business portraits

July 29th, 2010

corporate business portraits

Swimwear not your thing? I also shoot corporate headshots, business portraits, and regular ol’ portraits. Hair/makeup can also be arranged for these shoots.

 

Contact me directly for rates.

 

Photos above were shot for a Vancouver, Washington attorney, hair/makeup Jessica Belknap

Pete Springer Photography, Portland, Oregon


oregon coast

July 29th, 2010

two photos of model in bikini on beach

Couple of beach swimwear photos shot this week. Strange thing was it was sunny, clear, and hot in Portland but about 30 F degrees colder and foggy at the coast. See how the sunset photo has that bank of dark clouds on the horizon? As if it’s not enough of a challenge to shoot swimwear on the Oregon coast! Even in the heart of summer on a nice day there can be weather issues!

 

Model Areana, photography assistant Thomas Lindsay

 

Pete Springer Photography, Portland, Oregon


oregon swimwear photographer

July 29th, 2010

model in white bikini bottom on stomach on beach
Feeling beachy lately? Book a swimwear shoot and get kick ass photos. Trust me– I shoot a lot better photos than your BF will with his cell phone!

 

Model Areana, photography assistant Thomas Lindsay

 

Pete Springer Photography, Portland, Oregon


swimwear oregon coast style

July 28th, 2010

model laying on beach holding bikini top

Practicing for the Joe McNally visit to Portland this Friday. Shot this photo with a Speedlite and shoot thru umbrella. Okay, okay, McNally probably would have used six or seven hotshoe strobes but you get what I’m saying!

 

Model Areana, photography assistant Thomas Lindsay

 

Pete Springer Photography, Portland, Oregon


purple bikini

July 27th, 2010

model wearing purple bikini on beach

Are you a model in need of awesome swimwear photos? Tired of shooting boring indoor (* yawn *) studio bikini shots that have nothing to do with summer or swimwear or the beach?

 

Check out my Oregon coast swimwear photo shoot opportunity!

 

Photo above was shot this month on the Oregon coast. Model Cara, hair/mua Jessica Belknap, photography assistant Thomas Lindsay

 

Pete Springer Photography, Portland, Oregon


legs

July 26th, 2010

model with long legs sitting

model posing on floor

Retouching marathon underway at Pete Springer Photography this week! I finally caught up with my retouching for June. Time to start tackling July projects!

 

Model Venus, hair/mua Carlie Jean Cantrell, photographer assistant Thomas Lindsay

 

Pete Springer Photographer, Portland, Oregon


back to work

July 26th, 2010

model in different dresses posing in front of window

Oh boy, lots of retouching work to catch up on! Expect to see lots of cool new photos here over this next week as I work through my pile of requests.

 

Model Venus, hair/mua Carlie Jean Cantrell, photographer assistant Thomas Lindsay

 

Pete Springer Photography, Portland, Oregon


brown eyes

July 25th, 2010

brown eyed black labrador retriever wet

My favorite “swimwear” model! He prefers to swim naked and likes to carry sticks in his mouth and he doesn’t need a MUA to bring out his brown eyes in photos (which are a little out of focus here — I was shooting with the compact G9 and still haven’t quite adapted to changing focus points on that camera).

 

Pete Springer Photography, Portland, Oregon


camping and fashion

July 25th, 2010

portland photographer

Self-portrait from a recent camping trip. Yeah, there’s flare (I’m shooting directly into the sun) that I unsuccessfully tried to block with the lid of a pan balanced on the camera lens (see the dark arch at the top of the photo?). It’s tricky to shoot self-portraits since you can’t see what you’re shooting when the shutter clicks!

 

Anyway, I probably am the only person in Oregon who brings Vogue Paris with me when camping. And the irony is that I was gritty dirty by this point– lots of dust at this campsite. So as I’m looking at photos of the most beautiful people in the world as they wear the cleanest, most beautiful clothing ever, there I am all covered in sweat and dust and grit from camping. Quite the juxtaposition!

 

Thanks for your patience as I was camping. More frequent blog updates coming!

 

Pete Springer Photographer, Portland, Oregon


model portfolio photographer portland

July 18th, 2010

two photos of model with translucent eyes
This girl has the most amazing, translucent eyes. They remind me of the eyes of that girl photographed in Pakistan by Steve McCurry published on the cover of National Geographic.

 

Model Rose, hair/mua Jessica Belknap, photography assistant Thomas Lindsay

 

Pete Springer Photography, Portland, Oregon