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My friend James Rexroad shot this of me a few weeks ago...on film, with his Mamiya 6. He was kind enough of to scan it in for me. Okay, he's not that famous, but he's shot portraits of famous people like Al Gore, Ben Harper, Jennifer Connelly, Peter Gabriel, Robert Plant, Al Sharpton, Moby, and now....THOMAS BOYD of Eugene, Ore.
Portland, Oregon-based photographer - 503.421.5700
>St. Louis
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I was in St. Louis to cover the Oregon Ducks in the Sweet 16. At night, I went out with my camera. Click on the link above to see my updated gallery of nightlife snaps since the beginning of the year.
>Blog Post About A Photo I Took
>I get Google updates every week when my name appears on the internet. It's mostly photos that run in other publications when I submit to AP. Today, I found that someone actually made a blog post about a photo I have hanging in the Eugene Airport. Click on the link above to read it.
>March Madness Slideshows
>I just returned from Spokane, Wash., after shooting the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tourament. Click on the link above to see the slideshows at registerguard.com.
>The Red Door
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This another snap from my journey through the back alley's of downtown Portland last Thursday night.
>Beer and Cars
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This is a quick snap from my walk through the city last Thursday.
>Daylight Savings Time
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Last night I headed out at 4:30 p.m. looking for a stand alone. This ran on the City/Region page. I shot the photo at 6:45 p.m.
Tom
>Tuning the Git
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Caption: Dave Dillinger tunes his guitar before a performance at Dante's in Portland, Ore., on Thursday night, March 8, 2007.
I shot these two pictures last Thursday night in Portland. I can't decide which one I like best. Chime in if you have an opinion.
>Sportshooter.com February Update
>While your at it, check out my recent work gallery at thomasrboyd.net. The link is on the right.
>Quest for Immortality
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We had a free day in Portland Sunday. We cleaned out our checking account to get into the Portland Art Museum's The Quest for Immortality: Treasures of Ancient Egypt features the largest selection of antiquities ever loaned by Egypt for exhibition in North America. It includes objects that have never been on public display and many that have never been seen outside of Egypt. Ancient Egyptian beliefs and practices based on the afterlife journey of pharaohs will be dramatically illustrated through approximately 115 magnificent objects from Egypt and a life-sized reconstruction of the burial chamber of the New Kingdom pharaoh Thutmose III (1479-1425 BC).
It was very impressive indeed. There was a little too much to hold the kid's interest, but they were good sports. Of course we asked them what liked best about the trip to Portland and they both said it was the trip to the Nike Outlet Store to buy shoes.
In any event, I took a few snaps, thinking it would be okay since I wasn't using a flash. The dude on the right is heading in my direction to nuke my Egyptian photo safari. I took some photos anyway and the sky didn't fall. No one was injured and the mummies didn't rise.
>Lunch at the Portside
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I had lunch with my mother and grandmother at The Portside in Charleston, Ore., yesterday. This is one reason I love having a job close to where I grew up. I had a shoot in Charleston so they met me for lunch. Today is my grandmother's 83rd birthday.
>New Family Snaps
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I decided my bio photo needed updating, so I had Carrie shoot some snaps of me and cole and I shot a few of Greta.
>Loggers Come to Town
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>Skate World
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Skate World doesn't look, or smell, any different than when I went there in middle school in the early 80's. It's a classic!
Caption: Just because Josh Quint, 14, right, broke his arm skating, doesn't mean he didn't take advantage of the busiest day of year during President's Day All Day Skate at Skate World in Springfield, Monday, Feb. 19, 2007, with his friends Nikole Wright, 15, and Jacque Tena, 17, left. Quint goes skating up to three times a week and was waiting for a possible "speed skate," which he heard probably wasn't going to happen because of the smaller children in attendance.
>Cole as Lebron
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I shot this a few minutes ago outside on the street in front of our house. Cole started playing basketball at 10:30 this morning. As I write this at 5:50 p.m. he's still playing outside where I shot this photo.
>Updated Portfolio
>I just added a "Recent Work" gallery to my website. Some of it will be duplicated on this blog, but I'll try update it regularly. It covers work from Jan.1 until Feb. 13.
>Behind the Curtain
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Here's another frame from my outing last Saturday night. I shot this through a sheer curtain that had a gold lame' design woven in.
>Black Crater
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Last summer I covered the Black Crater forest fire. I was sending from the Sisters Middle School and for some reason didn't save my take on my laptop after putting it in the system. I just recently dug up the original files for contest purposes. On deadline I sent a vertical version of this image but aesthetically I like this horizontal version better. I shot it from a nearby dormant volcano with a 300/2.8 after the sun went down. As I recall it was a 30 second exposure. It illustrates how difficult it was for firefighters to deal with this type of fire. It burned all summer.
>The Horsehead
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Here's a snap I took at the Horsehead in Eugene, Ore. The pool players are reflected in a mirror.
>Harrington, Rashad, Knight and Me
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Here I am at the Oregon/Arizona game. There were more celebrities on hand than usual. Behind me are Joey Harrington, Ahmad Rashad, and Phil Knight. I also saw NBA great Jerome Kersey, NFL greats Dave Wilcox and Chris Miller, ABC commentator Brent Musberger, and the SI.com girl, Jenn Sterger.