An Evening on the Bridge

Last week, my photo group had a shoot on the Union Street Walking Bridge. It was amazing.

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Yup... my shots are a little abstract, but that was my intention. Like them or not, this is what I meant to create.

Memorial Day Outtakes

Here are some fun little outtakes from our happy Memorial Day roadtrip. 

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If you're sitting at home feeling uninspired, I highly recommend filling your gas tank and getting your butt off the couch. You aren't going to inspiration on your couch. Get out and find it.

Military Appreciation Day

A few weeks ago, I got the opportunity to photograph the State of Oregon's Military Appreciate Day. It started early in the morning with a Blackhawk helicopter landing at the Capital Mall. I arrived early, 7:10AM, and asked which direction the helicopter was coming in at. I got into position and waited. I wanted a shot of the blackhawk flying low, directly over my head. Then as I could hear the helicopter coming in, I was told I had to move because I wasn't allowed to be in the flight path. I tried to say that was the shot I wanted, but was told I HAD to move to under the trees. 

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So I moved under the trees and got some cool shots, but not the shots I wanted. The rotor wash shook the trees so violently that I was actually hit in the head with a branch, hard. I looked over at the guy that told me to move and said, "Safer huh?" He just laughed.

After the Blackhawk was on the ground I shot some photos of the cannons.

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Then at noon I made my way back in anticipate of the F-15 fly over of the capital. I got to listen to the governor make a speech...

After the speech, I got in position for the F-15 flyover and caught a couple of great shots.

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Then at the end of the day as I was walking to the studio, I ran into my good friend Merlin, was freshly back from Afgahnastan, literally landed the night before. It was a great day over all. I hope you enjoyed the photos.