Tag Archives: Bio Photo

Pretty Lady

This is Serilda Summers McGee.  She is the Portland Business Alliance’s Program Director for Leadership Portland and Partners in Diversity. She came to me for her professional Bio/PR.  I just got a new light modifier, a Beauty Dish, that I used for this shot. Serilda has such a bubbly personality and is innately goofy.  She is quick...

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Self Portrait (Sort of…)

My golden opportunity arrived!  I was being interviewed for The Strand’s, our building complex, quarterly newsletter.  The following is my “self portrait” to show off some of my work and the products I offer, such as the line of “whimsical” frames and designer “Coach-like” quality photo handbags. For you techies, here is the set up to create...

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Techie Talk – Portland Taiko

If you have a small space and only two speedlights, how do you photograph a group of 15? Shout out “DOG PILE!”  Hmmm, maybe that only works with kids – some adults might not be comfortable with this tatic. I had a “duh.” moment after attending Sandy Puc’s recent workshop stop here in Portland, create...

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Techie Talk – On Location Bio Photo

In a previous post, I talked about playing with a directional light set ups using my camera flash units, Nikon SB-800′s.  The image above is using the Lastolite 15″ softbox + SB-800 on the subject and another SB-800 bouncing off an umbrella to light the Wells Fargo stage coach in the background.  ISO set at...

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Lovely Ladies

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