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Monthly Archives: November 2006
Night Portrait
Shannon’s from San Francisco. I took her portrait after her boyfriend Ian played a gig at a restaurant, and we were waiting around afterward on the sidewalk. What a beautiful face. Love those freckles. All girls with freckles should be proud! And you should contact me, so I can take your portrait.
The Golden Gate Bridge, Engagement Portraits, and a Nudist Beach
I received an email from a customer this week, whose wedding I will be photographing next summer at Youngberg Hill Vineyard, in Yamhill County, Oregon. She and her fiance just moved to the Bay Area, and she was asking in her email if I had any suggestions regarding who might be a good photographer to do their engagement portraits in San Francisco. I emailed her back and said, in short, I’m in San Francisco right now; let’s do them while I’m here. And so we did.
At a friend’s suggestion, we went to Baker Beach in the late afternoon, and the view was stunning.
We had heard that some part of Baker Beach is often used as a male nudist beach. We were walking in the direction we thought was the opposite of this area, to take portraits. It wasn’t until we were climbing up on the rocks past a gentleman (who appeared to be working on some sort of rock/driftwood scultpure) that we noticed he was wearing only his shirt. Nothing else.
I couldn’t resist; I took this engagement portrait discreetly, with some of the unclad company in the background. And no, it won’t be included in their final set of images:
Want to see Kristina and James’s slideshow? Here you go.
Editorial and Advertising Photography
The editorial/advertising/photojournalism/documentary section of my photography website has needed an update for some time. I just completed it, keeping it simple, but including a lot of images not before seen on my site. You can visit the editorial photography page of FritzPhoto, and be sure to click on the link there to view the portfolio.
Photography at Oregon
“Fairy Smile” 2004From the series Through the Shadow
I had the privilege of being invited to participate in an exhibit and auction this month at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, in Eugene, Oregon. I’m honored to be in the show with such esteemed photographers at Ruth Bernhard, Steve Anchell, Stu Levy, Michael Kenna, and many others.
You can read the press release here.
I have 2 pieces in the show, selected from two different series. (I’ll list them here, because, unfortunately, the reproductions on their website catalog are hideous. They also forgot to list me in the list of exhibitors, although you’ll find me in the alphabetical listings….)
“Sonja” 2002
From the series Welcome to Wonderland
Sophie Loves Leaves
How’s this for a Fall Faerie? Sophie is the daughter of long-time (perhaps I should say, old?) friends Ben and Jessica. We photographed them in Laurelhurst Park with the lovely fall colors. I lay on the ground, on her blankie, photographing her eating leaves. It was great.
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