!You should know I MAKE ALBUMS! I have been making albums for years but am currently working on my formal degree in Graphic Design with an emphasis in Photography, to make it official I guess! You've heard it before, Im gonna say it again but its important to print these images. In the digital age and the attention span it creates it can be tempting to post a few images on a social media platform, save the images on your computer and move on. But.... you gotta print your images! You need to remember your story! I am one of those photographers who will edit and send you an overwhelming amount of images. I can't NOT give you all your images. They are just all so special to me and Im hoping they are special to you. They tell this expansive story of your wedding day. From the small details to the posed formals, to the candid moments and not to candid moments its a whole story but I understand the amount of information in this story can be overwhelming. An album is such a beautiful and perfect way to tell the story. Here's how I approach the project with you! First I ask you to create a favorites list of your must have photos. I usually ask for you to start with around 30 images, but if that list expands further or is smaller NO WORRIES, I got you! The next step is when I fill in the gaps. I take your favorite photos and build around them to fill in the story. I will make sure those formals of you and your family make it in there and use those details shots creatively. Basically I round out the album to tell the story and create layouts. Then I will send it over to you for your review. Here you can give me your thoughts, redlines, changes you'd like to make, etc. and this process can repeat (3 free reviews) so it really is a creative process between you and me! Then we pick the album cover and debossing colors and text. From there we send it off to the printer and it ships directly to you! It really is a fairly painless (dare i say fun!) process and you will have a cherished keepsake you will be looking back on for years and years. These really become heirlooms and I am so proud to offer them! You can order albums at any time, it really makes a great way to mark an anniversary so if I shot your wedding in the past and you didn't initially purchase an album, have no fear! send me a message and lets get the process started! Doan & Mai 50th Anniversary THE ALBUM!Gallery GoGo goes to Seattle!
Stay Tuft and Felicia Murray, both Fiber Artists in residence at Gallery GoGo contributed to the Soft Touch Exhibit. And in the bottom level was Gallery GoGo's Exhibit you can shop gallery gogo here! The traveling typist was on site the final night of the exhibit writing free poems, you provide one inspirational word. I was exhibiting my favorite prints of dumpsterscapes, gnomes, mushrooms and flamingos and other neighborhood finds framed as fridge magnets. I also had copies of the food cart zine there as well.
A little change of pace here these are film photographs I took at Squids Art Show that happened Jan, 7 2023. Squid showed a selection of his skating boarding photographs taken in Portland Oregon over the last two years. I love Squids dedication to his photography and commitment to his passions. Everyone can do things once but the continued practice driven by passion alone is something much more impressive. Squid makes time to coordinate with other skateboarders to photograph them at least once a week. As we watch late stage capitalism crush passion and intuition its truly something special to carve out time for passion. This show also included a variety of other. talented Portland artists who love skateboarding. Photographer Ari Landon exhibited his film photographs of skateboarders and tabled a variety of prints and the coolest film test strip bookmarks. Also Tabling was Joe Brook, Ocelocuauhtli Ollin and Little Hen. Music was by, and Donavan Diaz exhibited his painted skateboard decks. It was a great turn out and a beautiful celebration of art, community and skateboarding. ❤️ I love that this show was hosted at Gallery GoGo. The gallery is a re-imagining of space. located in the mall in downtown Portland it was originally a fancy dress store. Azure, the gallery owner, has re-impinged and creatively transformed the space. My favorite example is the dressing rooms turned immersive mini galleries. This kind of re-imagining is so important as we see people going out and using mall spaces less and less. I love the spirit behind spacing these spaces and its this same spirit I see in skateboarding. Skate boarders see mundane pieces of construction and imagine so much more. I love walk with squid when he tiny gasps and grabs his phone to take a picture of a ramp or piece of abandon concrete. I see something mundane, he sees a challenge, a trick, a photograph. How special to see things differently, to re-imagine, to bring life back to forgotten spaces.
I love being a freelance photographer. I absolutely love it. This event is one prime example of why. I think i was asked to be around to photograph this event the night before. All the sudden the next day I am "sitting" front row to a Hayley Johnsen concert at Gallery GoGo, inside the Pioneer Place Mall. A mall concert by a powerhouse women artist, yes please! Hayley was launching her new eyeshadow, a perky violet-y purple inspired by her new album. Goner. This eyeshadow is a collab with the iconic Event Cosmetics, who were on site doing makeovers. Lastly, Topo Chico provided sparkling mineral water and the art on the walls is by Stay Tuft and Levant Art. photos taken at Gallery GoGo
https://www.gallerygogo.com/ Open 7 days a week at the Pioneer Place Mall. 11a-7p. No entry Fee Follow @gallerygogogo for more details and events. 700 SW 5th Ave. Portland Or 97204 |
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Author: ELLE JAMES
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