Maternity Photos for A & M

Baby IJL was born on October 24th! Congratulations, A & M!

Choice Celebration Gala 2008

1 - Executive Director of NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon, Michele Stranger-Hunter, with Governor Ted Kulongoski
2 - Win McCormack signs his book
3 - First Lady Mary Oberst addresses the crowd
4 - Former Governor Barbara Roberts and State Rep. Tina Kotek do the pitch
5 - Pro-choice elected officials and candidates

Sen. Barbara Boxer Campaigns for Merkley

1 - Senator Ron Wyden, Governor Barbara Roberts, Senator Barbara Boxer and Jeff Merkley
2 - Mary Soderberg and Jeff Merkley
3 - Senator Boxer addresses the crowd

Sweet Ambrosia

I had a great time photographing these beautiful pastries. I got a key lime tart as a tip! You should definitely check out this lovely bakery in Forest Heights...

Home Sweet Church

When we moved into our house, our neighbor Alice told us that our house used to be a church. I finally started doing some research with the help of the Oregon Historical Society and they confirmed that our house was a church. I tracked down some current members of that church and two days ago I received some photos of our house from a gentleman who used to attend services here.

Apparently, our home was once the worship hall for the Beran Christadelphian Ecclesiastic Church. I have posted the old photos that were provided to me along with current photos of what the house looks like today.

According to the Oregon Historical Society, our home was a church when it was built in 1922 until about 1975. It apparently sat vacant for a few years before being modified and sold as a home. When we bought the house in 2005, it had just gone through an extensive remodel. My contact at OHS said that judging by the outfits of the people in the photos, they were probably taken soon after the house was built.

The OHS also told us that Portland redid all of the addresses in the early 1930’s. Our street used to be 29th instead of 24th Avenue.

The gentleman who provided the photos for us said that the congregation left our house because the neighborhood had become unsavory and that vandalism was a problem.

We have been calling our house "Casa Mimosa" because of the big Mimosa Tree (also called a Silk Tree) in the front yard. Perhaps we should call it "Iglesia Mimosa" instead...

To learn more about Christadelphians, check out this Wikipedia entry.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christadelphians

For Convention photos, look at index on right...

And, yes, I did finally figure out how to change my copyright date in Lightroom...It was NOT obvious!

Raindrops on Fennel

I had a little fun with these photos of raindrops on the fennel plant outside the door to my home office...

The Race for the Cure

I love photographing this race! It's so wonderful to see so many survivors out running and walking. I was working with Evan Pilchik on this one - along with about 8 other photographers.

Denise & Keith

Another wedding shot with Colleen Zobel...

Jasper

A studio session with Jasper and his family...