I have strong doubts that the first Thanksgiving even remotely resembled the "history" I was told in second grade. But considering that (when it comes to holidays) mainstream America's traditions tend to be over-eating, shopping, or getting drunk, I suppose it's a miracle that the concept of giving thanks even surfaces at all.
~Ellen Orleans
"Thanksgiving Day comes, by statute, once a year; to the honest man it comes as frequently as the heart of gratitude will allow."
~Edward Sandford Martin
Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from us, and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips, and shows itself in deeds.
~Theodore Roosevelt
Happy We-Stole-Your-Land-and-Killed-Your-People Day! ~Thanksgiving toast, from the movie Sweet November
I love Thanksgiving turkey. It's the only time in Los Angeles that you see natural breasts.
~Arnold Schwarzenegger
Any photographer who says he isn't a voyeur is either stupid or a liar. ~Helmut Newton
Welcome to my portfolio for fun and fashion. I am a professional commercial photographer based out of Portland, Oregon and available throughout the known Universe.
I provide a multitude of services from photography to lighting, training and workshops for models and photographers, photoshop retouching and other things you probably haven't even thought about.
I am a gun for hire. My days and nights are filled with multiple projects and I have very little time for anything else. Please have patience if I do not respond to your messages right away. My commercial clients come first (money talks) and I have frequent deadlines that keep me on my toes.
**Please Note** I rarely provide TF* shoots. I will, on occasion, initiate the shoot request if I like your look. This is particularly true if I think you have the look and build for high fashion. I can rarely afford to dedicate the time and resources for trade work.
I am available for hire for portfolio work. I won't even kid you and tell you that my rates are reasonable. They aren't. My rates are astronomical but you do get what you pay for.
Thanks,
Pete
An artist is generally in motion, on some sort of a journey, if you'll pardon the expression, some sort of a path to something that they can't really define. So they're never really satisfied. They're always looking for the next thing inside themselves or the next thing outside to spark them. And I think the artist in me woke up about halfway through the game and said, Oh, this is what we're doing. It's not just showing up and pleasing people, it's getting some stuff out of your head and off your chest, out of your heart, whatever you want to call it...."
~George Carlin, May 12, 1937 - June 22, 2008
Thank you, George. You will be missed.
There is no "overkill." There is only "open fire" and "I need to reload!" ~Howard Tayler
Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: Hard work - and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't. ~Lucille Ball
An artist is a creature driven by demons. He doesn't know why they choose him and he's usually too busy to wonder why. ~William Faulkner
In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different. ~Coco Chanel
The moment you take the leap of understanding to realize you are not photographing a subject but are photographing light is when you have control over the medium. ~Daryl Benson
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