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Rotary Club of Cleveland
This was the first commission I received in Cleveland—a portrait of Mark Wipper (center), president of the Rotary Club of Cleveland, along with Jerry Jarzabek (past president) and Karen Melton (president elect)—shot for a local business magazine in the Nautica Complex on the Flats. Like most of my new town, the venue was new to [...]
More spring birds, and other friends
I brought my camera for another walk around Lower Shaker Lake yesterday morning. Bird-wise, the most exciting thing I saw was a probable golden-winged warbler (I didn’t see it well enough to identify it, but that’s what someone else said it was). Apparently they’re not unheard of, but quite rare around here. Sadly, it was [...]
Health research
Perrie had to stay late to conduct an experiment one evening a couple weeks ago. As it happened, I was in the neighborhood (with my camera, of course) so I stopped by to see her new office and lab. She was taking hourly samples from bits of tissue exposed to some treatment or other, freezing [...]
More birds
I have several new magazine shoots to tell about here, but I’m waiting for them to be published. Until then, here are some more birds, photographed yesterday morning around Lower Shaker Lake, a short walk from our house. It was the perfect opportunity, where good weather meets my availability, combined with lack of leaves on [...]
Cats
How cliche is it to post pictures of your cats on the internet? Plenty. But I’m going to subject you to it anyway. For those who haven’t met them already, these are George and Gracie. We got them from the Geauga Humane Society Rescue Village. They are a brother-sister pair of tuxedo cats who had [...]
Spring has sprung …
Although there was snow in the air again this morning, last Friday it felt like spring had finally arrived. It was sunny, and relatively warm around 10°C (50°F), so I decided to bust out of the office and enjoy the afternoon. Cleveland Lakefront Nature Preserve (aka Dike 14) is not too far from my home, [...]
Guest book
Without doubt, the best thing about a funeral is that it brings family together from far and wide. When I was in Toronto a couple weeks ago for my grandfather’s funeral, I stayed at my Aunt’s house along with my brother and his family. Before they left, my nephews signed her guest book.
Investigating elder abuse
One of the last assignments I had before leaving Portland was to photograph Ashley Carroll, who is the Abuse in Later Life Project Coordinator for the Children, Youth & Families Division of Clackamas County’s Health, Housing & Human Services Department (why do local government officials always have such long job titles?). After contacting Ashley, I [...]
Oregon WWII Memorial
Apparently Oregon is one of just six states without a World War II memorial—but that will soon change. A team of veterans and other volunteers has been working to build a memorial on the state capitol mall in Salem, and it’s nearly ready. At the beginning of February I had the opportunity—and honor—to photograph some [...]
Michelle McAfee CD
Here’s a shoot I’ve been waiting to blog about for months. Way back in September, Oregon musician Michelle McAfee contacted me to do some photos to use in her press pack in support of her upcoming CD. After some back-and-forth about the type of photos she wanted and where we could do them, waiting for [...]
Sarahjoy Marsh and Jay Gregory
Playing catchup, a bit here. These photos came from an assignment for a Valentine’s Day story to photograph Sarahjoy Marsh and Jay Gregory. He is a psychologist specializing in couples’ therapy, she is a certified yoga instructor, and together the couple conduct workshops called “Learning to Love: Mindfulness, the Heart of the Nervous System.” The [...]
Sidney, Nebraska
Probably the coolest thing about moving from Portland to Cleveland was the opportunity to drive across the continent. I’ll write another post with details about the trip, but suffice to say that mostly due to the major weather system chasing us across the midwest, we didn’t have much time to linger or stray from our [...]