
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