J Jacobson Photography

Kayaking on the Tualatin River

James — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:34:45 +0000

Family outing; we went kayaking on August 7^th on the Tualatin River. Here is a shot of Rene commanding her Kayak on this beautiful August afternoon.

Kayaking on the Tualatin River

J Jacobson Photography, Portland, Oregon

Out Riding With Friends

James — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:17:56 +0000

Out riding with my buddies Gerald and Todd on Sunday August 1st; we met for breakfast and some conversation in Vancouver, WA. Our ride took us on back roads over to Long Beach for lunch. We had beautiful weather most of the way though got a bit cold when we hit Hwy 101; 59 degree on the 1^st of August. It was a fun spirited ride of just over 350 miles; here is photo made in Long Beach where we stopped for lunch at the Crab Pot.

Motorcycling in the Great Northwest

J Jacobson Photography, Portland, Oregon

Family Visiting from Hawaii

James — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:09:19 +0000

July 14^th through the 17^th we had a visit from some of my wife Rene’s family including her grandmother, mom and oldest sister from Hawaii and her sister and their oldest from Issaquah. We had a great time visiting some prime Portland locations; this shot was taken at the Rose Garden in Washington Park.

Family Visits Portland

J Jacobson Photography, Portland, Oregon

2011 Line for Looptworks

James — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:34:02 +0000

On Thursday the 8th of July did a commercial photo shoot for LooptWorks on the Oregon coast; we shot on the Cape Lookout Trail. We photographed models wearing the 2011 LooptWorks clothing line. The images from the shoot are of the 2011 line so for now they are hiding in the fog behind the trees for now. Here are a couple location shots from the day though that is all we are showing for now.

J Jacobson Photography, Portland, Oregon

Graduation Day – Congratulations Jenica

James — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 01:16:32 +0000

On Monday June 14th our daughter Jenica graduated from The University of Oregon, “Congratulations,” with a BS in Journalism. We were there to watch and take a few photographs of her during and after her graduation ceremony. Post processing was done with Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. Here is a shot from grad day.

J Jacobson Photography, Portland, Oregon

Lifestyle Photo Shoot

James — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:58:59 +0000

On Wednesday June 9th we photographed Jenifer who graduated from PCC on Friday the 11th “Congratulations!” in our Tigard studio. Jenifer brought her sisters with her and did great in her photo session. Her sisters even join her is a few of the photographs there was lots of laughing making for a very fun shoot. Post processing was done with Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. Here are a few shots from her photo session.

J Jacobson Photography, Portland, Oregon

LooptWorks Photo Shoot

James — Sat, 29 May 2010 18:27:34 +0000

On Monday the 24th of May Media Maison did a commercial photo shoot for LooptWorks downtown Portland. We were brought in to photograph models wearing the LooptWorks clothing line; the images will be used to update the LooptWorks web site and for retail use. Media Maison is a Portland, Oregon based boutique Public Relations and Marketing firm and LooptWorks is a Portland, Oregon based company that looks for material thrown out as excess and figures out how to use it to make innovative products they work to break the cycle of waste. Once we have approval for release we’ll post an image or two from the shoot.

J Jacobson Photography, Portland, Oregon

Saturday Motorcycle Ride

James — Fri, 21 May 2010 18:48:22 +0000

Went out for a ride Saturday May 15th. My ride took me into Washington, east on Hwy 14, north on Hwy 97 past Goldendale, east on Hwy 22 near Toppenish over to Grandview, east on 82 to Kennewick, south on 295 back to Hwy 14 where I turned west back towards home. Had beautiful weather all the way up to 88 degrees at times. It was a fun ride of just about 475 miles; here are a couple photo made alone the way.

55mm, 1/250sec, f/11, iso200

55mm, 1/500sec, f/8, iso200

J Jacobson Photography, Portland, Oregon

Lifestyle Photo Shoot

James — Fri, 21 May 2010 18:20:29 +0000

On Tuesday May 11th we photographed Eva a local singer in our Tigard studio. Eva did great in her photo session making it easy to capture and make wonder images for her. Post processing was done with Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. Here are a few shots from her photo session.

50mm, 1/200/sec, f/8, iso200

85mm, 1/250/sec, f/8, iso200

32mm, 1/200/sec, f/8, iso200

J Jacobson Photography, Portland, Oregon

Maternity Photo Session

James — Tue, 04 May 2010 22:04:34 +0000

On Sunday May 2nd we photographed Ashley in our Tigard studio. Ashley is due in the next few days the timing was perfect. Ashley did great in her session making it easy for us. We made some beautiful maternity images that afternoon for her. Post processing was done with Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. Here are a few shots from her photo session.

55mm, 1/200sec, f/10, iso200

35mm, 1/200sec, f/11, iso200

34mm, 1/250sec, f/11, iso200

J Jacobson Photography, Portland, Oregon