SantaCon 2007 , Portland, OR

Today I followed a few hundred people dressed up as Santa Claus, or various adaptations, during the annual Portland SantaCon. It comprises a bunch of party animals that dress up like Santa, and then hit the bars, and have a lot of fun. This happens in a few of other cities as well. The first picture here is one of the female Santa's having a smoke and a beer at the first bar stop of the day. The next is the Rasta Santa, and the last is a bunch of Santa's filling the bar both inside and out. This event goes on well into the evening and early morning. Happy holidaze all you partying Santa's out there.

Keeping Portland Weird

I spent a Saturday night at the Hippodrome which was the site for the opening night of Portland's Victorian Circus Extravaganza. The second show was a group from Seattle called Pure Circus. This was self assigned, since I have been so busy shooting for others, I just wanted to go out and shoot for myself.

Enjoy!

Maine Workshop

Just got back from the Maine Media Workshops in Rockport, Maine. I took a class about location lighting from Joe McNally. Great class. Here is a sample from one of the day's class assignments.