Portland Oregon Portrait and Wedding Photography Blog
True Love Was Made For You Emily and Chris are made for each other. When you first meet them you can tell they love and cherish one another, but seeing them celebrate their love with their family was one for the books. They are selfless, caring people who want nothing but the best for those they love, and they…
Let’s make something beautiful with your portraits! We’ve created this page as a way to help our customers see the various print, book, and digital options available for purchase. There are so many beautiful things we can make for you! Since we don’t confine our customers to confusing packages or minimums, you’re free to purchase just what you want. People…
Senior Photos at our NW Portland Studio Yvie is a senior at Oregon City High School, and it was a real treat to photograph her senior portraits. Yvie likes to read and paint, and loves theater, so we had a lot to talk about…. There are so many beautiful locations to photograph senior pictures around our Northwest Portland photo studio. …
Capturing the Essence of Zoe: A Look into Her Senior Portrait Session Zoë is a high school senior at Franklin High School who is absolutely crushing it on the soccer field and has a passion for thrifting. We had the pleasure of capturing her unique personality in her senior portraits at Hoyt Arboretum in Portland, and we are so…
Yes, Shaleigh really did get in the water at the end of her senior portrait session! What a trooper. And beautiful! At Fritz Photography, we love making high school seniors shine! View more of our unique senior portrait photography on our website, and call us today to schedule your session! Ask about our current portrait specials when you call or…
The self-published photobook is an exciting new avenue for photographers to present their work directly to the public. In addition, the photobook itself can be a work of art. As part of the Davis Orton Gallery’s commitment to showcasing the work of contemporary photographers, the Gallery presents a juried, international photobook competition. Fritz Liedtke’s artist book version of Skeleton in the Closet was…
Travis and Nicole have been a lot of fun to work with as they’ve planned their wedding celebration at The Resort at the Mountain. (You can see their Portland engagement portraits, flying football and all.) The Resort at the Mountain, in Welches, Oregon, on Mt Hood, is a beautiful place. Its 27-hole golf course wends its way through fir trees…
Kelsey lives in Woodland and goes to Woodland High School. She was telling me that she didn’t want the same standard senior portrait photographs that all her friends have, so she called me. She wanted someone who approached high school senior portraits more as an artist. I think I did her proud by creating some striking but unique portraits of…
This month, RayKo Photo Center, in San Francisco, will be featuring images from my Skeleton in the Closet series in their show Por(trait) Revealed. I’ll be there for the opening on July 28, so if you are in the Bay Area, please join me! (Por)trait Revealed // A juried exhibition of portrait photography Reception: Wednesday, July 28th, 6-8p 7.28.10 –…
How does an artist find time to make art, on top of juggling all of his other responsibilities? Why do so many art school graduates fail to go on to successful artmaking careers? How do you make a living and make art? These are questions I explore in my current article Buying Time: Balancing the Fine Art and the Financial,…
Haiti. I got the call just two and a half weeks before we left. Seth Johnson rang me up and told me he couldn’t get me off his mind. He was going to Haiti with a friend, and thought I might want to join them. I told him I’d think about it. Haiti is not someplace I have ever…
In 2007, I had the privilege of photographing a wedding out in the country, on an estate that included a lake and an outdoor model railroad, and a lot of children. It was a beautiful day, and Gretchen and I had a great time photographing Brian and Sybil’s wedding. Fast forward 3 years, and I get a call from Sybil,…