Here at Polara we’ve said before that learning from your fellow photographers is simply the best way to learn photography, but there is one exception to that rule and that is “to learn to do it yourself”. When you can combine the two you are guaranteed a winning outcome. We had felt for sometime that [...]
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In Remembrance of Steve Jobs
October 6, 2011 – 4:53 pm
When my daughter, who now is 23, was in middle school, it was time for the annual science fair. We were old hands by this time at science fairs having been through it a couple of times with her older brother. We had all the science project suggestion books (this was pre-Internet, if such 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 [...]
Cherry Blossom Wind Storm
May 3, 2011 – 12:50 pm
Every year around this time the cherry trees drop their petals in our parking lot. Yesterday the wind picked up and the ensuing cherry blossom wind storm was too pretty not to film.
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 [...]
The Faces of Santa
January 13, 2011 – 1:13 pm
Hi Everyone, Those of you who saw our Christmas card know that we got a really good Santa for the project. His name is Santa Rob and it turns out he is the president of the local chapter of the Fraternal Order of Real Bearded Santas also known as “Santa’s Pack“. After talking to him [...]
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 [...]
The Bounty, of Oregon that is
August 12, 2010 – 9:45 am
One of the nicest things about working in a collaborative environment like Polara Studio is how we often “feed” off each others creativity for ideas, images and inspiration. Jeremy, one of our photographers, spent a weekend hunting for something that Oregon is rightfully famous for, mushrooms. He didn’t have much luck as these wonderfully tasty [...]
Miss Rodeo Washington 2010
June 15, 2010 – 3:19 pm
Hi Everybody, I did a shoot with Miss Rodeo Washington 2010 Katie Garfield. The shoot went really well and I just thought I would post this video for your enjoyment. Here are a few of my favorites from the shoot: