Craig Mitchelldyer's Blog

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Tuesday, October 31, 2006

More Biz Portraits


Another Day, Another Biz Portrait.

Monday, October 30, 2006

Soccer


If there is one good thing about the sun setting at 5pm, its that the light at 4:30 is awesome. I shot this team photo as a feature for the Clackamas Review. I pretty much just let them line up however the wanted in the goal, a couple of them wanted to climb on it.....so, so I said, ok whatever the trees make for a nice background.

Banker Portraits



Here are a couple of Portraits I shot today at the headquarters of Umpqua Bank.

Saturday, October 28, 2006

Fog + wedding = Nice Photos


Wedding bright and early this morning. 9am to be exact. The fog was still ingering around, but the fog, combined with the falls leaves made for some really nice portraits!

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Large Battery



Today I shot a large battery. It is in a data center downtown and will be used for the companies website. It's funny some of the things I am hired to shoot sometimes. But this was fun and the client loved it, which is what is the most important thing.

Sunday, October 22, 2006

Something New!


This may not be all that interesting to non photographers out there, heck it may not be interesting to regular photographers, but I have added some major new functionality to my website. Thanks to PhotoShelter, I have integrated new galleries into my site and you can now purchase reprints using a credit card directly from www.craigmitchelldyer.com. The galleries also have a much cleaner look and feel and match my site much better than the old versions. The whole thing is seamless and even though the galleries are actually hosted on PhotoShelter, you can never even tell that you leave my site. It looks so slick! I love it! Look for more changes coming in the next few weeks. I will be adding new images to my portfolio pages and this blog will be moving to my main site as well, fully integrated with larger photos and easier navigation.

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Ride with Pops


So my brother is on his way to Russia now, but it was a nice 2 weeks while he was home. I don't think my brother and my pops and I have been in the same state/country at the same time in like 3 years, so we took full advantage and went for a nice long all day ride just the three of us. It was fun! Have fun in the motherland Kev! See ya in a year.

Thursday, October 12, 2006

Wedding 10/7


Cover from the wedding I shot last weekend. I think the groom was my twin. His name was Craig, he was a big guy like me and his sense of humor and personality was a lot like me as well. Made for a fun time.....at the end of the night, he would not let me leave until I took a shot with him.....so....tequila it was! Congrats Craig and Sharol!

Fun with Fire


I shot a photo a couple years ago of a pitcher holding a flaming baseball. Its hanging up in the studio and every senior who comes in comments on it. Once a year someone will want me to do something similar. This guy thought it was cool too and had his water polo ball with him, so I said, hey we can light that ball on fire too if you want....he was stoked. It was fun. Here's the frame.

I think this is cool


I couple weeks ago I wrote about a cool photo I shot. Well, I can't tell you what it is or who I shot it for, but I am now allowed to have it in my portfolio, so here it is....Spent two days in the studio shooting this. It was very fun.

Other Side


This is for the same story on Measure 48. This is the President of a college in Eugene. She is not publicly for or against the measure, but does say that it will effect the way small colleges like hers will be able to spend money.....

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

That time of year


This is a portrait I shot today for a story about a ballot measure in Oregon this November. He co-authored it. Election time is fun, I tend to shoot a lot of ballot measure/campaign/election types of assignments.