Portland, OR Photographer - Dave Scott Photographic

Business Portraits – Whittier Consulting Group

Dave — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:07:00 +0000

We recently produced business portraits for the Whittier Consulting Group. They provide expert consulting services in Lean Product Development. For this shoot I set up at their offices in Camas, WA. We shot on two different backgrounds, with several clothing changes and with the subject facing left as well as right. We covered all of our bases because the images will be used on marketing material, press releases, website, social networking, on a book, etc…

Business Portraits and Executive Portraits in Camas, WA, Vancouver, WA and Portland, OR.

Bodybuilder – Brad Wisniewski

Dave — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 05:49:47 +0000

Immediately following the pre-judging at the 2012 NPC Vancouver USA Bodybuilding and Physique Championships and Tanji Johnson Fitness, Figure, and Bikini Classic Brad came by the studio for some photos. Brad attends college and works at an establishment in which I see him once a week. He is also one of the guys responsible for convincing my son Ryan to play football in high school. Brad competed in the bodybuilding bantam weight division. I’m still waiting to hear the results from the competition. Here are a couple images from the shoot. I’ll post more later.

NPC Vancouver USA Bodybuilding and Physique Championships

Dave — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 07:52:26 +0000

It’s that time of year again. It’s time for the NPC Vancouver USA Bodybuilding and Physique Championships and Tanji Johnson Fitness, Figure, and Bikini Classic. The event is held at Skyview High School which is about 2 minutes from my home.

If you’re coming into town during the weekend of March 31st, 2012 look me up for those professional muscle images. My studio is near the Vancouver Mall, about 15 minutes away from the event!

Book your session NOW! 360.901.0241

Fitness photography in Vancouver, WA and Portland, OR.

Portland Fitness Model – Julian

Dave — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 09:23:35 +0000

We had a great time working with Julian, a Portland, OR fitness model. We brought some fitness equipment into the studio for this photo shoot. I love to create sets in the studio! Here is one image from the shoot. I’ll be adding others later. If you are interested in hiring Julian for a project please drop me a line.

Portland, OR fitness photography.

A Trip To The Tacoma Dome

Dave — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 07:05:09 +0000

Tonight was an awesome night! I covered the Skyview Storm football team on their first trip to the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, WA. The Storm are reigning Greater Saint Helens League (GSHL) 4A football champions for the 4th year in a row and 5 of the last 6 years. Ranked 9th in the state, tonight they played the #8 Lake Stevens Vikings and won handily by a score of 38-14 earning them a return trip to the Dome next week to compete for the state title. Last week they knocked off #1 Bellarmine Prep 42-17. Here are a couple images that we posted live from the game. Amazing work by my son (and photo assistant) Jordan. He did the photo editing and uploading! Thanks Jordan!! For the record, both of my sons are Skyview Storm alumni.

For more images from the game, please visit here.

Sports photography in Portland, OR.

Kody Watts

Dave — Mon, 16 May 2011 05:14:20 +0000

Over the years I’ve had the opportunity to shoot Kody many times. I’ve covered him on the basketball court, the football field, on the baseball diamond, shot the sports portrait below and also shot his senior portraits. Here are a few baseball images of Kody. He’s a great guy both on and off the field. He was drafted by the Pittsburg Pirates but he chose to attend the University of Portland and get his education. I am sure we will see him in the pros after college.

Profile Portrait

Senior Year Team/Individual Photo

Scouts with radar guns on Kody during his last high school game. He reached 98 MPH!

Scout with video and radar.

Scouts with radar guns on Kody during his last high school game.

Watts, after hitting a home run.

Watts playing 3rd base.

Kody at 3rd base.

Pick off attempt.

Baseball Player – Alex Nevue

Dave — Sun, 15 May 2011 04:23:40 +0000

When we arrived at the field the skies were hazy overcast. Not good at all for making portraits that include the sky. However, this is springtime in the pacific northwest and in the evening when the temperature drops, the clouds come out to play. Within 30 minutes the haze changed to full blown clouds. For Alex, I wanted to capture the unique way he holds the ball before going into his windup.

For this shoot I used only speedlights. 2 Nikon SB800s and one LumoPro LP 1600 (which I was trying out for the first time). Because of how dark it was getting, I was able to use the speedlights at 1/2 and 1/4 power. Camera/lens: Nikon D7000 and Nikon 12-24/f4.0. Also Pocket Wizard Plus II units and Quantum Battery packs.

Sports photography, sports portraits and sportraits in Vancouver, WA and Portland, OR.

The Business Portrait – Yes, It Is Important

Dave — Wed, 11 May 2011 22:42:09 +0000

OK, so today I was handed a business card from someone who “would love to have me as a client.” We met in line while waiting for coffee, which is cool because I meet a lot of business people that way. The problem was with her business card. It included a photo of her that was shot in the parking lot of Costco. It was horrible! Not the kind of horrible like the $50 business portrait. This was even worse. Upon visiting her website, Twitter, and Facebook accounts I found that she is using the same image.

The business portraits above are being used by successful small business owners. While your accountant will call a business portrait an expense, in reality a great business portrait is an investment. A bad business portrait is going to cost you sales. For example, I won’t be giving the woman mentioned above a call. An investment on her part of $200 – $400 would have gained her a client worth well more than that. Professionalism is not an option.

One of the most important qualities of a top notch business portrait is that the lighting will be top quality and will be appropriate for the subject. No there is no one size fits all! All of a person’s features and characteristics need taken into consideration.

Next is camera angle. A business portrait is much more than a picture of a person dressed in business attire. For example, a man should never be photographed from what is considered a submissive, feminine angle. Additionally, camera angle is extremely important to take into consideration with women as the photo should match their position and level within the organization.

Finally, the photographer needs to be able to bring out the real person in the business portrait. Not an easy task but the best business and executive portrait photographers pull it off with ease.

Don’t skimp on your business or executive portrait. You work hard at many aspects of your business and a poor quality portrait should not be allowed to negate all of that hard work.

Dave Scott Photographic, based in the Portland OR area, provides business portrait and executive portrait services nationwide.

Baseball Player – Kody Watts

Dave — Tue, 10 May 2011 06:22:17 +0000

Kody Watts just completed his senior year baseball season at Skyview High School in Vancouver, WA. He is an amazing pitcher who routinely throws at over 90 MPH (96 MPH tops so far)!! Every time I cover one of his games I thoroughly enjoy every pitch. Below is a sports portrait I shot of him. I wanted to capture the look on his face when he is getting signs from his catcher. I’ve worked with Kody before. He’s a great guy to work with and I know that he is going to make it easy for photographers that shoot him in the big leagues! Many thanks Kody!

The portrait below was shot using 3 lights. The sun was the 1st (behind Kody, camera left). The 2nd was an 800 WS strobe (behind Kody, camera right). The 3rd was and 800 WS strobe above me and slightly to camera right.

About 2 dozen pro scouts turned out for Kody’s final high school game.

Sports photography, sports portraits and sportraits in Portland, OR and Vancouver, WA.

Rap Artist – Bryan West (again)

Dave — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 20:29:34 +0000

I just delivered images to Bryan that they will be using in his promotional material and website. Here are a couple that we delivered. To see a couple that were my favorite Click Here.

Musician, vocalist photography in Portland OR, Seattle WA and Nationwide.