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.

I am excited to present the work of Thomas Boyd. Boyd is joining our studio as an associate shooter and is available for weddings that I am not able to shoot.

He has been a photojournalist for over 20 years, working for the Columbian, Register-Guard and is now currently a staff photographer at the Oregonian in Portland.

His work is outstanding and he has long been one of my favorite photographers in the entire country. I am happy am proud to have him work under our studio name.

See more of his work here.

Note: Click here to view slideshow on your mobile device.

On Saturday I held a lighting workshop about how to use light at weddings. I demonstrated how a lot of photographers use straight on camera flash and how much better the photo could look, just by using some off camera speedlights. The top photo is a cake along the wall, shot with on camera flash. Yuk! The bottom photo shows how much better it could look with one off camera speedlight and a reflector (or in this case, the white shirt of someone standing next to it.
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What’s better than a winter wedding at Timberline Lodge? Nothing, except taking some pre-game photos on the ski’s and a snowboard! It was a downright blizzard up on Mt. Hood yesterday, My car had 8 inches of snow on it at the end of the night, but that didn’t stop us from taking some photos outside. Before the ceremony, we did a couple runs and took some photos. I have a real tough job.

A time lapse from the photobooth at our open house. 1000 photos in 3 minutes. If you are in this slideshow and want a copy of the photo, go to this gallery. The password is “photobooth” and you will be able to download the photo. Use it on your facebook page or make a print or do whatever you want, just make sure to put a link to my website if you use it online. Thanks for coming to our open house!