sincerely,

The world of art and copyrights – Jon Duenas Photography | Fashion and Fine Art | Portland, Oregon

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 07:28:41 -0700

The world of art and copyrights – Jon Duenas Photography | Fashion and Fine Art | Portland, Oregon:

I’m seriously raging about that painting. Pakayla Biehn used my photo without permission to make a derivative painting, and then sold it for $1600.

ayatsato: I just saw this Craigslist link on my Facebook feed....

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:49:02 -0800

ayatsato:

I just saw this Craigslist link on my Facebook feed. Although I do not charge $3000 dollars for wedding photography I wanted to address the point of view from a wedding photographer:

Wedding photographers do not “just hang out and take a bunch of pictures and edit them”. I take the time to plan. I meet with the couple months before, we talk, I see what their needs are. We draw up a timeline for the wedding day. There is a contract. This is a business!

The actually wedding day is very stressful. If I don’t account for my time, I’ll miss opportunities for key photographic moments. As the couple entrusts me to capture their wedding day, I need to make sure I know the timeline, ensure my equipment is working, have back-ups, have energy, smile and be focused all day. I have to be administrative when it comes to taking family photos, bridal party photos, and photos of the couple. Administrative in a genuine, kind way. And that’s hard. It’s hard to not come off as a cold, bossy photographer. Because caring takes effort.

I shoot well over 1000 photos at most weddings. Most weddings I shoot are 8-12 hour days. I look through all of them. Multiple times. I narrow down the few hundred I want to spend my time editing. The editing process is tedious and also probably my favorite part. It takes me weeks to get through it all. I choose shots for specific reasons. This is why people hire me! Couples like how I see things. I carefully craft the story of the wedding day.

Just because your cousin’s boyfriend has a DSLR does not mean you are going to have quality wedding photos. It is not the camera. It is the craft and the vision.

It is such a shame that people will diminish and belittle any profession. Wedding photographers work hard. We work hard to care for others. We work hard to run our business. Many of us don’t have 401K’s, medical insurance, or consistant paychecks. We have to pay out taxes, rent, food, bills, just like everyone else. Please remember that before you become outraged in how expensive wedding photography is.

I love shooting weddings. I love people. I love, love.

NAILED IT.

allpug: ilovepugs: haha man i am jealous of this puggy This...

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 23:25:48 -0800

allpug:

ilovepugs: haha man i am jealous of this puggy

This is my photo. Thanks for properly crediting me, ya jerks. For the record, his name is Sargent Mugsy and he lives in Tempe, Arizona with my aunt.

So I was watching the train wreck that is the Black Eyed Peas...

Sun, 06 Feb 2011 17:36:19 -0800

So I was watching the train wreck that is the Black Eyed Peas perform at the Super Bowl and decided to look at their Wiki page. Please read the last sentence before “Discography.” Whoever wrote that gem is my new hero.

http://www.hisampersandhers.com Dave and I started a blog.

Sun, 09 Jan 2011 23:25:29 -0800

http://www.hisampersandhers.com

Dave and I started a blog.

Photo

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 07:19:21 -0800

Mt. Shasta / somewhere north of Weed, California

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 21:18:36 -0800

Mt. Shasta / somewhere north of Weed, California

A photography project with my boyfriend: His&Hers.

Mon, 08 Nov 2010 20:34:17 -0800

A photography project with my boyfriend: His&Hers.

When Dave peeled back the film I literally had chills. Nailed...

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 23:05:00 -0700

When Dave peeled back the film I literally had chills. Nailed it. Check out his Flickr for some other great double exposures.

Polaroid Week, day 2.

Tue, 02 Nov 2010 10:47:36 -0700

Polaroid Week, day 2.

Polaroid Week, day 1.

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 08:36:08 -0700

Polaroid Week, day 1.

Bar cats are awesome. Photobooths are awesome. Taking a bar cat...

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 07:19:37 -0700

Bar cats are awesome. Photobooths are awesome. Taking a bar cat into a photobooth? Really awesome.

On the first day of fall,

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 18:55:01 -0700

this is what I wore.

What I ate yesterday:

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 07:03:00 -0700

-French toast from Orangette

-Coca Cola brined fried chicken with garlic pickle relish and green beans via Esquire

-Smitten Kitchen’s roasted pears with vanilla bean sugar, lemon and butter

Little Big Burger.

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:03:00 -0700

Last night Dave and I headed to the Pearl to feast at Micah Camden’s new joint, Little Big Burger. It didn’t disappoint. If you aren’t familiar with Camden’s name and you live in Portland, let me familiarize you. In the last few years he’s opened the Japanese influenced Yakuza*, Italian eatery DOC and British pub inspired Fats. He also opened Beast with Naomi Pomeroy. All of these restaurants are conveniently located on the same block. If he’s not the king of NE 30th and Killingworth, he damn well should be.

After announcing what seemed like a hundred opening dates, Little Big Burger finally opened last Friday. The menu is small. So small, in fact, that it can fit on the sandwich board displayed outside the place. After some excited air grabs on my part (some of you know what I’m talking about), Dave and I both decided on the cheese burger with Rouge chévre. (You have Tillamook cheddar or Swiss, Rouge chévre and Oregon blue to choose from). If you really wanted to make a food baby, you could easily devour two or more of these burgers, but we were saving ourselves for ice cream and a marathon Firefly session later in the evening so we stuck with one. (I had Snoqualmie Cascade Mt. Blackberry in case you were wondering). We also both ordered fries – Yukon golds with truffle oil to be exact. Throw in a fountain soda and house made catsup with honey and Sriracha and you’ve got yourself one tasty meal.

Thankfully, Little Big Burger is only a short walk away from my work. I see to-go orders in my future.

*My friend Anna once told me eating the burger at Yakuza made her “close her eyes in orgasmic delight.” Kobe beef, brioche bun, truffle oil, goat cheese, shoelace fried potatoes… yes please! When I finally tried said burger, I discovered Anna wasn’t kidding. There may have even been a moan involved. Dave’s parents were with us though, so I had to keep it tame.

His and Hers

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 07:29:48 -0700

A collaboration between my boyfriend Dave and I. Dave’s polaroid is on the left, mine on the right.

Whalen Island.

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:38:54 -0700

Marcella Hazan’s tomato sauce is my favorite. It’s perfect for a rainy (almost) fall...

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 20:00:36 -0700

Marcella Hazan’s tomato sauce is my favorite. It’s perfect for a rainy (almost) fall evening. I added a parmesan romano rind tonight for a little extra flavor.

Mom was thrilled when Dad took it down from the family room wall...

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:58:41 -0700

Mom was thrilled when Dad took it down from the family room wall and moved it to the barn, until she realized it was only to make room for a much larger elk head.

(by whitney johnson)

A window in the machine shop in my parents barn. I don’t...

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:12:37 -0700

A window in the machine shop in my parents barn. I don’t ever remember those bottles not being there.

(by whitney johnson)