There is nothing like fall light in Portland for photographing senior portraits. It’s warm, low, and spectacular. Combine beautiful sunlight with a beautiful young lady with purple hair, and you have one fantastic senior portrait photography session! It was 45 degrees at Peninsula Park in NE Portland, where we took Casey’s senior photos, but that didn’t stop us from…
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Five years ago, I had the privilege of photographing the wedding of Jason and Judy Pearce. I’d known Jason from the musical group he was part of, Rescue, whom I’d photographed for one of their albums. Jason was marrying this beautiful woman, Judy, and at the same time inheriting three beautiful children. Well, believe it or not, the middle child…
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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…
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The longer I’m around this planet, the more opportunities I have to discover that it really is a small world. I’ve photographed students at DaVinci Middle School, here in Portland, since about 2001. I began there working on my fine arts thesis project, working with several teachers and tons of students, observing, photographing, and writing. I loved working with the…
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Curator Leo Michelson and gallery owner Charles Froelick called me up last year with an intriguing idea. They were pairing up 17 painters with 17 photographers, asking them to create a portrait of one another. The resulting show is titled Two of a Kind. I was paired with local painter Shanon Playford, whose beautiful, often whimsical, portraits and paintings I…
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If you’ve watched or read the news this past week, pretty much anywhere in the country, you will have heard the story of the 3 lost climbers on Mt Hood. Luke Gullberg, Anthony Vietti, and Katie Nolan went missing after a climb on Mt Hood on Friday, December 11. Luke’s body was found Saturday, having succombed to hypothermia. In spite…
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Some assignments make me feel older. I knew Lauralee’s parents when they were in high school–and I was, too. I remember her brother in a carseat, Lauralee as a toddler. Such a sweet child; I photographed her numerous times when she was younger. One of those images went into an artist’s portfolio that was collected by Portland collectors. Another, a…
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Emily Hyde is an award-winning artist. If you look at her stunning prints, you’ll see why. You can view images of her lovely drawings, prints, and etchings here and here and here. You’d think, from meeting her, that she was Scandinavian. But in truth, she hails from Estacada, Oregon. I had the privilege of photographing her in the letterpress studio…
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PhotoLucida is going very well. And I was just notified that my work will be in the Portland Slideluck Potshow this Saturday, April 25. Come! Here’s the lowdown: The space is amazing. The slideshow is world-class. The weather is looking good. Both our master of ceremonies and our disc jockey are geniuses. The potluck will be off the hook. The…
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A couple of classic shots from a studio shoot this week. The photo session was even more interesting when I learned that the model, Lydia, is married to a Moroccan. Since we’ve both been there recently, we talked about Morocco as we worked, and about the 5 or 6 languages she speaks, and the 5 or 6 jobs she holds.…
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Chloe
Good light has been in short supply while I’ve been in England. Most days the skies are a blank gray canvas covering the city. But. . .when the light is good, it’s very good. All photographs and content is Copyright Fritz Liedtke. Please do not copy or re-use them. To do so is a violation of federal copyright law, and…
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Skeleton at DaVinci
Selected images from the series Skeleton in the Closet will be on display at Portland’s DaVinci Arts Middle School from November 13-December 8. These photographs (including new work recently completed) will be in the Library, and in display cases around the school. It will also be on display during the annual DaVinci Arts Fair. During this month, I will be…