Portland Oregon Wedding and Portrait Photographer
Here are some photos I took from my latest trip to Puerto Rico. I was able to visit San Juan and Vieques. Vieques is one of the most beautiful places ever. The phosphorescent bay is unbelievable. Also, I was able to hike El Yunque Rain Forest and the caves.
Mike and Jessica had a crazy fun wedding at the Riverside Golf Club - even the rain didn’t stop this wonderful couple from having a great time with their friends. The ceremony was at the Oaks Pioneer Church at Sellwood, a historic church. Then the party moved to the gorgeous Riverside Golf and Country Club. Mike is a regular at rodeo’s so Jessica surprised him with some cool cowboy boots.
You have to check out the bouquet toss sequence below!
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I am updating my blog so I can post larger photos and provide a more user friendly interface. You can subscribe to my RSS feed as well - it is at the bottom of the page (look for orange logo). There will be some more changes coming up but meantime, enjoy the larger photos!
This is the view from my window! How cool!!! Not the greatest shot by a long stretch but it was great to watch!I think (correct me if I am wrong) that is Saturn on the left around 7 o’clock and Regulus at almost 12 o’clock.
Katu has two articles that are worth reading. The first One quotes one of our favorite coordinators, Molly from Soiree:
How to stay on guard to prevent wedding woes
This part is SO TRUE!
“The digital age has come out and all of sudden everyone who can shoot a digital camera says, ‘Oh I’m going to be a photographer,” she said.
Remember: You get what you pay for.”
The other article in there deals with some bride’s issues with a vendor:
My friend Eric opened a new studio space for professional photographers. It has some state of the art equipment for rent like 39 Megapixel Phase One p45 back, huge Broncolor Para 220 etc. They even have a make up artist on board (Kristen Arnett).
Here are the vitals:
Profile Studio owner Eric Cable
2505 SE 11th Ave. Suite 326 (Ford Building)
Portland, OR 97202
503 236 6272
www.profile-studio.com
I am going to be photographing this fashion show. It looks interesting!
Date: March 16th, Sunday
Time: 4 - 6 p.m.
Place: Wonder Ballroom, 128 NE Russell, Portland, 97212
Price: Free
Additional Notes: Standing room and reserved seats. Up to 4 seats per reservation. Email fashionshow2008 at gmail.com or call (949) 231-7464.
The clothes are unisex, with mainly ties and skirts for men and women.
keywords: fashion modeling photographer runway model photography
I decided that I will write some non-photography related stuff here as well. I hope that helps my clients get to know me better as a person as well.
Coming from a Mediterranean country, I am a food lover. Recently, I have been reading a lot about where food comes from, and I was surprised how bad the food we eat is. I think the awakening moment for me was growing food at my garden in planter boxes, and even though people have been doing this for thousands of years, being a city boy it was fascinating. I had basil, tomatoes, beets, carrots, cucumber, eggplants, peppers, beans, peas etc. (I think I had 20 different types of produce from three small boxes).
I had a chance to listen to Mr. Pollan at Bagdad Theater last week. It was pretty interesting stuff. I have been a big fan of eating healthier lately and dropped 28lbs even without exercising and found it to be not super hard once I cut down my white processed foods and things with corn syrup in them. I do not eat white sugar, I cut out white rice and most breads, and cut my cheese intake. I eat much more locally produced vegetables as well. I thought I could never do this, but it was surprisingly easy once I decided on it. I do not drink regular soda anymore, and use stevia instead of sugar. I also cut down my portion sizes - the first week was hard but now I do not crave much anymore and I have some healthy snacks like apples around (apple slicers are awesome!) I also took a knife skills class from a local chef (Chef Al). It was awesome and I cook more at home now.
Anyways, these are some really cool, but common sense tips:
Michael Pollan’s Tips
Another thing that was a new discovery for me, but should not really come as a surprise, was how big chicken producers like Tyson inject the chicken with salt water and the sea weed carrageenan (wow, I spelled that right the first time!). Since these are all natural ingredients, the chicken itself is labeled 100% natural. I want to see the chickens that have sea weed grow naturally in them but anyways. The bottom line is 8 times higher sodium content (bad bad for your heart) and that you pay up to 15% extra for salt water.
http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2007/07/28/business/072907bizchickenlabels.txt
Crazy.
