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This is a portrait I shot today for the Boston College Alumi Magazine. These two are donors/alums who own a vineyard in Dundee.

Another Day, Another Biz Portrait.

If there is one good thing about the sun setting at 5pm, its that the light at 4:30 is awesome. I shot this team photo as a feature for the Clackamas Review. I pretty much just let them line up however the wanted in the goal, a couple of them wanted to climb on it…..so, so I said, ok whatever the trees make for a nice background.

Here are a couple of Portraits I shot today at the headquarters of Umpqua Bank.

Today I shot a large battery. It is in a data center downtown and will be used for the companies website. It’s funny some of the things I am hired to shoot sometimes. But this was fun and the client loved it, which is what is the most important thing.

This may not be all that interesting to non photographers out there, heck it may not be interesting to regular photographers, but I have added some major new functionality to my website. Thanks to PhotoShelter, I have integrated new galleries into my site and you can now purchase reprints using a credit card directly from www.craigmitchelldyer.com. The galleries also have a much cleaner look and feel and match my site much better than the old versions. The whole thing is seamless and even though the galleries are actually hosted on PhotoShelter, you can never even tell that you leave my site. It looks so slick! I love it! Look for more changes coming in the next few weeks. I will be adding new images to my portfolio pages and this blog will be moving to my main site as well, fully integrated with larger photos and easier navigation.

So my brother is on his way to Russia now, but it was a nice 2 weeks while he was home. I don’t think my brother and my pops and I have been in the same state/country at the same time in like 3 years, so we took full advantage and went for a nice long all day ride just the three of us. It was fun! Have fun in the motherland Kev! See ya in a year.

Cover from the wedding I shot last weekend. I think the groom was my twin. His name was Craig, he was a big guy like me and his sense of humor and personality was a lot like me as well. Made for a fun time…..at the end of the night, he would not let me leave until I took a shot with him…..so….tequila it was! Congrats Craig and Sharol!

I shot a photo a couple years ago of a pitcher holding a flaming baseball. Its hanging up in the studio and every senior who comes in comments on it. Once a year someone will want me to do something similar. This guy thought it was cool too and had his water polo ball with him, so I said, hey we can light that ball on fire too if you want….he was stoked. It was fun. Here’s the frame.

I couple weeks ago I wrote about a cool photo I shot. Well, I can’t tell you what it is or who I shot it for, but I am now allowed to have it in my portfolio, so here it is….Spent two days in the studio shooting this. It was very fun.

This is for the same story on Measure 48. This is the President of a college in Eugene. She is not publicly for or against the measure, but does say that it will effect the way small colleges like hers will be able to spend money…..

This is a portrait I shot today for a story about a ballot measure in Oregon this November. He co-authored it. Election time is fun, I tend to shoot a lot of ballot measure/campaign/election types of assignments.

I have not had a wedding to shoot in the last two weeks. Been a nice little break after shooting 10 or 11 a month the last 3 months! Here is the cover photos from the Rob and Holly’s wedding on 9/16 at Gray Gables right here in Milwaukie.

Last night was my birthday. The HOG (Harley Owners Group) was having a chapter dinner ride. Basically, 50 bikes all make a nice little ride out in the country and then end at a restaurant and eat. Its fun riding with lots of bikes….anyway, My brother, who has been in El Salvador for the last year, is being transferred to Russia now and was supposed to come home Saturday sometime and will be home for a couple weeks before being shipped to the Motherland….well, so i thought. Jenn and my Mom and Kevin all planned this cool little surprise on me. As the group was pulling up to a light, Kev pulls up right next to me on a bike! I was so surprised. Very cool. So he joined the ride and it was a sweet. Then we went on another long ride this morning before watching the Ducks destroy Arizona State. It’s nice to have my baby bro back in town for a while. Welcome home Kev.

I shot some really cool photos the other day…but it sucks because I cannot show you the photos on my blog or tell you who I shot them for. It really sucks. But just know this…I shot some really cool photos for a really cool place last week.

Been real busy the last couple weeks shooting in the studio. Lots and lots of kids….This is My Brother’s friend Pat’s wife and kids. The kids are 14 months and 3 months old. The kids are cute, the parents are crazy! I like this shot because it shows the chaos that they go through everyday with having 2 kids under 2! Yikes!

My two cute little neices and my daughter.

Wow. yesterday Jordyn turned two years old. Its really amazing to think that just two years ago, she was not even around, and now I cannot imagine life without her. What the heck did we used to do? I have no idea, but I do know that even when you have a long day, or a bad day or your grumpy, or something is bugging you….to her, your the best thing out there….those big eyes and a “Daddy” and nothing else even matters. Everyone always says “enjoy them while their young, they grow so fast” I never really took that seriously, until now, I look and BOOM, she’s two. Where the heck did time go? I’ll post a photo of her later…she’s been helping me with a product shoot today so I have not shot a 2 year old photo of her yet…oops.

So I got a call a couple weeks ago from somebody asking if I could shoot portraits of them at Skamania Lodge….no problem….well, come to find out, they got married at the courthouse and just wanted a few nice portraits of themselves to send to friends and family…so, we spent an hour walking around the lodge…here is one of my favs…but what made it even more fun, was that the “groomsmen” came along too: