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I'm sure Homer Simpson would have thought he'd died and gone to heaven - if he'd only taken time out of his cartoon life to attend Deschutes Brewery's annual Fresh Hop Tasting in their beautiful Mountain Room.

Indeed, the beer flowed free and strong, and Homer would have been quite certainly delirious, trying to decide which to grab first: the Mt. Angel Fresh Hop Stock Ale or the Harvest Moon Fresh Hop Strong Pale Ale? Or maybe the Fairweather Fresh Hop Golden Ale?



Incidentally, Deschutes Brewery hired me to shoot the event and venue that evening, so while I can provide visuals, Jon over at The Brew Site has a far more educated and ind-depth review of the affair than I'd ever be able to conjure up.





Did I mention though that the desserts rocked too?

Labels: beer, Bend, Bend Oregon photographer, Central Oregon photographer, Deschutes Brewery, drink photography, Editorial Photography, Event Photography, food photography, product photography

Last Tuesday, February 12th, BendFilm and the Tower Theatre premiered the first film in their new Indie Reels series, a celebration of independent film outside of the annual festival.



The brainchild of new BendFilm director Sandy Henderson and Tower Theatre chairman Eli Ashley, the series debuted with the film "The Breast Cancer Diaries", and drew a packed house.



A sometimes sober, sometimes bitterly funny commentary, the film chronicled the story of a thirty-something Maine newscaster who turns the camera on herself during her ordeal with breast cancer. The excellent documentary was followed by an equally interesting panel of local doctors, discussing the disease and answering questions from the audience.



It was an enlightening evening - part entertainment, part education, but wholly for a good cause. Getting the opportunity to be part of and photographing important events like these makes it all worth while for me. More pics here ...

Labels: BendFilm, editorial photographer Bend Oregon, Editorial Photography, Event Photography