Photography Blog

October 30, 2019

Throughout 2019, I’ve been creating photos for East West College of the Healing Arts, located in Portland, Oregon. They’re a massage therapy school that have been around for almost 50 years. They have an intensive 800 hour program that prepares…

October 28, 2019

Here’s the story…of Summit Learning Charter…needing headshots of all their lovely staff. In all seriousness, I recently created headshots of 40 staff members at Summit Learning Charter, which is an online K-12 school within the Estacada, Oregon…

October 22, 2019

I recently did a conceptual photo shoot with my friend Madeline that was inspired by mid-century pop art and materialism. Using vivid colors, isolated subject matter, and a good dose of sarcasm, we created some really fun images that are both shallow…

October 14, 2019

This summer I created some artist portraits and product photography for my partner, Quinn. She’s an artist who has been making hand-made earrings for a while now, but recently wanted to put her jewelry creations on her website. She also wanted an…

October 3, 2019

On September 20th, 2019, over 4 million people in 150 countries filled the streets to protest global inaction on climate change. Students all over the world have been striking on Fridays over the last year in a movement known as Fridays for Future…

August 15, 2019

Retouching can make or break a professional headshot. It can make you look like your best self after a good night’s sleep. It can also make you look so “perfect” that it looks unnatural and just off. Have you ever seen a headshot of a co-worker that…

July 30, 2019

What if it were winter and spring at the same time? What would it look like if barren tree branches and bleak January skies were paired with the rejuvenating colors of April flowers and sunshine? That’s what I tried to create with a double exposure…

June 18, 2019

I recently created some promotional photos for the launch of a brand new Lensbaby product called the Omni Creative Filter System. This product works with your existing lenses and creates a huge variety of effects that range from subtle haziness to…

June 5, 2019

There’s that umbrella again. This is from my other portrait session during the 2019 PDX Squared Photography Contest with a model named Annika. We collaborated on some portraits a number of months ago, so it was really cool to work together again. It…

May 31, 2019

I recently participated in a photography contest called PDX Squared in Portland, Oregon. 100 photographers were assigned to a random location in town and had 24 hours to shoot, edit, and submit their entries. There were a number of categories in the…