Twenty Eleven – A Year of Work
I’m a little late for an end of year review, but here it is none the less. Speaking purely from a financial point of view, 2011 was a lot like 2010 in that it was way better than 2009, but not quite as good as 2008. However, the photographs I created in 2011 are some of [...]
Winner! PDN’s Objects of Desire Photo Contest
I am beyond excited to share with you the good news about my first major photo contest win. For the 1st Annual PDN’s Objects of Desire photo contest, I won in the Food & Still Life category for this sizzling shot of bacon. The shot, art directed by Michael Novak, was originally taken for Portland Monthly [...]
A Recipe for Oven Baked Trout in Parchment
Trout is a pretty tasty fish, but cooking it right can make it a phenomenal meal. Try out this quick and easy recipe from my buddy Kevin Ward. Serves 2, but you can easily double it for a dinner party. Ingredients: 2 Whole Trout, cleaned, boned, and butterflied (you can ask your fishmonger to do [...]
Portland Monthly July 2011 – Season’s Eatings
Man, do I love shooting food. I love it almost as much as eating it. And I feel really lucky because there’s no shortage of truly great food in Portland. In fact, the most difficult thing about food here is deciding what to eat. That’s why this story by Allison Jones was so great to [...]
A Recipe for The Best Sandwich Ever
Grilled Hanger Steak & Applewood Smoked Shoulder Bacon Sandwich With Frisee & Red Onion Jam Serves 4. Always seek out the best ingredients possible.
A Recipe for Watermelon Radish Winter Citrus Salad
Another Kevin Ward recipe for a delicious and crisp salad with seasonal ingredients. 2 Watermelon Radishes, sliced paper thin on a mandolin 1 Cara Cara Orange, segmented, juice saved 1 Grapefruit, segmented, juice saved 1 Blood Orange, segmented, juice saved 1 small bulb Fennel, peeled in 2” ribbons Sunflower sprouts 1 Meyer Lemon, juice 3 [...]
A Recipe for Pickled Beets
I’ve been thinking a lot about my blog lately and it’s purpose. Is it a window into my career? Is a place for me to talk about the business of photography to help my fellow colleagues? Should I post personal work? Does it have to be just that? Can it be more? Should it be [...]
Best Sandwich Ever (and a website reboot)
It’s that time of year again. Time to refresh the portfolios, website, marketing materials, etc. Keeps it interesting and keeps me busy during this slow time of year. I don’t consider myself to be niche photographer. Rather, I have a style of photography that works well across several genres and I focus on my favorite [...]
Willamette Week’s 2010 Restaurant Guide Cover
This is, hands down, my favorite shot I’ve taken this year. Brilliantly art directed by Willamette Week’s Carolyn Richardson, when she pitched the concept to me, I knew it was going to be a good shot. But she really went above and beyond in getting this organized so we could shoot something something truly awesome. [...]
Mmmm… doughnut
Funny story about this doughnut: I was on assignment for American Airlines in flight magazine, American Way, and part of the assignment was to shoot Voodoo Doughnuts. I was trying to shoot an interior of the downtown location, but it happened to be during Spring Break. The place was totally mobbed and had to wait [...]
PhotoForce Exhibition to Support Oregon Food Bank – January 21, 2010
It’s my pleasure to announce to you a new photographic collaborative that I’ve helped form entitled PhotoForce. Our mission is to be a creative force for hire as well as a creative force for doing good with our photography. The current roster of photographers includes Daniel Root, Brian Lee, Steven Scardina, Stuart Mullenberg, and myself; [...]
Gourmet Magazine. October 2009. Page 91.
Au Revoir Gourmet Magazine. I happen to have a little shot in the latest and final issue Gourmet. Since I probably won’t be able to get a digital tearsheet, here’s the shot that ran as part of a story on Restaurants Worth The Money. For Portland, Pok Pok was featured and they highlighted this delicious [...]
Bergren Rameson’s Paper Project
I first met the incredibly gifted stylist Bergren Rameson last year on a shoot for Home magazine. I was amazed by how easy she made propping look with such fantastic results. We were shooting a house for a holiday issue and Bergren put together and fully decorated a 12-ft Christmas Tree in about and hour [...]
