Monday, September 28, 2009

Suvie_Island_Summer


It may sound like someplace exotic and far away, but we didn't go to the South Pacific for this one. Out on a super cool old houseboat with tons of character on the Willamette River last week to catch a few more of the sun's rays before the fall weather pattern takes over here in Oregon. Props to Chloe for 'bringing it' and to Sarah for a great job with all of the styling.

Monday, September 21, 2009

Skater_Girls

Some images from a skater girl shoot here in Portland last week. Thanks Anna for doing a great job on the styling!

Saturday, September 19, 2009

PATH_Architecture

A couple of new exteriors that we shot this week for PATH Architecture here in Portland. If you are into modern design, clean lines, great detail - everything these guys do is eye candy!

Friday, September 18, 2009

How_Fit_Are_You?


Some fun shots from last week here in Portland. Great job Chloe and Lindsay.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

The_Birds

So after noting that Sauvie Island concerts are one of my favorite things about summer in Portland, I have to follow that up with one of the special, if not overtly quirky, things that autumn brings each year for the past dozen or more years - the return of the Vaux's Swifts to Chapman Elementary School in NW Portland. For about a month and a half each autumn, up to 40k birds roost each night in the tall boiler chimney at Chapman School and on any clear evening (and some drizzly) several hundred Portlanders show up with kids, families, dogs, picnics, cameras, and plenty of cardboard to ride the grassy hillside as they anticipate the arrival of the swifts. Just after dusk the cloud of birds appear and nervously scope the chimney entrance for signs of lurking bird of prey. As the coast is deemed clear a spiraling funnel forms and the birds begin to descend into the chimney where they cling to the brick walls during the night. At times a hawk or falcon will swoop in and try to make a grab - to which the swifts respond by mounting an attack of mass number chasing the predator away, which always gets an 'ohh-ing and ahh-ing' tennis match-esqe response from the crowd. We used to live right across the street from this spectacle for several years and it was truly a hightlight of autumn. If you don't believe a word of what I am saying click here.

Isabella

Just getting around to posting these now, but they are from a shoot two weeks or so ago with Isabella Barna here in Beaverton at the Northwest Fencing Center. This girl seriously rocks - she is a Junior Olympian in both Fencing and Nordic Skiing and it was super fun to meet and get to shoot with her for a few hours. Thanks to Rebecca Bauer for styling the shoot.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Puget_Sound

We just got a bunch of the finished work back from a couple of shoots last fall and this spring at Puget Sound (aka - the University of). It was a super fun project - they've got a gorgeous campus up there and Point Defiance Park has some pretty good trail running to boot. Thanks again to BethAnne from Neustadt Creative Marketing in Baltimore for the opportunity.

Friday, September 11, 2009

Stable_Day







Some selects from last Friday's shoot up in Brush Prairie, Washington on location at both Silver Buckle Youth Equestrian Center and Si-Ellen stables. Thanks to Paige from Ryan Artists and Sam from Option Model Management as well as Peggi Jeung from Art Mix Beauty for her styling and Terri from Blush Premier Makeup for her hair and makeup artistry for making it a super successful shoot.

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Arancibia_Residence






I spent last Thursday morning with Don, Jen and Vega Arancibia in their super swank pad filled with light, color and amazing design in SE Portland.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Athlete_Portraits


I had the pleasure of having two high-profile athletes in front of my camera this past week. Tao Berman, heralded as 'the most extreme whitewater kayaker of all time' and who holds the world record for longest vertical drop in a kayak (a 98 foot fall in Canada's Banff National Park) showed me around his stomping grounds out in White Salmon, WA on Thursday afternoon. Then on Friday I spent a few hours with Erik Tonkin, an elite cyclocross racer and Kona Factory Team rider, and his crew at his bike shop Sellwood Cycle Repair just outside of Portland. While both are incredibly talented and accomplished, the most notable fact that I came away with in each case is that they are incredibly nice guys. More pics are up in my portfolio site in the MUG SHOTS category.