Emerald Bay Photo News and Updates

Photographers who have been in the business for many more moons than me will placidly smile at me for this post, for they know the feeling (and they're sooo over it) - making that very first cover.

But - it's still exciting for me. Especially if the cover is for a classy publication like Bend Living - or more precisely, the "High Desert Home" section of the June 2005 edition of Bend Living.



Shooting the house of painter Rika Peterson has been a real pleasure in more than one way - after the exhaustive selection of log and arts-and-crafts homes I've shot over the past years, Rika's clean white walls (adorned with those fabulous paintings), the straight lines, and modern furniture was like a much-needed rejuvination for my own artistic eye.

Above all though it was a challenge. Shooting a home that gets away with very little detail decoration - all the while wrestling two young, energetic Great Danes roughly the size of your average circus pony into sitting still on a sofa - was a lot harder than it sounded at first. Getting those colors (and especially the white of the walls) just right, was a whole other can of worms.

But even without the reward of the cover, the experience itself was well worth it.
For I got to work with a fantastic photo editor who chose all my favorite images (thanks, Tiffany!), I gained a new friend in Rika - *and* the hearts of Mick Jagger and Andy Warhol, the two very large, very slobbery dogs Rika calls her own.