Mechanic Andy

Andy, originally uploaded by pdxnevets.

Today I had a shoot at an automotive repair shop over in North Portland. This is an image that I got of Andy, a mechanic at the shop.

Timbers Army

Cool photo that I did not take.

Books Are Cool

About two weeks ago I was hired by Portland writer Shawn Levy to take some head shots of him for his new book Paul Newman: A Life. Yesterday Shawn sent me a PDF of the book jacket and it looks quite sharp. Above is a photo I took of Mr. Levy, although this is not the image he is using in the book, it was taken that same day. To be the first to view the head shot I took, you can pre-order his book on Amazon.com

• A non-proofed review of Paul Newman: A Life
• Mad About Movies (Shawn Levy’s Blog)
• Shawn Levy Dot Com

These Jazz Cats Can Play

Today I did some test shots of the MHCC Jazz Band in action. If you ever get a chance to check this group out, do it, they sound great! Make sure to click on the Web Gallery to see the images I got today. I converted the photos to black and white because that is how they are going to be printed in the concert program.

• Web Gallery Of The MHCC Jazz Players

50 Up-And-Coming Photographers

The Hoffman Gallery at Lewis & Clark College is showcasing the work of 50 up-and-coming young photographers in an exhibit dubded, reGeneration: 50 Photographers of Tomorrow. This international traveling exhibition runs until March 15 and is free to view Tuesdays through Sundays, 11am to 4pm. For more information, call 503-768-7687.

Lightroom 2 Shortcuts

The very latest entry on the Creative Pro Blog has a link to John Nack’s On Adobe blog. On his site, John Nack (Adobe senior solutions engineer, education) has created a FREE 10-page PDF of all the Lightroom 2 shortcuts.

Make sure to checkout both the Creative Pro site and John Nack’s on Adobe blog, as well as making use of this free download.

• Download the free PDF here.

Friends Of Trees

Friends Of Trees, originally uploaded by pdxnevets.

I thought this was a great editorial shot I got yesterday.

The Friends of Trees planted over 200 trees in the Boise, Eliot, Humboldt, King, Piedmont, and Sabin Neighborhood’s yesterday. The morning started off at 9am with snow flurry’s while drinking coffee and eating bagels at the Friends of Trees HQ on MLK.

I was in Group O and we planted 12 trees.

Around 1pm when all the groups were finished planting everyone was treated to pizza, sandwiches, soup and a fresh keg of local micro brew from the Widmer Brewery.

Tree Planting

Here is a shot I got today at the Friends Of Trees event. Good times were had by all.  I will post more about this later, but thought I would share this image with you all.

• Web Gallery

Working, The Light

Shawn Levy, originally uploaded by pdxnevets.

This past week I assisted as a light tech on two jobs and had a shoot of my own. Here is a shot I got of Portland writer Shawn Levy.

Lately I have been admiring the photography work of Pete Springer. The thing that attracts me to his images is the way he uses light, specifically the spot where the main light source originates from and hits the subject. This is normally from behind and creates a nice rim of light around the head sometimes blowing out one side of the subject. This was my goal on this shot of Mr. Levy.

Locals Only

I just got back into town after doing some assistant work on the set with Portland photographer Michael Halle. Michael is currently doing a photo documentation of locals out in Tygh Valley, Oregon. This was a shot I got of Michael hard at work with a lifelong farmer in the city of Wamic, OR.

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