Engagement Photos – Vancouver, Wa – Alyson and Jared
James and I had a great time visiting with Alyson and Jared a few weeks ago at their new home in Vancouver, WA while we took their engagement pictures. Alyson and Jared were both really good sports because we picked one of the hottest days this August to take their pictures (note the otter pops that show up in a couple pictures). They have a great piece of property that made for lots of wonderful pictures, I really liked the look of the wall of fishing lures against the red paint.
Full gallery linked here or just click on any picture below.
Fremont Fest 2010 – Portland Oregon Photography
I had a great time seeing all of the fun costumes and decorated bikes at the Fremont Fest this year, a really special surprise to me this year was all of the dressed up dogs, who marched happily along with the other parade participants.
Also – parents if you see a picture of your family and want a copy, send me an email and I’ll happily send it your way.
Events By Gather Portraits – Portland Business Photography
Since I’ve had so much fun photographing lots of the beautiful events put together by Monica and Katie at Events by Gather, I was really looking forward to the two-day portrait session with them for their site. We spent some time one morning on the Eastbank esplanade and the surrounding industrial area playing around with props for the photos and exploring the train tracks, and we did some more formal indoor shots at the second shoot. Some of my favorites are below.
Becca and TJ at Oregon Vineyards (Portland Engagement Photos)
A few weekends ago Becca, TJ, and I headed out to Oregon wine country to take some engagement photos and do a little tasting. It was a really beautiful, sunny day, and it also happened to be TJ’s birthday so we picked up cupcakes and they ended up in a few photos. We spent the morning taking photos before the vineyards opened, and then did tastings in between photo sessions. Around lunchtime a couple friends joined us and I ended up using them as lighting assistants in a few photos, which worked out nicely for me. At the end of the day we made it to one last vineyard and happened upon a tire swing, which also made it into a few of the photos below. I had a really great time spending the day with everyone, and the vineyards (even though there weren’t any leaves on the vines) were a great place for an engagement session (although having great models didn’t hurt either).
Some of my favorites below, whole gallery here.
Julia (Family & Baby Photography Portland Oregon)
I spent last Sunday afternoon doing a photo session with baby Julia and her parents, Katie and Jeremiah. Katie’s family actually grew up about a block away from my house in NE Portland, so it was really a special shoot for me to get to meet her new family. Julia is a wonderfully laid back baby girl, very curious and able to move around a lot on her own (with the help of a table or something else for support, but she’ll be walking in no time). The hot toy during the photo session was a book called “Olivia’s Opposites,” Julia hardly put it down the whole afternoon and wanted mom and dad to read to her from it (and did a little reading out loud herself too), which made for some really nice photos. I’d brought the entire portable studio set up with me, but we ended up not needing it because the family home had lots of great natural light.
A few photos from the family session below, full gallery here:
The Penny Jam Episode 30, Nick Jaina (Music Photography, Portland Oregon)
Had a fun time this afternoon with the Penny Jam guys at the filming of the music video for Nick Jaina at the PIE office space in downtown Portland. I got my big break counting off using the clapperboard (you know, the black and white board that people use to say “action” in films).
Took out the lensbaby while we were at it and passed one of my cameras around for other people to play with it, I’m still on the fence about whether that lens is one I’ll use on a regular basis or if it is more of a novelty.
Video should be up in a few weeks, but for now you can check out other videos on www.thepennyjam.com or check out the band’s myspace at www.myspace.com/nickjaina.
Pictures below, each links to the full gallery.
