Thomas Boyd Photography http://www.thomasboyd.net Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:39:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 More Than Just Fast http://www.thomasboyd.net/2010/09/02/more-than-just-fast/ http://www.thomasboyd.net/2010/09/02/more-than-just-fast/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:22:41 +0000 admin http://www.thomasboyd.net/?p=1889 I had the pleasure of shooting both LaMichael James and Jacquizz Rodgers. They happen to the running backs for Oregon and Oregon State. They are two of the best running backs in the country.

The photos ran side by side on our College Football preview section today. We also produced some short videos on the shoot. They seem to be a bit controversial. Beavers fans feel Jacquizz Rodgers was shorted in his video. I regret this may be true, but not intentionally. It just worked out that way. Read the comments below the video.

Read the comments here:
http://blog.oregonlive.com/pac10/2010/09/go_behind_the_scenes_for_the_l.html

Here are the story links:
LaMichael James:
http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindducksbeat/2010/09/college_football_preview_orego.html

Jacquizz Rodgers:
http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindbeaversbeat/2010/09/college_football_preview_orego.html

The LaMichael James photo shoot: Behind the scenes

The Jacquizz Rodgers photo shoot: Behind the scenes

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This was a special wedding for me. I’ve known Kaley since she was a child. I’ve known her parents for a good long while as well. I knew a good many people at the wedding and it was total blast to shoot. I was a pleasure to meet her new husband, Matt. Best yet, it was a spectacular location at Suttle Lake Resort near Sisters, Ore.

Here are a few of my favorites:

]]> http://www.thomasboyd.net/2010/08/29/i-present-to-you-matt-and-kaley-goucher/feed/ 0 Lady Gaga at the Rose Garden, Aug. 19, 2010 http://www.thomasboyd.net/2010/08/20/lady-gaga-at-the-rose-garden-aug-19-2010/ http://www.thomasboyd.net/2010/08/20/lady-gaga-at-the-rose-garden-aug-19-2010/#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:22:56 +0000 admin http://www.thomasboyd.net/?p=1851 Last night I shot Lady Gaga at the Rose Garden. We were ushered in for two songs and escorted from the building. We were not allowed to shoot fans during the show, which is too bad, because they were totally into it and most of them were dressed up in some way. I’d like to say she had a good show or tell you something about it, but having only seen two songs, I just don’t know.

8/19/2010 - PORTLAND, ORE. - Lady Gaga performs at the Rose Garden, Thurs., Aug. 19, 2010. Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

]]> http://www.thomasboyd.net/2010/08/20/lady-gaga-at-the-rose-garden-aug-19-2010/feed/ 2 Skater Paul Rodriguez at the Dew Tour in Portland, Ore. http://www.thomasboyd.net/2010/08/18/skater-paul-rodriguez-at-the-dew-tour-in-portland-ore/ http://www.thomasboyd.net/2010/08/18/skater-paul-rodriguez-at-the-dew-tour-in-portland-ore/#comments Thu, 19 Aug 2010 06:42:48 +0000 admin http://www.thomasboyd.net/?p=1844 I have to admit, I had never heard of Paul Rodriquez until I shot the Dew Tour. The only skater I’d heard of to that point was Shaun White and Tony Hawk. I know that’s really lame, but I just don’t follow the sport. I’ve never skated in my life. I found out right away this cat is famous in the skating world. A bus load of mostly women (girls?) and boys followed him through the crowd asking him for his autograph after he won. I followed him into the portable NBC Sports studio and shot him waiting for the live television interview. The producers herded the fans into the studio and prompted them cheer on command. The whole thing was surreal.

One thing for sure though, what these guys do on a skateboard is nothing short of magical. They have courage and skill beyond my comprehension.

Paul Rodriguez signs autographs after winning the Skateboard Park Finals on the third day of the Dew Tour competition at the Rose Garden in Aug. 13, 2010, in Portland, Ore.. Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

]]> http://www.thomasboyd.net/2010/08/18/skater-paul-rodriguez-at-the-dew-tour-in-portland-ore/feed/ 0 Pickathon, Happy Valley, Ore., Aug. 6, 7, 8, 2010 http://www.thomasboyd.net/2010/08/09/pickathon-happy-valley-ore-aug-6-7-8-2010/ http://www.thomasboyd.net/2010/08/09/pickathon-happy-valley-ore-aug-6-7-8-2010/#comments Mon, 09 Aug 2010 07:07:52 +0000 admin http://www.thomasboyd.net/?p=1807 Not much happens in Happy Valley. Perhaps that’s one of the things that makes it happy. However, the one thing that does happen, is the best American roots and indie music festivals on the face of the planet. It’s called Pickathon. Let me tell you, I’ve shot countless concerts and music festivals ranging from U2 to Willie Nelson. I can tell you this is the most generous, most laid back, photo friendliest, musician friendly, kid friendly, beer loving, camping friendly event of any kind I’ve ever covered. There’s a refreshing lack of rules even while there’s hundreds of volunteers on hand to enforce the ones they do have. The volunteers really just try to be helpful. It’s only about a half mile from my house. I can hear it from by deck. I rode my motorcycle down there and parked next the back stage.

Best yet, all my favorite people are there. Photographers Tim Labarge, Torsten Kjellstrand, Jamie Francis, Tom Patterson, Faith Cathcart, Ian Malkasian, all cover it for PIckathon. With Tim LaBarge large and in charge, they do a great job. This year I covered it for The Oregonian. This is what I saw.

8/7/2010 - HAPPY VALLEY, ORE. - Members of the Foghorn Stringband and the Red Stick Ramblers jam together in the parking lot before their performances as music lovers converge on the 80-acre Pendarvis Farm in Happy Valley, Ore., Aug. 6, 2010, for Pickathon, a mix of indie and roots music. Pickathon features, musical workshops, camping, and performances on six stages. Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

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I just noticed that all but one photo was shot with a 50mm lens. The other was shot with a 24mm lens.

Chevelle Wiseman, left, and Jason Powell of the surf punk band Guantanamo Baywatch perform as Music fans take in PDX Pop Now!, Portland's most local annual music festival that's free and open to all ages, at club Rotture southeast Portand July 31, 2010.Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

]]> http://www.thomasboyd.net/2010/08/01/pdx-pop-now/feed/ 0 Update: Building New Galleries http://www.thomasboyd.net/2010/07/25/update-building-new-galleries/ http://www.thomasboyd.net/2010/07/25/update-building-new-galleries/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:58:48 +0000 admin http://www.thomasboyd.net/?p=1788 I haven’t posted much to my blog these days for a couple reasons. For the month of July I’ve been shooting and editing video. I have shot stills on two assignments that needed stills as well. And, there’s another assignment that I can’t talk about or post photos from, but I’m very excited to share when I can.

In the middle of all this, I was messing around and changed my Graph Paper Press WP theme. This sounds like a no big deal but it ended up being a huge undertaking. In the process I decided to use SmugMug as my photo hosting site. This also caused a huge amount of work to get photos uploaded and organized.

I’ve finally got the bull by the horns and feel like my website and the corresponding portfolio galleries are coming together. So, please stick with me here, I’ll posting more soon, especially when football season cranks up.

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I went to the Vale Rodeo with the intention of photographing the suicide race. I certainly did that, but it since it was over in in about 3 minutes, I shot the rodeo both nights as well. I had a great time. Everyone was friendly and open to being photographs. I full run of the place. While the weather didn’t cooperate, it did make for some interesting images.

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I photographed these cats at the America’s Got Talent auditions back in February in Portland. It was a rare assignment when I brought Cole along to help me out. I shot still and video. These guys were hilarious and I thought then they had a shot. Sure enough, they made it on the tube and passed judging.

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Thisl is a test post of a smugmug gallery. It contains some recent images from the first half of 2010.

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