The Spirit of the 90's is alive in Portland

DanOstergren · Dec 16, 2015

I had a fun shoot today with my friend Patrick. His look and wardrobe were perfect. I'll be shooting a Part II to this shoot tomorrow.

Captured in natural light (window) with a silver reflector.

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beagle100 · Dec 16, 2015

window light is good, maybe a tad bit underexposed
hey, it's Portlandia !

DanOstergren · Dec 16, 2015

beagle100 said:
window light is good, maybe a tad bit underexposed
hey, it's Portlandia !

Thank you. I was going for a dark/ grungy look with these.

FITBMX · Dec 16, 2015

I was young in the 90's, but I can safely say, I never saw a hat like that one around here! :lol:

All three are really great, but #2 really stands out to me!

mmaria · Dec 17, 2015

Is it a bit weird that I like him more when he's like Courtney?

DanOstergren · Dec 18, 2015

mmaria said:
Is it a bit weird that I like him more when he's like Courtney?

Photographing him as Kurt wasn't easy, but when we got to Courtney the next day we were getting a lot more good shots. Ironically he is much better at being photographed as a woman than as a man.

DanOstergren · Dec 18, 2015

FITBMX said:
I was young in the 90's, but I can safely say, I never saw a hat like that one around here!

All three are really great, but #2 really stands out to me!

Thank you! 2 is my favorite as well.
The look for the shot with the hat was inspired by this: http://www.mojo4music.com/media/2014/10/Kurt-Cobain-kids770.jpg

FITBMX · Dec 18, 2015

DanOstergren said:
FITBMX said:

I was young in the 90's, but I can safely say, I never saw a hat like that one around here!

All three are really great, but #2 really stands out to me!

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Thank you! 2 is my favorite as well.
The look for the shot with the hat was inspired by this: http://www.mojo4music.com/media/2014/10/Kurt-Cobain-kids770.jpg

If that was the look you guys were going for, you nail'd it!!!

cauzimme · Dec 19, 2015

Yeah no2 stands out, very nice job.
Lucky you to be in Portland, there's awsome food everywhere and people seems so happy (I'm pretty sure it's because of the food)

DanOstergren · Dec 21, 2015

cauzimme said:
Yeah no2 stands out, very nice job.
Lucky you to be in Portland, there's awsome food everywhere and people seems so happy (I'm pretty sure it's because of the food)

I love Portland!

beagle100 · Dec 21, 2015

DanOstergren said:
cauzimme said:

Yeah no2 stands out, very nice job.
Lucky you to be in Portland, there's awsome food everywhere and people seems so happy (I'm pretty sure it's because of the food)

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I love Portland!

wish I lived in Portland

DanOstergren · Dec 24, 2015

beagle100 said:
DanOstergren said:

cauzimme said:

Yeah no2 stands out, very nice job.
Lucky you to be in Portland, there's awsome food everywhere and people seems so happy (I'm pretty sure it's because of the food)

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I love Portland!

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wish I lived in Portland

It's getting crowded and expensive here, and with the way politics are set up the city cannot grow outward, so it has to go up. I think pretty soon this city is going to be facing some interesting changes.

Granddad · Dec 26, 2015

My son was born at Bess Kaiser Hospital, Portland (1981)... Hats like that used to come out when the freezing rain came down the Columbia gorge and all the newbies to Portland started unintentially sliding their cars around like ice skaters!

DanOstergren · Dec 27, 2015

Granddad said:
My son was born at Bess Kaiser Hospital, Portland (1981)... Hats like that used to come out when the freezing rain came down the Columbia gorge and all the newbies to Portland started unintentionally sliding their cars around like ice skaters!

A few years ago we had a bad snowstorm, and people who tried driving downtown ended up sliding down hills and hitting every other parked car on the way down.