Fine Chicken Portraiture: Jamie Bree Portrait Design

Most people don't give a lot of thought to chickens, but really they are fun and affectionate animals with hilarious personalities! Am I really going to become a professional chicken photographer? No. Seriously, I think chickens might be harder to photograph than two year olds!

Doodle the rooster is a Bantam chicken. Bantam's are "miniature" chickens. Usually roosters are bigger than hens (and dare I say meaner?), but this one is so, so small. About half the size of the other chickens!


This chicken was a little shy, but also curious. It probably was strange that I was laying in the driveway with a camera (you have to get down on the chicken's level to really capture their beauty, right??), so this chicken (name unknown) hid behind a brick pillar and then would peek out the side to get a look at what I was doing.


Sunrise is one of our favorite chickens. This chicken, along with her sister "Pipi," is one that we got from Boones Ferry Elementary School. When we got them they were tiny, fluffy little babies that grew to be part of our family.


I don't know the official name for this breed of chicken, but I call them "Puff Heads." I can't tell you how much time I spent getting really close trying to find out where, exactly their eyes are! How do they even see?? The Poof Heads were especially hard to photograph because they "swarmed" me, pecking at my fingers and camera.

Family Portraits: Murase Plaza

I have spent the morning getting ready to drive down to Eugene to spend a few days with my family for Thanksgiving. At some point during my cleaning, packing, mediating fights between my children, etc. I decided I better post some pictures of recent sessions as I will be out of contact for the rest of the week.

Family Portraits: Jamie Bree Portrait Design

She couldn't have been any cuter as she sat herself down on a bridge at Browns Ferry Park and waited patiently while I took her picture. As soon as she heard the camera click she got up and continued prancing across the bridge.

One. Two. Three...JUMP!!!

How lucky was I?? Out in my favorite field with a little gymnastics super star. Not only does she do amazing jumps, but she put up with my confusing instructions and repeated requests to "do it one more time."

Something New...

I am thinking these little albums will be the perfect gift for family and friends!! Each album has a slot for a picture in the cover and then up to 12 pictures in the "accordion" section of the album.

Family Portraits: Friday Afternoon

Happy Halloween!!! And what a gorgeous halloween it turned out to be! I was worried this morning when I woke up to rain, but WOW, this afternoon was beautiful!!

So Sweet

I am getting ready to send a big print order off, which requires me to go through the many photos that I have taken over the last couple of weeks, placing them in folders and getting them ready to fly through cyberspace. This photo is another that melts my heart. I took it a few weeks ago and is just too sweet not to share!

Herbivore Clothing

Dear Vegetarian and Vegan Friends,

If you are looking for great clothing that is friendly to animals and to the environment look no further! Brook and Ava are proud models for Herbivore Clothing, located in Portland, OR. These shirts are so cute!

All The Best To The Vegans I Love,

Jamie







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Double Session

Last weekend I had my first "double" session. Two good friends decided to have their pictures done at the same time. Well, same place, and then we did one after another. The best part was that the family who was not being photographed helped me with the reflector. Oh, and also helped hold the ladder so I didn't fall off and break my neck :)

Monday at Stein Barn

As I drove away from Monday's session I called my friend Kari to tell her that I had just taking pictures of the cutest little boy in the world. Seriously, cute is an understatement. His gorgeous eyes, sweet little voice, and fun personality made the session at Muraze Plaze quite enjoyable! AND...he was wearing a sweater vest!!!!! If I had had a boy, sweater vests would have been a wardrobe staple! :)

Sisters

I had the privilege of taking pictures of the cutest family bright and early this morning. The whole family is nice, and the two girls are just so sweet. The first picture just melts my heart. While sitting on a little fallen tree they had their arms around each other and the older sister was absent-mindedly rubbing her little sister's hand. I noticed it when I was taking the picture, and then again when I uploaded the pictures onto my computer. When I look at the picture it just makes me smile.

Exciting Weekend

The most shocking, amazing, surprising in the whole world (well, at least in MY little world) happened over the weekend. For the last couple of months we have spent Saturdays watching the girls play in soccer games. My youngest seems to be a natural at soccer. She runs fast, steals the ball, passes (well, sometimes she passes), and she scores...over and over again. My older daughter has never truly liked soccer. Don't even ask me why we have signed her up for the last 4 years; my husband and I still can't figure that one out. Well, in the last 4 years she has scored a total of one goal (and that one goal took place at the last game of her kindergarten season), and then, completely out of the blue...SHE SCORED 4 GOALS IN ONE GAME!!!!!!!!! We relived the excitement with her all weekend.

Isn't this just the most beautiful family?? We met at Browns Ferry Park in Tualatin for a family portrait session. The weather was cold, but at least it was dry!!

Tigard High School Senior

I took senior pictures for one of the nicest girls over the weekend at one of my favorite fall locations. Although it was cold, we had a great time and her pictures turned out beautiful. She is one busy girl...right after finishing with her pictures she had to rush home to get ready for homecoming!

Return of the Blue Eyes

I photographed this family for the first time almost exactly one year ago. The whole family is gorgeous and the girls have bright blue eyes that I just melt over. After I had the brilliant idea of walking through the long, dried grass and both girls got stuck in blackberry vines things went down hill for a little bit. Fortunately a quick break to play on the swing set allowed me another ten or so minutes to get a few more shots!

I had my first session at the new park in Villebois this morning. I have been wanting to shoot here for a while because the park is designed so beautifully. I love all of the "fallen" logs and big rocks.

Fun Project

My girls have not had school the last couple of days because it is parent/teacher conferences at their school. With our free time we started a little project that turned out to be a lot of fun for us all. Ava, who just started kindergarten, is absolutely obsessed with letters and letter sounds. While we were sitting in the hot tub she noticed that the life preserver was the shape of an "O," as was the round window above the pool room. We started looking for other letters that we could see in every day objects. With the help of both my daughters, several neighborhood children, and a few random adults, we found almost every letter in the alphabet.

I have been having fun turing all of our "finds" into name plaques. I am thinking that these will be wonderful, personalized, Christmas gifts!! If you are interested in purchasing a custom name plaque please email me for more information.

This is the first one I made. One of Brook's friends (Taya) is having a birthday party this weekend, and this will be the cover of a photo album we purchased as her gift:


Brook wants a large, poster-size print for her bedroom. This will be printed as a 16x20, framed, and hung on her wall:


The last one is for MY family. I am not sure exactly where I will put it, but I am thinking about having it printed and matted so it will be free standing. I can then either hang it on the wall as is, or lean it on a mantel or shelf.

A Beautiful Family

It has been exactly one year since I met this family, and the kids have grown up so much in the last year! While driving to the session I remembered the youngest girl, and how she wanted to nothing to do with me or my camera. Well, in the last year she has definitely warmed up to the idea of family photos!! :)

We met at Murase Park here in Wilsonville. There is a newly renovated barn with a lot of rustic charm, some gorgeous trees, and lots of tall, tall grass which I think is so beautiful.

A Bit of Catch Up...Seniors

The last few weeks have flown by and I have been desperately trying to stay caught up. With the beginning of school and the holiday season just a couple of months way I have been busy with senior and family portraits.

I traveled down to Eugene for a few senior portrait sessions with some gorgeous high school girls