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 | Apr 12, 2022 | Creative & Fine Art, Personal Projects
I found a call for entry for a photography show with the theme of “Like a Mother.” I said to myself, Ooh, that’s such a rich topic, ripe for so many possibilities! I didn’t have any existing work that felt like it worked, so I put out a model call in a local Facebook...
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 | 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 | 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 | Nov 18, 2015 | Headshots
Amber is a great massage therapist in SW Portland. Our Portland headshot session was at the Hoyt Arboretum on a beautiful autumn day. I loved all the fall colors as a backdrop! After we got our standard poses, Amber agreed to my silly ideas about laying down in the...
