Dance photography presents many of the same challenges as dancing itself. With difficult lighting conditions and transitory moments, dance photography takes a unique combination of technical skill, quick reflexes, and dedication by both dancer and photographer to capture such dynamic movements in one frame. When Jim Lykins first contacted Polara to encourage us to submit [...]
Category Archives: Location Photography
Wrestling For a Good Cause
April 5, 2012 – 1:56 pm
Multnomah County receives 15,000 reports of child abuse annually. Children’s Relief Nursery provides parents and children a connection to a healthier lifestyle. Every year they do a great fundraiser called the “Iron Chef” competition. As Polara’s main food photographer, my crew and I tried to help by photographing many of the talented chefs who donated [...]
Video – The Business Challenge
February 24, 2012 – 11:53 am
Recently my friend Shawn Busse of Kinesis Inc. came to me with a video project for the front page of his new website. The goal was to clearly and succinctly explain the three main challenges of marketing for small businesses. We decided that we wouldn’t script it, and instead we would film it in a [...]
Portraits of Influence
October 4, 2011 – 1:48 pm
One of the wonders of photography is how time imbues images with power. These images are a series of Nobel Prize Laureates, former heads of state and famous political figures. Each of them traveled to Portland over the last couple of years as part of the World Affairs Council International Speaker Series. It is a step [...]
Live From Nowhere Near You Volume II
August 8, 2011 – 1:54 pm
A while back I shot some PR photos for my friend Kevin Moyer. Some years ago Kevin was waiting outside a show for friends, when a street musician caught his ear. Kevin remembers that “He was better than the band we had just seen and all of these ‘music fans’ were leaving the show with [...]
The Dan Plan
March 10, 2011 – 12:08 pm
Hi everyone, I’ve been working with my friend Dan Mclaughlin on a documentary project. Dan is an interesting guy. He worked for a long time as a photo assistant/photographer and then last year he decided to make a big change in his life. He quit working and took up golf full time with the goal [...]
Portland Built How to Cable Rail Video
September 2, 2010 – 1:16 pm
I’ve been working with our good friend Shawn Busse of Kinesis Design and Marketing on doing some video for his Portland Built website. Portland Built is kind of a side project of his that documents the building process for his new diggs, plus showcases some of the most innovative suppliers and techniques being used in [...]
Kelsey Dunn Test Photoshoot
June 10, 2010 – 11:22 am
For a recent test shoot I was working on image compositing idea that came from a trip to the Louvre in 1993. The idea was from a painting by Paul Delaroche called “The Young Martyr”. Using images of the Columbia River Gorge as a background we were able to create a set in the studio [...]
Pearfect – Pears and Vino Gelato
March 11, 2010 – 6:12 pm
It hard to believe it’s been almost 3 months since I posted. Between the holidays and a great studio party of almost 400 people the first part of this year has flown by. But as promised here’s another recipe from the Ponzi Vineyards Cookbook and honestly one of my favorite photographs in the book. Hope [...]