sixty seconds with david reamer

thrift store project pt. 4

did i happen to mention i went to 12 years of catholic school....

billboard-o-rama

getting all these billboards is cool enough, but the fact that they are for some of my best friends places makes it that much better. here are two more, and tasty & sons will be coming soon.

i was hired recently to shoot a great new restaurant in north portland called cocotte. i got some really amazing photos but this one is just my absolute favorite. its one of those few random photos that really gets more awesome every time i look at it.

(click on the image to enlarge it if its too small.)

thrift store project pt. 3

i always loved the word "chuffed". it's kind of anachronistic, sort of cute and fluffy while still being just a little cocky. all in all, its about feelin good and enjoying life.

i think this little guy looks Right Chuffed.

rainy sunday afternoon eggplant tart

two from the vault

no, i haven't been sorting through my old Dead bootlegs again. but i did come across 2 images in an old folder that i love and wanted to air out. enjoy

thrift store project pt. 2

i know. this is pretty damn creepy. but there is just something about the strength in her stance and the look in her eye. she has definitely seen some shit in this lifetime.

incorrigible

dude. get off the set!

billboards pt.2

just saw my third billboard downtown in support of the Google Hotpot campaign.

stay tuned... 3 more soon to come!

victoria steals the show

kurt huffman brought along his bulldog, Victoria, to a portrait shoot we had last week. i'll tell ya, that dog just doesn't take a bad picture.

they say that the devil is in the details

well, this month, so am i. page 66: the new wave of asian cuisine.

thats right, after years of hoping and wishing, i have a photo in Details Magazine.

a dream come true, you say? perhaps. now, Details, being a non profit publication (right??) had no money to offer for using this image, but thats okay.

what really got me, though, is that in the article they actually screwed up the caption, matching the image to a different restaurant's info.

guess they really need to work on their attention to... wait for it.... details.

marionberry muffins

meredith was doing some late night baking the other day, so i got in on the action.

the old men of the vineyard

recently i was hired by bethel heights, an amazing winery in salem, to shoot their vineyard top to tail. although it may seem a little odd to do so in february, the weather was beautiful, the grounds were lush and the shots turned out great.

my favorite series is of some 30 year old pinot vines on the property. gorgeous.

thrift store project pt. 1

i am always finding great figures at thrift stores with really rich, road worn and weary personalities, so i've decided to start shooting some portraits. this will hopefully gain momentum as the months go on. here is my first character study. dig the hand painted owl on her dress. the back has an equally detailed painting.

thats ma boy

12 feet high and rising

how bout dem apples! there really is no feeling like standing in the middle of the street and seeing your images ten feet tall. here are a couple of the first round of Google Hotpot billboard ads i shot. hopefully many more to come...

the photographer on his day off

design credit: golfball was designed and executed by my brother adam.

Fresh Cup February

the february issue of fresh cup just hit the stands, with my image on the cover. (thats two covers in 4 months, but who's countin, right?)

pick one up today! or tomorrow. thats cool too.

tour of duty

for those who haven't yet heard the harrowing tale, i had the pleasure of spending 13 hours stuck at the scenic Newark Airport, snowed in. after i went to try and catch a cab, i wasn't allowed back thru security so i got to spend the night on the marble floored entry way. luckily i had a garment bag, which made a mighty fine bed roll.

at 630 the next morning i got a lift home from the most amazing and daring hatian man in all of north jersey. he was fearless, delivering me to my doorstep. i gave him 87 dollars and three Bayer asprin. pretty sure that makes us BFFs for life.

thats him in the background. not pictured: the leather wingtips i am wearing 22 inches below the snowline.

eat yer heart out Louis Vuittoon...

my brother justin is visiting the US from china for a month so i flew back east to spend a little quality time with him and the extended reamer family.

now, china is known for many important contributions to modern society, certinly not the least of which is wonderfully misspelled haute couture. or should we say howt cochure...

i believe it was RUN DMC who so notably said "calvin klain, no friend of mane, dont want nobody's name on my behaind."