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...
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...
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. ...
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....
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,...
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...
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...