I am really excited to announce my next big lighting workshop! I have been wanting to do a workshop in the snow for a while now and a few weeks ago when the PMPA approached me about holding a lighting workshop, I thought it would be the perfect fit. It will take place on Wednesday March 31, 2010 at the Silcox Hut at Timberline Lodge. If you are not familiar with the hut, it is above the lodge at the 7000 foot level of Mt. Hood and only accessible via snowcat or skis. A great place to hold a private seminar. (More info after the jump)

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It was a big debate a few years ago when the Blazers had the #1 pick in the NBA draft and the Sonics had #2. Would it be Greg Oden, or Kevin Durant. Back and forth it went. Well, the Blazers took Oden #1 and the Sonics, now the Oklahoma City Thunder, took Durant #2. Since then Oden missed his rookie season, was just ok his sophomore year and got hurt again this year. Durant meanwhile, leads the NBA in consecutive 25+ point games and is an all-star. Tonight I shot the Thunder as they beat the Blazers by double digits. Durant was his usual awesome self scoring 33 points as the Blazers missed 15 consecutive 3 point attempts in the second half. He was all over the place. They just could not stop him. So Blazer fans, who would you rather have? Is Durant Michael Jordan and Oden Sam Bowie? If you could do it all over again, would you want the home team to take the all-star? My take? I would still take Oden. He was/is the right fit for this team. They already have too many forwards…Outlaw, Webster, Batum, Aldridge, Rudy…I don’t think Durant would be nearly as successful on the Blazers. He is the go-to guy on his team. Could he and Brandon Roy co-esist? Would he get as many touches? Would Roy be as good if Durant was here? Who knows, but it’s fun to talk about. What do you think?

This morning I took some photos of new Portland Beavers manager Terry Kennedy. Click the jump for more info and a lighting diagram…

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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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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.