Professional Photographers of Oregon Convention/Workshop

February 9th, 2010

I spoke to a group of photographers this morning at the Professional Photographers of Oregon convention. My talk was on, what else, lighting. I had a model come out with me and demoed a shoot from start to finish, using between 2 and 6 lights. Click the jump for more photos and lighting diagrams…

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Slideshow/PPO

February 7th, 2010

I am speaking at the Professional Photographers of Oregon Convention on Monday. I will be showing work, talking about light and doing a demo starting at 10am. The convention takes place over 3 days and is jamed packed with sweet speakers and a trade show too. Should be fun. Hope to see you there. I made this slideshow today and will show it on Monday. It’s a bunch of my work all crammed into 4 minutes. A little bit of everything in there. Let me know what you think. NOTE: If you are viewing this post on a mobile device and cannot see the video, go here to view a mobile version.

Magazine Assignment Breakdown

February 5th, 2010

I was hired a couple of weeks ago by a Magazine in Abu Dhabi, UAE to shoot an Iraqi University of Oregon student for a story about students leaving the Middle East to go to school in the US. For the story I needed 2 or 3 different locations as it would be used as a possible cover and inside spread. I had about 30 minutes with the subject, Awab to make a few different photos. My direction from the editor was “try to make it not look like Dubai.” Ha! That shouldn’t be too hard in Oregon! Click the jump for more photos, thought process and lighting diagrams…

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Scholastic News Cover

February 4th, 2010

Here is a copy of the Scholastic News cover for January that I shot a few weeks ago. More info on how I shot it after the jump…

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iPhone site

February 3rd, 2010

I have had my website optimized for an iPhone for a while now. But tonight I updated it and added new photos and changed the colors, etc. You can now email, get directions and look at galleries from the iphone or any smart phone. Go ahead and visit craigmitchelldyer.com on your iPhone and check it out. This blog is also optimized for the iPhone. Enjoy!