Andie's Photo Blog

Voters' Pamphlet Photo Special!

2012-02-12T13:36:00.000-08:00

The deadline for photos for the Voters' Pamphlet is March 8th!

I have booked some dates in the studio and am having a special:

Friday, Feb. 17th from 3:30pm until 5:30pm

Saturday, Feb.18th from 10:00am until 1:30pm

Sunday, Feb.19th from 10am until 4:00pm

Saturday, Feb. 25th from 10am until 1pm

The special is $100 for the studio session plus two 5x7" prints in black and white and one emailed color image.

Email me at photo@andiepetkus.com to book your session!

Each session should only take 15-30 minutes. I will post the photos online for you to make a selection and then send the image you select to be printed as well as email you a copy. My studio is in inner NE Portland.

Regular pricing for headshots is $100 for the studio session (or $150 on location) with one free emailed image plus $20 for the two 5x7" prints.

Here are the guidelines for the 2012 Voters' Pamphlet:

Submit two identical 5” x 7” black and white photos of the candidate. Quality may be affected if the photographs

submitted do not meet the requirements.

´´Photographs must be less than 4 years old.

´´Photographs must show only the face and shoulders of the candidate; no hands or anything below the shoulders.

´´The background of the photograph must be plain (untextured, light gray background is recommended). Materials such

as paneling, wallpaper, windows, textured walls, flags and plants will be cropped or airbrushed and the cost of altering

the photograph will be billed to the candidate.

´´ In the photograph, a candidate must not be wearing a judicial robe, uniform, hat, lapel pin or other clothing or jewelry

that may be construed as representing any organization. Photographs that do not meet requirements will be cropped or airbrushed and the cost of altering the photograph will be billed to the candidate.

´´The candidate’s name should be written on the back of the photograph in the upper right-hand corner.

´´The printed portrait in the Voters’ Pamphlet is 1.5" x 1.75."

Australia - Broadbeach on the Gold Coast

2012-01-30T16:42:00.000-08:00

Really cute restaurant near Cape Byron.

Hamburger with beet root is an Aussie specialty. They also love fried potato wedges with sweet chili sauce and sour cream. Yum! We ate very well everywhere we went in Australia.

The Cape Byron Lighthouse.

The most easterly point of the Australian mainland.

Australia - Australian Open

2012-01-30T16:30:00.000-08:00

Some entertainers wandered the tennis grounds, partially dressed as kangaroos...

Mansoor Bahrami is from Iran and was a professional doubles contender back in the late 80's. Wikipedia said that he sometimes lost matches because he liked to do crowd pleasing trick shots. Now he plays the "Champions" circuit and he was really funny and quite talented. He could catch a tennis ball in his pocket and hit from behind his back and under his legs. It was like watching the Harlem Globetrotters of tennis. His doubles match was much more entertaining than the one I watched that was for competition. Those guys were way too serious and whiny...

This is just one of the show courts. Center Court inside the Rod Laver Arena was much bigger!

Me with my new Australian Open polo shirt and shopping bag. A regular old nothing special t-shirt cost $40 Australian, which is about the same in US$. Expensive souvenirs, but I had to get some anyway. I had a great day watching "the tennis."

Australia - Hanging Rock

2012-01-30T15:00:00.000-08:00

The actual hanging rock...

Some really old graffiti by T Scott in 1866...

An inflatable kangaroo came along for the ride. We saw some real kangaroos out and about, but they were too far away for me to get a good photo. I wished I had my big lens with me for about a second...

Australia - Badger Creek

2012-01-30T14:00:00.000-08:00

The rosellas (colorful wild Australian parrots) will eat out of your hand at Badger Creek...

Australia - Healesville Sanctuary

2012-01-30T13:00:00.000-08:00

This little wallaby was so adorable and not very shy.

Gotta have the boomerang show. It came back to him, most of the time.

And you gotta hear some didgeridoo.

We got up close and personal with the birds at the bird show. This one came right at me.

The Victoria Zoos have a recycling campaign called "Wipe for Wildlife." They want you to use toilet paper made of recycled paper.

This koala started making noises that were not at all cute. More like a pig sound.

A beautiful hawk.

I almost didn't go to the "10 most venomous snakes" exhibit. This one looks like it is about to snack on my logo.

Feeding emus for TV.
A black cockatoo.
This dingo made himself a little bed by pawing at the ground and then walking around in circles before plopping down for a nap.

Feeding the pelicans.
Sleepy wombat.
Not so sleepy Tasmanian Devil named Lucifer.

Australia - Mornington Peninsula

2012-01-30T12:05:00.000-08:00

Fort Nepean

Mynah Bird

London Bridge

Ways you can die.

The mysterious disappearance of an Australian Prime Minister...

The cute little town of Sorrento

Australia - Melbourne Sights

2012-01-30T12:00:00.000-08:00

A day strolling along the Yarra River...

A Yarra River boathouse.

Flinders Street Station

Downtown near Federation Square...

QPO - SD's mum's favorite restaurant...

One of the neighborhood town halls - Fitzroy perhaps?

The buildings on this street were mostly from the mid-1800's.

A croquet club - right next to the cricket grounds, of course.

K & M Wedding

2011-12-27T17:09:00.001-08:00

Yee haw! I am finally posting photos from a rodeo wedding that took place at the end of September near St. Paul, Oregon.

I was the second photographer for this wedding - working with Alicia Dickerson. She did all of the posing and her photos (which can be viewed here) are absolutely lovely. Oregon Bride Magazine is talking to her about featuring her photos in an upcoming edition!

Here are some of my pics from the day...

Chicago Petki Come to Portland

2011-10-26T16:55:00.000-07:00

Speed Rack Portland

2011-10-26T16:46:00.000-07:00

Speed Rack is a fundraiser for breast cancer that takes place all over the country. The female bartenders were competing for the fastest time, but also got judged on the quality of their cocktails. Tough!

Amsterdam

2011-10-06T23:49:00.000-07:00

Cyprus - Famagusta

2011-10-06T10:30:00.000-07:00

Cyprus - Monastary of Apostolos Andreas

2011-10-06T10:15:00.000-07:00

Noah's Ark Resort on the way to the monastary

Cyprus - The Artemis Resort

2011-10-06T10:00:00.000-07:00

Cyprus - Artisan's Home

2011-10-06T09:45:00.000-07:00

The lamps that Nafia and Erer bought for us as a gift.

"Donkey Ali" working on a copper piece.

Some stuff out in the yard...

Baby donkey

Cyprus 2011 - Food!

2011-10-06T09:30:00.000-07:00

BBQ'ing kebabs

Turkish beer - Efes

Lion's milk - Raki

Very traditional Cyprus dish: Chicken and pasta with cheese and mint (Makarna Bulli)

Turkish style moussaka...

Pide with cheese, tomatoes and peppers

Meatballs (kofte) and french fries

Sadiye with olive bread

close up of the olive bread (zeytinli ekmek)

Making stuffed squash flowers...

Turkish coffee!

Cyprus - Family

2011-10-06T09:00:00.000-07:00

Shaban's dad as a younger man...

Shaban with his dad and his namesake, Great Uncle Shaban.

H & K Wedding

2011-09-25T21:42:00.000-07:00

I really enjoyed photographing this wedding with Emily G at Karen and Steve's lovely home. These are some of the pics that I shot that were my favorites. To see a mix of Emily's photos and mine, visit her blog.

MS Society - A Night in the Park

2011-09-17T11:31:00.000-07:00

A lovely evening in a Portland park...

T High School Senior Photos

2011-09-15T13:27:00.000-07:00

T and I had a fun afternoon in the park. The geese from a nearby pond kept trying to get into the shots, but I cropped them out - most of the time...

J & S's Wedding at Skamania Lodge

2011-09-02T11:32:00.000-07:00

I photographed my friends' wedding and they gave me lots of time to run around and take fun photos all around Skamania Lodge. What a lovely location! And J & S were totally relaxed in front of the camera. I think everyone had fun that day...

Marylhurst University Golf Classic

2011-08-26T15:40:00.000-07:00

There were some excellent golfers playing in this benefit tournament at Oswego Lake Country Club...

R & T Wedding in the Rose Garden

2011-08-26T13:27:00.000-07:00

A simple lovely wedding in the Rose Garden...

C & L Wedding in Happy Valley

2011-08-16T12:33:00.001-07:00

The sky was dark in the morning, but became bright blue by the time the reception got going. The Aerie at the Eagle's Landing golf course is a great place for a wedding. The reception room has an entire wall of windows that open up onto a patio, so you can be inside, but still take advantage of nice weather outside, if you get it.