Portland Family Photographer | Dates Announced

I’ve got four dates announced for 2020 when I’ll be booking mini sessions in Portland, at a few different beautiful locations throughout the city. It’s always so much fun to me to reconnect with couples and families, to see how much they’ve grown, and especially now that I live in Boise, to reconnect with all those years I spent clicking my camera in the direction of awesome people in Portland. When you’re a photographer you have an intimate connection with your clients, I don’t know that you can really understand it unless you experience, but you go through this major life transition with them, you are there, you witness it all, and you are at their side, available as a photographer, friend and anything else they might need. Ok, I’m getting off on a tangent, so I’m going to list the dates here, click the button if you’d like to reserve a slot for a mini session in Portland. Also I’ve got brand new family packages announced, I’ve found that mini sessions aren’t enough for all families. Even though we can capture a lot in twenty minutes, there’s much more to be had, click here for the options, and click here to schedule a call with me to discuss which one would work best for you. Boise dates are coming soon!

PolarPro Variable ND Filter Peter McKinnon Edition Unboxing Video | Unboxing in The Wild

I just got the PolarPro Variable ND Filter Peter McKinnon Edition 2-5 Stop and I’m so excited about putting it to work on lots of exciting projects this year. I did a lot of research before buying a variable ND filter, hoping that I would come to the conclusion that the $45 one would indeed be good enough, but in the end, like I always do, I decided to go with the item that would give me the most possibilities and least limitations in my work (this is the main deciding factor for every piece of gear that I purchase “How is this going to give me new possibilities or make my work significantly better"?, this is the question I ask myself.)

I decided I’m going to call my unboxing videos unboxing in the wild, because I like that name, and it gives me another excuse to get outside. I unboxed this on a rock, at the beginning of the Polecat trail, a place that I frequently mountain bike.

I purchased this filter for use with my EOS R (well and any camera that I ever own) for professional photo and video work. I use all L Series Canon Lenses (You can see my gear here), and I tried some cheaper variable ND filters, but found three problems:

1. They degraded the image quality.

2. They changed the image color.

3. They got a massive black x on the image at the outer ranges of their capabilities.

These are all problems II could for the most part work around, but it would require more work in post, and my main concern is delivering the best work to my clients as fast as I can, which is in the end why I went with the PolarPro vs the cheaper options.

If you just look at the filter, it’s beautiful. Spending so many years doing photo work, I haven’t seen the need for a variable ND filter. Sure it would’ve been fun in some ways, but with doing video, and being able to shoot with the shallow depth of field look that I love, an ND filter is a must.

I purchased the 82mm version of this filter, because I can use step down rings to make the filter fit smaller lenses, as my lenses are 77mm and 72mm, if you’re going to purchase a variable nd filter, I recommend you do the same, so that you only have to purchase one of them, that you can use on every lens.

I haven't used this filter yet, so I’ll review it in the next few months after I put some real time into using it, and I've got some projects that I'm really excited to put this to work on.

Email me with any questions: bryan@bryanrupp.com

Here's the Link to the PolarPro Variable ND Filter Peter McKinnon Edition 2-5 Stop 82mm

Gear Used for this video:

Canon EOS R: https://amzn.to/35RA1Rv

Canon 35mm F1.4L: https://amzn.to/35PcDns

Tascam DR-10L Recorder + Lav Mic: https://amzn.to/36YIJhO

ProGrade V90 128gb SD Card: https://amzn.to/35PcPDc

Manfrotto Tripod: https://amzn.to/35J1dS3

Comment or email me with any questions or comments, it’s snowy and beautiful in Boise today and my kids want me to drag them behind my car on sleds, so yeah, I’m going outside now and doing that :).

Bryan

Boise Architectural Photographer

I am truly fascinated by this life, and so many aspects of it. This is one thing I love about my work, is that it allows me to learn about subjects, people and businesses inside and out. I get to spend time exploring and learning and it’s so much fun for me. I did this shoot for Jeremy with Treasure Valley Lighting & Design. He reached out about me shooting several locations for his lighting business, I wanted to meet up in person and talk about his business and goals, but he was so busy with his lighting business that he didn’t have time (because he was lighting 140 trees at The Village, among other jobs :)), so him and I did a quick phone meeting and it was fun to hear about the process that he guides his clients through for designing custom lighting for their homes and businesses. I’m a photographer, and have feelings about basically everything, but ESPECIALLY lighting. Light can change the atmosphere, light can raise or lower your spirit, and light can turn a boring photo into something incredible. Enough rambling, this was a super fun shoot for me and I’m grateful that Jeremy hired me for it. Here’s the locations, in order:

Ten Mile Christian Church

The Village at Meridian

Eagle City Hall

Heritage Park, Eagle, Idaho

Gear Used:

Canon EOS R

Canon 24mm F1.4L

Goby Variable ND Filter (although I just got this one from Polar Pro which I’m real stoked about!)

Manfrotto Tripod (but I’d get this one from Vanguard if I was you.

Prograde 128gb v90 SD Card

Thanks for hiring me for this shoot Jeremy and beautiful work on the Christmas lights man!

Bryan