We really enjoy finding new model talent in Portland, and helping them build a great modeling portfolio. Models we’ve help get started now work in New York and LA, as well as in Portland. They model for magazines and and ads, and act in commercials and on television. It’s fun to see where they go after we get them started!…
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Photographing model portfolio test shoots is a lot of fun. In Portland, there are several great modeling agencies, including Muse Models, Sports and Lifestyle Unlimited, Q6, Ryan Artists, and Option Model Management. I’ve photographed portfolios for models that work with all of these modeling agencies, and more. Sometimes models need some fresh new looks for their modeling portfolios, and sometimes…
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Tilt Focus Portrait Photography: Behind the Scenes with Fritz Liedtke from Lensbaby on Vimeo. I’ve known Craig Strong for about a decade, since I stumbled upon him at a garage sale in his living room. I’d heard his name before, and when I saw the photos on his wall, I asked him, “Are you the Craig Strong of Strong…
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We had a great time working with new model Teresa Havens, creating a new portfolio for her budding modeling career. After working with our hair and makeup artist, we went on location in Portland for a photo shoot, with a variety of outfits and looks. Teresa is a lot of fun to work with, and those lovely eyes (photographed above…
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We spent a day recently on a lake, in a boat, with Shannon and her husband, creating some photographs for her modeling portfolio. We ended up with a lot of great images photographed on their boat, on their classic red motorcycle, in the trees, and in the water. Rather than share the whole set of images, I just wanted to…
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Ilona called me up one day while I was photographing in San Francisco. She explained that she is from Israel, but was here in Portland for work for several months. While here, she wanted to have some fashionable portraits taken of herself. And this is some of what we came up with…. This is fun, creative photography for me, and…
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I’ve known Crystal Humble Lary for a bunch of years, after we were introduced by a mutual friend. She’s a livewire, energetic, funny, thoughtful, and creative. I used to run in to her regularly at the climbing gym where she worked, and more recently at Trader Joe’s. We recently started talking about a photo shoot she wanted to do, showcasing…
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Last summer, I flew to San Francisco for the opening of a show at a gallery there. On the flight down, I sat next to a woman and, as it happens on flights, we started talking. She is a sales rep for nuclear medicine (I didn’t know there was such a thing), and I told her about my photography. It’s…
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I really enjoy creating portfolios for models. Whether working with an experienced model or a novice, an adult or child model, it’s fun to go out and create something beautiful with them. Models I’ve helped get started now show up regularly in Nike and Adidas ads, television commercials, model management portfolios, and more. It’s fun to see how they progress,…
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Lindsay McCormick hosts Comcast SportsNet’s The Fan and reports on the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers here in Portland. When she was in need of some updated publicity photos, she called me up, enthusiastic about my portrait photography. After professional hair and makeup in the studio, we went into downtown Portland and created some beautiful images that capture Lindsay’s fun personality.…
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Crystal and Destiny are a beautiful mother-daughter modeling duo that we had the privilege of photographing on the beach in Florida. It’s always great to have a shoot in the sun during the winter, and although Florida’s beaches aren’t always toasty warm in December, it’s good to see the sun, and work with it. (View other shoots I’ve done on…
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This past year I had a student in one of my photography workshops named Fuchsia Lin. The first class I ask students to bring in samples of their work, and Fuchsia brought in samples of the fashion designs that she creates. She designs costumes for Portland Center Stage and Oregon Ballet Theater, as well as her own designs, which you…