Jon Christopher Meyers Photography

While I was out of town on the Oregon Coast last week, without cell or internet coverage. Our behind the scenes video about the making of the Cascades Raptor Center shoot we did back in January blew up on www.Gizmodo.com and a few other tech and photography related websites. We had just put the final touches on the video and had uploaded it to Vimeo. I figured I would blog about it once I got home. To my surprise it had been viewed over 5000 times in two days.

A lot goes into a full day of shooting in the studio. Our day with CRC was no exception, enjoy this behind the scenes look.

Big thanks to everyone that helped put it together.

The Eugene Ballet came into the studio back in Januray to shoot promo images for their show All You Need is Love.  In the course of about a week we went from  flying birds to people flying in the studio.  It always amazes me how incredibly graceful these dancers are.  I feel as if I’m a very lucky photographer to such grace and beauty in front of the lens of my camera.

Eugene Ballet

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I’ve photographed many creatures…. Dogs, Cats, children of all sorts but never birds in my studio.  In January we produced a photo shoot for the Cascades Raptor Center, a local raptor rehab and education center here in Eugene, Oregon.  After a few discussions about the Raptor Center needed for images we came up with a plan.  Shoot portraits in the morning and then portraits plus action imagery in the afternoon with the birds that are used for education.   After a test shoot in December I worked out the lighting and photography details.  Over the course of the day we had about a dozen birds in the studio.  I had a crew of 4 helping me, including Vernon Williams and my good friend Micheal Ferry. Mike came down from Portland to shoot a making of video and interviews of the CRC staff.

Here is a video slideshow of some of the work we did that day.  This project is still a work in progress so stay tuned for more.  And our next shoot is already in the works for this spring…. More flying…

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Ready to settle in for winter and finally organize all of those photographs?  Do it faster and easier with Adobe’s Lightroom.  The next Lightroom workshop is scheduled for December 3 form 9:30 to 4 pm.  This is a one day intensive, bring your laptop or computer with LR on it.  For more info check out the Workshop and Classes page.  Space is limited to 10 students.  To sign up please email me.

This was the fourth year of working with the Oregon Bach Festival.  My roll as photographer for the festival has changed a bit over the years as we continue to add many excellent photographs to their library.  Now I get to concentrate on more of the highlights of the festival and less of the day to day activities.  A few of my favorite moments with Bach festival this year were, YoYo Ma both during and after his concert, Matthew Halls during rehearsal, and Helmut Rilling backstage before the final concert.  This year I delivered over a thousand images to OBF, here are a few of my top favorites for you to enjoy.

A portion of Solitude and Absolute Form is on display currently at the Eugene Airport.  The show run through September.  Several of the prints will then be on loan to the University of Oregon Law School.  This show brings new meaning to “you need a ticket to get in”, as the gallery is located behind security.  Thank you to the Jacobs Gallery for inviting me to show this work and for all of the help with the installation.

A slide show of images from Solitude & Absolute Form

I just wanted to share some feedback about our Lightroom Workshop that was held in the studio this weekend. Thanks to all of the students for making this class a success!

“Hey, just wanted to say again how great the workshop was. Loved your relaxed style but also how much info you gave everyone. I’m anxious to put it all to work!” Jeff Collins

For more info about this and other workshops & classes check out the workshop page.

This last week I photographed Falon, Matt & James from the band 5×5. This shoot started out as doing some senior portraits of just Falon but turned into a fun session with entire band. They will be releasing a CD in the coming month, images from this shoot will be used in the final layout of the CD.

Falon, Matt & James from the band 5x5