Nick and Maria came to Portland from Chicago for their New Year’s Eve wedding at the Arista Ballroom. After a beautiful ceremony and dinner, the DJ started spinning some tunes, and didn’t stop until well into 2010. Which is great, because Nick and Maria and their family and friends like to dance!
The Arista is a...
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...
December 22, 2009 - 1:11 am - Wow-how moving are these words! What a life and what a woman-I am honored to have spent a short time on Earth with Katie.
December 21, 2009 - 10:04 pm - JB, her laugh is something I don't think I mentioned in my post, but it certainly was there in my memory of her. An easy smile, an easy laugh, both of which made you feel welcome. I'm pleased the photographs help you remember laughter; that is, perhaps, one of the finest compliments I've ever received. Thank you.
December 21, 2009 - 9:57 pm - Hello Fritz: I grew up with Katie and one of my fondest memories of her was her laugh. She had such a heart-felt laught that made you feel good when you said something funny enough to get it out of her. It is what I will miss most about her and you captured it on camera. I can hear it much clearer in my mind now. Thank you.
December 21, 2009 - 9:31 pm - Hi Fritz. This is a beautiful post. I didn't know Katie personally, but would have liked to. Katie and I had a lot of friends in common so I definitely feel like a hole has been left in my extended community. I love your sentiments as well and feel the same is true for me - the Lord has blessed me with amazing people and relationships and I will be thankful for however long or short the time I get with them is.
December 21, 2009 - 9:24 pm - Thank you, Shayna. Capturing the essence of someone in a photograph is a challenge that I have always enjoyed, and I'm encouraged to know that it means so much to other people when I do so.
December 21, 2009 - 8:48 pm - Thank you so much for your post and tribute. I have had one of the photos of Katie that you took on my fridge since she sent it to me at Christmas a few years ago. I thought your photos captured a Katie who was healing and whole. I love that photo. Thank you
December 21, 2009 - 3:29 pm - Hi Fritz Thanks for your very nice tribute to Katie. Thanks for being her friend. David Nolan (Katies Dad)
December 21, 2009 - 1:19 am - Thanks, Kristi. I'd sure love to see a her gap filled by many more people like her. I've been praying in a similar way. May we each be one of them.
December 20, 2009 - 10:19 pm - Thank you Fritz...this is so well put.
December 20, 2009 - 9:54 pm - Fritz, I watched the coverage on Katie's situation, and felt such a burden to pray. The more I find out about the kind of woman she was, the more I understand why. Without knowing any of these things about her, I felt compelled to pray that God would raise up others to fill the huge gap that will be left on this earth, due to her departure. Now I understand why. Thank you for putting this together to honor her and the person she was. Sincerely, Kristi Kernal
December 20, 2009 - 5:03 am - wow, Fritz - I didn't know her but feel the empty space she has left behind.....however, not so empty as I read your words about her. I picture her with the great cloud of witnesses that surround us challenging us to continue to run. Thanks for your words and pictures. -t
December 29, 2009 - 10:19 pm [...] of climber and friend Katie Nolan was painful for many in Portland and around the world. You can read my tribute to her on my blog. The Associated Press picked up some of my photos of her, and as a result, they were used all [...]
Nicole told me she was bored with the senior portrait photographers she found in Salem, her home town, where she goes to Blanchet. So when she and her mom started searching for more creative, artistic portrait photographers, they decided on me.
They drove up from Salem to Portland in the pouring rain, and we had an...
Continuing with my string of posts (read the two previous posts) related to Facebook and photography, let me tell you the story of Christine Drazan.
Christine and I were friends in college, nearly 20 years ago, at George Fox. The last time I saw her was at her wedding, in the mid-nineties. As happens in life,...
While in New York for another assignment, I was commenting on Facebook about the constant downpour of rain in the city. I’d noticed that all true New Yorkers have umbrellas–because they walk everywhere. Even their baby strollers have rain covers and windshields. Coming from Oregon, I figured I could handle a little rain. But then...
I met Hannah last year at my local Gyrotonic gym, Center Gyrotonic. She’s been working there part time, around her school schedule, so I’ve chatted with her now and then about art and dance. The owners trust her so much that she runs the place by herself on Saturdays. No wonder; she’s a sharp, intelligent...
If you ever have the opportunity to photograph portraits or a wedding on a university campus, I say: go for it. Manicured grounds, historic buildings, grand vistas. What more could you ask for?
Devon grew up at the edge of Portland’s Reed College, so when we discussed where she wanted to take her senior portraits, Reed...
This past week saw the publication of an article of mine in Rangefinder Magazine/Wedding and Portrait Professionals International. It needs no introduction, as it says it all:
A Wedding Photographer Must Be Everything
A brief defense of the modern wedding photographer’s multifarious talents.
Fritz Liedtke
www.fritzphoto.com
“Oh, he’s a wedding photographer.”
How many times have you heard words to that effect,...
October 28, 2009 - 8:14 am - Thanks Bert. Hopefully articles like this will educate folks a little bit about what is required of us as professional wedding photographers, and earn us a little street cred.
October 27, 2009 - 8:46 am - Heck yeah. Thanks for this article. It amazes me how little this genre of photography is appreciated. But we do it anyway!
October 15, 2009 - 3:10 pm - That's a good story, Randy. Thanks for sharing, and solidifying my point!
October 15, 2009 - 2:08 pm - Bravo!!!!..*S*..
October 15, 2009 - 11:21 am - I remember when I was first assisting and worked with a commercial advertising photographer who photographed $20k a day shoots for the major automobile manufacturers...here is a guy that dealt with unimaginable pressure on a shoot and when I told him I photographed weddings, he looked at me and shook his head..."there is a special place in Heaven for wedding photographers". He'd NEVER go near a wedding as they were simply too much pressure. GREAT article and about time we got the respect we've earned and deserve. Thanks for increasing awareness of the special niche of wedding photography in today's world.
Last year, 2 days before heading out for 3 months in Europe, I photographed a wedding in Astoria, Oregon. It was a lot of fun, and I was stunned by the panoramic views from the Astoria column. (You should view Leslie and David’s Astoria wedding photographs, including the shotgun scene.)
While photographing the wedding, I noticed...
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...
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