Portland Oregon Portrait and Wedding Photography Blog
We really enjoyed photographing Lauren Chung’s senior portraits at Jenkins Estate this fall. It was one of those stunningly clear fall days, with warm sunshine and a rainbow of colors in the trees. The absolutely perfect day for senior photos! Lauren is a senior at West Linn High School in West Linn, Oregon. As we took her senior portraits, we…
I’ll give you fair warning from the outset: this will probably devolve into a blog post about cute children. So consider yourself warned. Several years ago, I photographed Alex Freeman’s senior portraits, and a few years after that, I photographed his brother Dan’s senior portraits. I have to admit, it made me feel old to have Alex and Dan’s dad…
When looking for locations for portraits, I usually look for interesting but well lit spots to work in. So when I arrived at Mary S Young Park in West Linn, that’s just what we did: my assistant and I scouted the park for beautiful spots that had good lighting. Unfortunately for us, there were none. The one big open meadow…
Elizabeth Kirk used to work in the circus. Willie Smith works in politics. Similar enough professions, I suppose, that it’s no surprise that they got together. And when they get together, boy to the sparks fly! Literally. Willie and Beth’s wedding on June 23, 2007, was perhaps the most fun event I have ever photographed. Here’s the lineup: -A goofy,…
We have some friends who have been living and studying in China and Tibet for some time now. They recently returned to the states to have their first baby, by the name of Adaliah. They asked me to take a few photos of them before heading back to Asia. I don’t photograph babies too often, but boy can they make…
Summer seems so long ago. At least now we’re past the solstice, and are wending our slow way back to more sunlight. Speaking of which, here are a couple of summer portraits, of a young lady from Lake Oswego. Doesn’t that sunlight on her shoulders make you warm all over? It makes me want to head to Mexico for a…
Heritage High School in Vancouver is new, and massive. In the early morning light, the 3 baseball fields glisten with the dew on the grass and the fine layer of spiderwebs that cover every inch of the ground. Our breath glows in front of our faces as if we were smoke-breathing dragons. Into this scene steps James, varsity baseball catcher…
I’ve known Grace since she was in the 7th grade. She was going to Portland’s DaVinci Arts Middle School while I was there working on a photographic project on adolescence. One day I looked out the classroom window and saw Grace down on the swingset, wearing a pearl necklace and jeans and Converse, looking a little melancholy under the gray…
Well, I’ve only included one photo of Amanda with her cello here, but she does play one… I love creating unique, personalized senior portrait photographs like these, in Portland, Oregon, and beyond!
On Wednesday I had a portrait session scheduled with a young lady who is the younger sister of someone I had photographed a few years back. I waited at the Washington Park Rose Gardens for her to show up, enjoying the warm sunlight and the scent of the roses. After a while, her mom walks up to me, and asks…
Portland high school senior portrait photography are just an excuse for me to take some really cool photos of cool young people, such as this young lady from Lake Oswego. That’s how I look at them, anyhow. Instead of me having to go and find models/subjects to shoot, they come to me….
High school senior portrait photographs can be rather dull and repetetive. That is, if you go to a studio that manufactures them like the Chinese manufacture plastic toys. I try to keep mine fresh and interesting, and try to do something different every time. This includes interesting lighting, which I got by the boatload yesterday: the sun shining off the…