While many yearn for a backstage pass to their favorite bands, photographers yearn for backstage access to their favorite corporate conventions and events. It is one of the best places to shoot from to show context and relationship between speaker and audience. When available, this is an exceptional perspective. It gives viewers of the photograph a contextual relationship between speaker and audience, as well as a strong emotional take on the energy in [...]
Whether it’s a first breath, a first impression, or the first words spoken to your audience, the beginning of a speech is critical to the success of a presenter. World class executive speech coach, Patricia Fripp says it all, “the first 30 seconds (of your talk) has ripple effects; what happens during that time can make or break a meeting.” Years of event photography have taught me well. You never know when [...]
Call it the opening before the opening. Whether it’s from the eyes of the audience or the eyes of an event photographer, a professional speaker’s presentation begins the moment they walk on stage. Celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson knows all about this when he makes his grand entrance. Body language, attire, and the strut in his step, speaks volumes for him before he even speaks a word. My experience in conference and convention [...]
It felt so good to be back in person to help raise money for the Cascade AIDS Project, at their annual art auction last weekend. My photograph, Comet NEOWISE Through Trees, brought in $1500. Dancing with sister, Joni Kabana, at the after party was a blast.
In memory of Dr. Paul Farmer, an extraordinary man who dedicated his life to improve healthcare in underserved regions around the world. In 1987, Paul Farmer established Partners in Health, a global non-profit committed to “bringing the benefits of modern medical science to those most in need of them, and to serve as an antidote to despair.” He and his colleagues pioneered innovative, community-based treatment strategies, to deliver high-quality [...]
The world lost a great leader today with the passing of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a human rights activist who worked tirelessly for peace around the world. In 1984 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in resolving and ending apartheid in South Africa. I met and photographed Tutu at the invitation of another great leader for peace, Tony Crawford, who arraigned for the archbishop to speak to the students at [...]
This month Oregon Humanities choose one of my Architecture of the Universe photographs for the cover of their quarterly magazine. The image is a confluence of my love for photography, nature and physics. The dance is my creative process at its best - where attention, imagination and planning met for a night under the stars two summers ago. All images and content Copyright 2019 Adam Bacher. Absolutely no usage without prior consent. [...]
A ritual of change is the hallmark of a rite of passage, as we transition from one stage of life to another. Being born is the first rite of passage for all of us, and big one for the new parents too. When my first daughter was born, I was so overwhelmed with emotion I couldn’t hold the camera to take a photo. When my second was born I was better prepared. [...]
Passions run deep on all sides of the political spectrum. And a hallmark of our country is the ability to freely express them. No politics here. Just a passion for beauty and a desire to share. Behold the Jefferson Memorial, Washington Monument and the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial. Enjoy! All images and content Copyright 2019 Adam Bacher. Absolutely no usage without prior consent. As [...]
To burn or not to burn? That is the question fire ecologist Paul Hessburg poses to audiences in small towns across the western United States. I photographed him for a Weather Channel feature story, Oregon Megafire Man, in John Day, Oregon. There he spoke about the rise of Mega Fires in the western United States, and what we can do to combat them. Paul [...]
Not your average executive head shot, but if you knew Ravens, you know they would be the first to claim executive status. Ravens are smart, cunning and mischievous. Their brains are more similar to mammals and primates than to other birds. Flying monkeys is an apt metaphor. Spend enough time with them and their personalities become apparent. From my experience, interactions are distinctly personal. I’m also fascinated by the similarities between portraits I’ve [...]
The architecture of the universe and the architecture of humanity are dazzling together when conditions are right. Not any structure will do for architectural photography under the Milky Way. Your foundation must be set in a dark area of the planet. City dwellers need not apply. To our eyes the Milky Way appears as a thin veil of white arching across the sky. It’s only visible in the Northern Hemisphere from spring to [...]
Savor every moment when your plan for the day is watching a total eclipse. On August 21st, 2017 the moments were short, 2 minutes total if you were in Spray, Oregon. This wasn't a typical editorial photography photo shoot. There was no time for error and advanced preparation paid off. Just before the total eclipse is the first diamond ring, the last piece of sun glistening like a diamond before slipping behind the [...]
Blog by Portland Oregon Editorial Photographer: Adam Bacher Labor Day in the United States brings thoughts of editorial photography assignments from Rwanda over the past eight years. Nowhere else have I consistently seen people work so hard. Without the heavy machinery commonplace our society, the people of Rwanda rely on manual labor to get the job done. As a Portland Oregon editorial photographer, watching a high school being constructed by hand was fascinating. [...]
Blog by Portland Oregon Corporate Photographer: Adam Bacher Corporate photography assignments don’t always take place at the office, or on the production floor. Sometimes the sky is the limit and more exotic locations are called for. When CEO Stefan Loble, from Bluff Works, contacted us to photograph his new line of pants, this Portland Oregon corporate photographer headed straight to the mountains to see how their pants would hold up. According to Stefan, [...]
Photography has always opened doors I hadn't anticipated going through. One of them was an invitation to attend a Vodou ceremony in Haiti, the night of Halloween. Vodou as well as Catholicism, is practiced by the majority of Haitian people. Vodou in Haiti is a mix of local culture and worship of god and spirits, not like the extreme practices sensationalized in the western media. On this Halloween there was drumming, dancing, drinking and chanting. Like [...]
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Waiting for care is a photographic essay of people waiting to be treated at a one day mobile medical clinic in the village of Dondon, Haiti. All the photographs were taken on November 9th, 2011. This collection of 13 images has recently been accepted to the Social Documentary website, dedicated to using the power of photography to promote global awareness. Living in abject poverty and lacking access to basic healthcare, over a thousand [...]
What makes you feel nostalgic? How about Johnny Cash? or black and white film? or both? Copyright 2013 Adam Bacher. All rights Reserved – Absolutely NO usage without prior authorization. Portland Oregon editorial photography, Adam Bacher.