Portland Incubator Experiment Demo Day

A couple weeks ago, I photographed the Demo Day for the second class of startups that moved through the Portland Incubator Experiment (PIE) program. Six companies took the stage at the Gerding Theater at the Armory to share information about their companies and products to an audience of investors, media, and the public. Here are a few images from the event; there’s also a full set of photos on Flickr that are released under Creative Commons licensing.

PIE Demo Day Crowd
Some of the crowd in the theater

Kyle Banuelos introduces Stublisher
Kyle BaƱuelos discusses Stublisher

Michelle Rowley explains Code Scouts
Michelle Rowley explains Code Scouts

TechCrunch writer Alex Williams interviews Aaron Raddon of Lytics
TechCrunch writer Alex Williams interviews Aaron Raddon of Lytics

View the full set of photos on Flickr.

Ignite Portland 11 – Portland Event Photography

Once again I was the photographer for Ignite Portland, an interesting event featuring around twenty speakers telling 5-minute tales on any subject imaginable. My full set of Ignite Portland photos is available on Flickr via that link; here are a few of my favorites. Although Ignite was again at the Bagdad Theater, some lighting challenges threw an extra quirk into the photography this time.

Greg Qualey - Themed Pubcrawls- More Than Just a Theme or a Pub

Josh Bancroft - Bronyism in Modern Culture: WTF is Up With My Li

Rob Wilcox - Elusive Democracy: A Personal Journey of Continents

All of the Ignite Portland speakers and volunteers

Kiersi: Portland Writer Environmental Portrait

Kiersi is a writer in Portland, Oregon who writes young adult fiction; as we talked about concepts for a photoshoot we decided on a few poses with her in and amongst books. Here’s one of our favorites (those of you who know Kiersi may have noticed this as her profile photo in a few places).

Portland Portrait Photography: Kiersi

Something Different: Clifton and Fumi at Edgefield

I don’t often photograph weddings or the events around them, but I was honored when Clifton asked me to make some portraits recently of him and his wife Fumi. We spent a couple hours at McMenamin’s Edgefield and made a variety of images in both some traditional and nontraditional forms. Here are a couple of my favorites.

Shadows of Love - Edgefield Bride & Groom Photo

Bride & Groom at Sunset at Edgefield

If you’re interested in some creative Portland portraits, contact me and let’s do it!

Fun Corporate Event Photography in Portland

I photograph a variety of business events. I have done community service event photography, conference photography, and images from leadership retreats and seminars. I enjoy the variety of scenarios and environments for these images, and it’s always fun to see the various themes around an event.

A recent corporate event at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall included a bit of a sporting angle for this Regional Vice President…

Arlene Schnitzer Event Photography

Amye – Portland Portraits

I’ve recently seen an uptick in portrait photography around Portland, and I enjoyed my opportunity to photograph my friend Amye. Our portrait session involved a few poses and lighting styles as I worked with both some tried-and-true techniques as well as a few experimental ones.

Portrait of Amye in Portland

Portrait of Amye in Portland

If you need an interesting portrait for your business, social media, family, or event, contact me and let’s make it happen.

Abstract Fine Art Photography: Not So Photo

Nothing is changing with my core Hockley Photography business which focuses on event, portrait, and commercial photography in the Portland/Vancouver area, but I’ve launched a separate brand called Not So Photo which offers high-quality prints (both paper and metal) of interesting abstract fine art photography.

If you enjoy abstract artwork, check out the Not So Photo website, follow along on Facebook, or subscribe to updates via email.

Not So Photo: Abstract Fine Art Photography

Corporate Employee Service Event: Comcast Cares Day 2012

Last month I again had the opportunity to photograph Comcast Cares Day, an annual event where the communication company’s employees hit the community en masse to perform a variety of service projects. I’ve photographed this event for several years now in the Portland area and this year I covered a couple different sites. At Tryon Creek State Park, the group pulled a bunch of invasive English Ivy, while at a middle school, employees painted walls and performed a bunch of landscaping duties.

I’d be happy to tell the story of your organization’s event. Contact me and let’s get started.

Corporate Service Event Photography
Comcast Community Service - Tryon Creek State Park
Community Event Photography - Painting
Community Service - Painting

Startup Business Portrait: VendScreen’s Paresh Patel

During the inaugural class of Portland Incubator Experiment startups, I had the opportunity to create photographs of quite a few people that founded and build startup businesses around a variety of ideas, technologies, and in the case of VendScreen, high-tech devices that can revolutionize the vending machine industry.

Paresh Patel of VendScreen

Early in the PIE process, I created this portrait of VendScreen CEO Paresh Patel with a sample device. I was pleased to find out this week that VendScreen will be receiving several awards at an industry trade show this month (more first-place awards than ny other vendor). Well done, VendScreen!

Business Environmental Portrait: Zaid

Business Headshot - Portland Oregon

A recent business portrait for a Portland entrepreneur.