July 7th, 2010
After the longest, wettest, coldest spring ever, summer has finally arrived in Oregon! Which means it’s finally swimwear season!
My favorite local place to photograph swimsuits is the Oregon coast. There are so many cool beaches. It’s really a perfect place (in nice weather anyway) for shooting a huge variety of swimwear photos. Many, many thanks to everyone involved in this shoot– it was long (ten hours straight) even by my standards but the results are fantastic.
Model Cara, hair/mua Jessica Belknap, photography assistant Thomas Lindsay
Pete Springer Photography, Portland, Oregon
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July 6th, 2010
Prepping for a shoot tomorrow and reviewing my work from a beach shoot earlier this year. Ran across these two photos– they’re sort of beauty swimwear hybrid photos.
Photo on the left is “lit” with a scrim– on the right is a softbox. I like the light from the scrim more in this series. One reason I like to review past work. It’s a great way to learn which techniques worked and why!
Hope to have lots of new work after tomorrow!
Model Parveen, hair/mua Megan Root, photography assistant Thomas Lindsay
Pete Springer Photography, Portland, Oregon
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July 5th, 2010
Ten years ago today I brought home a black lab puppy. The photo on the left is me holding him on our first day together. He was only the size of a large cat!
The photo on the right is his first camping trip that summer– it rained on us. Some things never change in the Pacific Northwest.
But aside from the weather, much has changed in both the world and my life this past decade. For example, I’m no longer shooting film (which is what these photos were shot on). The dog is a lot bigger than a cat these days. And the internet and computers are a lot faster (it was all dial-up those days and my main computer had a whopping 1GB harddrive!)
Pete Springer Photography, Portland, Oregon
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July 3rd, 2010
Couple of recent model headshots/beauty photos. I was trying out a technique new to me– mixing ambient window light with a strobe modified by a beauty dish. I really like the softness of the light produced with this technique and will definitely experiment more with it in the future. After all– photography is all about the light!
Model Venus, hair/mua Carlie Jean Cantrell, photographer assistant Thomas Lindsay
Pete Springer Photography, Portland, Oregon
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July 3rd, 2010
Screengrab from a Naturally Knotty advertisement currently on Facebook (complete with FB’s infamous file compression). I shot the photo of the model.
If you sell anything on the internet — clothes, services, products or anything else– I can help you out with photos. It’s proven that photos help sell your goods! Contact me today to find out how I can help you make more sales and profit on the internet.
Model Caity, hair/mua Jessica Belknap
Pete Springer Photographer Portland Oregon
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June 30th, 2010
I’ve been photographing a lot of dark haired, beautiful models lately. And this model was no exception! She needed photos to start a model portfolio. I’ve found local modeling agencies tend to like a softer, more natural look, so that’s how we began this particular photo session.
Model Venus, hair/mua Carlie Jean Cantrell, photographer assistant Thomas Lindsay
Pete Springer Photography, Portland, Oregon
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June 29th, 2010
Couple of fashion photographs from today.
Model Venus, hair/mua Carlie Jean Cantrell, photography assistant Thomas Lindsay
Pete Springer Photography, Portland, Oregon
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June 26th, 2010
Here are a couple of images to illustrate why it’s important for photographers to troll through old work. I was looking at work from last summer and ran across these fashion and swimwear photos. It’s common to find gems in old photography work and assignments so give it a try. If nothing else, you can gage how far you’ve progressed over time. It’s definitely enlightening.
Model Nicole, MUA Jamie Dresselhaus
Portland Oregon Photographer Pete Springer
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June 25th, 2010
Beauty photos are some of my favorites to shoot. And it’s always fun to run across a photo previously overlooked in the rush to get a photography job out the door. This one was from a fashion shoot for local boutique Moxie. I mentioned this in a previous post, but I love the eyes on this model. And they’re completely natural– no photoshop needed to bring ‘em out!
Model Kristina. Unfortunately, I cannot remember the name of the makeup artist for this shoot (it’s from a couple of years ago). But if you want credit and you’re out there reading this– comment and I’ll add your name!
Model Photographer Portland Oregon, Pete Springer
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June 23rd, 2010
These are some of the prettiest blue eyes I’ve ever photographed. They have a gorgeous, big innocent Welch look.
Two different styles of lighting in these photos here, obviously. A ring flash on the left and an octa on the right. Surprisingly to me, the octa seems to do a better job of bringing out the intensity of her eyes. RF’s usually make photos “pop” so that was unexpected. I probably should have raised the octa a bit higher but it’s still a nice photo.
Model Kristina, clothes/styling by Moxie
Portland Photographer Pete Springer
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