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out and about: oregon fly fishing.

Joel — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:18:02 +0000

In my spare time (i.e., 4:30am in the morning!) I like to get outdoors. Today I traveled with my friend, Bryan Rupp to the Wilson River for some fly fishing. It was an amazing morning, with perfectly overcast conditions, complete with Brook Trout. Here’s Bryan letting loose on the river.

Here’s yours truly (thanks for the photo, Bryan!).

foreshadow: oregon graduate session.

Joel — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:41:56 +0000

Had to post a couple quick ones from this stellar session. Congrats Gray! And keep up the skating!

foreshadow: bethany & nathan.

Joel — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 05:43:06 +0000

Coming later this week, Bethany & Nathan’s wedding at the Veiled Garden! It was a perfect break in the weather for their beautiful wedding. Here’s one of the newly weds until the full post…

…on a more technical note (for the photo geeks out there!) I have to say that my Canon 24 1.4L has been the go-to lens! This shot is a prime example of why I love it. No post-process vignette, sharpening, color or contrast corrections. While the Canon 85 1.2L has the impressionistic bokeh I have come to love, the 24mm has a way of taking a wide angle perspective and giving it a shallow depth of field at 1.4 that is unique, beautiful, and at times unanticipated for this wide of a shot. You might even go rent one to try for yourself at Pro Photo Supply (if you’re local to Portland). But enough with the shop talk…

party at the parkway: photo riot!

Joel — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:40:21 +0000

Although there was SO much more that happened at Twin Rocks Friends Camp’s Party at the Parkway, we had a blast opening up our photo riot! booth for some stellar fun. There will be more photos from the event posting this week, so stay tuned! For now, here are some of the photos that myself and the amazing Cherice snapped. You’ll also note the funky clothing, an addition brought by the Trunks of Funk, some chests full of clothing I donated to the camp a few years ago that seem to have taken on a life of their own! If you were at Twin Rocks and want to see the rest of the photos (as well as purchase and download) they’ll be at jebockstorefront.com. You’ll need to contact us for the password though! Also, If you’re having an event and you’d like to have a photo riot! let us know, we’d love to help you cut loose and have some fun memories.

Do you have a favorite?

espen of the week: photo riot!!!

Joel — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 18:26:14 +0000

Coming up later today, shots from the Photo Riot! at Twin Rocks the other weekend from which this photo was taken…this one was courtesy of the amazing Cherice Bock! My how kids grow…and don’t forget you can “like” these blog posts now. Just click it at the end of the post!

family portraits: five rock ranch, oregon.

Joel — Wed, 26 May 2010 19:07:23 +0000

All I can say is that the location was amazing, and the family (and good friends!) were way too much to photograph! We hit Five Rock Ranch for some Sunday afternoon Mother’s Day photos, and what ensued was a lot of laughter and snapshots. It’s always fun to see families enjoying one another, which was very self evident for these folks. Happy Mother’s Day Lois, and thanks for letting us capture your beautiful family! Get ready for A LOT of photos…

photo riot! a different kind of photo booth.

Joel — Mon, 24 May 2010 16:42:15 +0000

That’s right! We officially kicked off our photo riot booth at Twin Rocks Friends Camp this last weekend for a fundraiser we were shooting. And it was a riot! Here’s one from the day that cracked me up. Our dear friends, who are expecting, really got into the spirit of the booth. We’ll be posting more soon!

night skyline: san francisco.

Joel — Sat, 15 May 2010 05:51:08 +0000

Down in the Bay area for a wedding tomorrow, and here’s what we were doing today. I have to say we had quite a bit of fun watching the sunset!

foreshadow: oregon family portraits.

Joel — Mon, 10 May 2010 04:56:34 +0000

I had a blast today with my good friends out at the 5 Rock Ranch. It was a brilliant day, and we had a lot of laughs and fun taking photos around the area. There was a great Stetson hat, along with some stellar cowboy boots that I can’t wait to show! Here’s a quick one before the full post:

remodel: new home.

Joel — Sun, 02 May 2010 21:20:12 +0000

I have to say that owning a home has been a blast so far! Yes, it is A LOT of work, and the list of projects only grows by the minute. But when you have great folks around to help you with those projects (thanks to all you who’ve been able to so far!) it makes for a MUCH more enjoyable experience. Russ is with Eden Homes & Design, and has been a close friend going on almost 10 years now. We went to work on this project yesterday and got the door in (though you can’t see it here). I wanted to post this picture for a couple reasons, while also expanding on why I’m starting to include more personal photos.

1. I feel like with my aim to be “professional” my blog has taken a turn from it’s original intent: to be a creative outlet outside of “work”, while keeping folks posted on what I was working on.

2. It’s fun to show photos, but I always appreciate getting to know the folks behind the lens. I used to post more photos of Espen and other daily occurrences, and anticipate that this will progress once again. My overall goal is to not make this the “Joel Bock” show, but to give some foundation for readers to understand my perspective and approach to what I photograph.

3. As it’s easier to look at a photo rather than read everything the blogger has written (I confess, I am just as guilty of this as the next reader!), I want to speak things that are important to me via my images, thus alleviating that task to a degree.

Which brings us back to this photo. My friends and family are important to me. They make me laugh, think more intentionally about how I live my life, and are an immense support and encouragement. I love how this photo captures my gratitude for all that. And thanks, Russ, for working on the house with me – don’t forget to send me the invoice!