by Julie | Jul 17, 2023 | Families
by Julie | Sep 24, 2022 | Creative & Fine Art, Seniors
Cobalt Studio is a fantastic photo studio here in Portland. It’s huge, it includes a ton of wardrobe and jewelry, and there are lots of backgrounds including a giant white cyc wall. (They also have a bathtub!) For the last couple years, they hosted special...
by Julie | May 28, 2021 | Creative & Fine Art
I had a vision early in 2021 about a woman in a curtain of flowers. Now, sometimes I let my visions just kind of stay there in my head, but I’ve been trying to make them happen in real life more often. So I reached out to my brilliant florist friend Alana of...
by Julie | Mar 22, 2021 | Creative & Fine Art, Seniors
OBSESSED!! Grace is a musician and models too. I wanted to practice some dramatic rim lighting with the guitar. They came out perfectly–I am always thrilled when the image in my head actually appears in my camera!
by Julie | Feb 1, 2021 | Seniors
This session, we focused on movement. The dramatic shapes of Keller Fountain was a perfect backdrop for us. It’s right in downtown Portland and I had never photographed there. The water has been off for awhile but I was glad, so that we could move around easily...
by Julie | Jul 28, 2019 | Creative & Fine Art
I. Love. This. Photo. It might be one that I’m the most proud of. Yes, because it’s beautiful, and because it’s a big pile of books. (I love books.) But the thing about this photo is that I really had to fight to create it. I had the idea for it...
by Julie | Apr 20, 2019 | Headshots
by Julie | Apr 19, 2019 | Headshots
by Julie | Jun 19, 2018 | Headshots
Like many of my portraits, this one began with a sudden vision. What if I re-imagined Queen Elizabeth’s coronation portrait as a farmer? Here’s the image I mean: Can you see it?? 🙂 I asked around and was connected with Tayne at a small independent farm...
by Julie | May 25, 2018 | Headshots
50 Beautiful Mothers was a yearly campaign by Beauty Revived to showcase women who were doing amazing things in their communities. Fifty photographers were chosen from around the country, who were then responsible for finding and photographing the mothers. Each wrote...
by Julie | May 21, 2018 | Headshots
50 Beautiful Mothers was a yearly campaign by Beauty Revived to showcase women who were doing amazing things in their communities. Fifty photographers were chosen from around the country, who were then responsible for finding and photographing the mothers. Each wrote...
by Julie | Feb 1, 2018 | Seniors
by Julie | Jan 21, 2018 | Headshots
by Julie | Nov 30, 2017 | Headshots
I love this twist on classic corporate headshot photography. This small group within a larger company was competing in a company-wide tournament. They needed team headshots of all members–traditional ones and non-traditional ones. Greenscreen to the rescue! Their...
by Julie | Feb 21, 2017 | Creative & Fine Art, Seniors
When I worked with Abbi, she wanted to do some creative photos, not standard boring headshots. I ended up coming up with a whole list of at least ten things involving writing and books, of which maybe two or three made it into the session. Thankfully, she was willing...
by Julie | Oct 26, 2016 | Business
Abbi is a writer and funny gal who fairly shines with personality. We set out to capture some images of her “working” and showing herself off. Our Portland Personal Branding Photography session was at Mt Tabor park, which is of course not where a writer...
by Julie | Jul 20, 2015 | Headshots
One warm summer afternoon, my mom agreed to model for me. She is a yoga instructor and is in fantastic shape. I wanted to do some yoga photography, but with some dramatic lighting and outdoors. We were on one of the side trails of Mt Tabor and I had my lightstand and...
by Julie | Sep 16, 2013 | Couples
This courthouse wedding was a brief event, but it was really lovely. I met up with the couple before their appointment with the judge. The Multnomah County Courthouse is in a lovely area of downtown Portland, with a stretch of parks right across the street. We...
