Establishing a personal brand is crucial for any small business owner, especially in a city like Portland where there are so many creative businesses. For estheticians like Kate, owner of Smarter Skin by Kate, creating a compelling brand identity was…
I have a confession to make: I'm a lazy photographer. That's right, at the end of 2022, I got the chance to be a part of the Support Group for Lazy Photographers, which is an online photography course created and run by the super-talented Italian…
I recently created some new portraits with a Portland, OR model named Serenity. For these images, I wanted to create melancholic, pensive, independent, and romantic images that might look suitable for an imaginary perfume ad. We incorporated the…
I would never call myself a landscape photographer (you have to wake up way too early for that), but I do love bringing a camera whenever I go on a hike in the woods. In particular, I enjoy bringing film cameras while hiking because they aren't worth…
This August, I was invited back to Summit Learning Charter to create another round of headshots for their entire staff. They’ve expanded since I was last there, so this photo shoot was even bigger than the last time. I also had to match the existing…
Dave Cesana is a life coach from Portland, OR, and he recently contacted me because he needed both a custom website and personal-branding photography for his business. In the past, I would have been able to just take care of the photography part, but…
Just about everything has gone digital, but thankfully, greeting cards are still going strong. I mean, could you be any more rude than send someone you love an E-card? Nope. You might as well spit in their face. Anyways, In the last couple years, I…
For as much time as I spent inside my home in 2020, I tried to balance that out by spending some serious time on the road in 2021. Last year, I took two major road trips, traveling through 14 states and racking up over six thousand miles behind the…
This summer I’ve been working on my portfolio a lot, trying to push my work in a new direction. I’ve been coming up with shoot themes that are specifically designed to get me out of my comfort-zone. It’s just too easy to just go with what you know…
I recently created product photography for the Fall 2021 candle collection by Alchemy Candles. This was my third round of product photography for them, and again, I matched the look from previous shoots as closely as possible. 3 out of 8 photos are…