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Miles Of Fun As MLK Service Day Kicks Off For Volunteer Connect
Man, yesterday was stressful. My wife says I’m sensitive but when I was going over to the vet to pickup Miles from having his “lumpotomy”, (he gets this non-life threatening tumor growing on his side and when it gets to grapefruit size it’s time to lighten the load for him), I was really, really happy to see he was wanting to get out of the cage!
We’ve had our two dogs Miles and Dizzy for 12 of their 13 years now and XC skied, mtn biked, ran and played literally 7 days a week with them. So yea, I was stressed I’d loose my terror of a lab that has done everything from destroy a new 4 month old couch, to eating 2 full boxes of chocolate fudge Cliff Bars (remember Ben?), to endless counter robberies of steaks, Costco apple pies and anything else that resembled food.
Between dropping Miles off and picking him up, the one redeeming event that allowed me to have a semi-productive day and not let worrying about my dog fill all thoughts was volunteering to shoot some images for the Volunteer Connect projects happening around Bend, Oregon during Martin Luther King Day. Helping out the community, seeing old friends and laughing with others took my mind off my furry friend. Cheers to all those hard working volunteers!
In the end, both my dogs lay next to me while I write this and I can’t help but wonder when they’ll be ready for the next adventure….Miles, get your head out of the trash dude…..yea, things really never change.
This is our Miles. He definitely has attitude and this shows it!
Paw’s R US
Not trying to play favorites, I needed to include Dizzy as well.
Friends With Flowers volunteers creating love for terminally ill patients in Central Oregon
Over at the Bethlehem Inn, volunteers fixing bikes for a good cause!
At the Bend Community Center volunteers work to create blankets for the homeless.
This young dude was a rock star, putting air into all the bike tires and doing bike maintenance!
The Best Wedding Images Of 2009 From Byron Roe Photography – Bend, OR
As Wendy and I leap into the new year we look forward to making new friends who are keen to our unique style of wedding photography, as well as keeping up with all our new wedding couple friends we made through out 2009. Thank you all for having the utmost faith in our talents as photographers for our inaugural year. It was a privileged to be part of each and every one of your special days!
Since everyone else is doing their “best of….” for 09, I thought we needed the best bride & groom images of 2009 as well! So here are the coolest images, (in our opinion) from the weddings we shot though out the year. I did the preliminary choosing without Wendy but I knew that it would be better to have lots of choices to pick from since they were destined to be debated once she looked at them! One of the great things, (among many others) about wedding photography is that they’re always unique and never dull. So sit back, relax and enjoy these images that were so inspiring for us to create.
Business Portraits With Jeff Coffey Of StreamiT Media
My friend Jeff Coffey is a true visionary and his company StreamiT Media has been working frantically on an exciting project that will change how video content will be dealt with on the web. Wanting to make sure he had his business portraits set when INC.com calls him up for a cover shot, Jeff and I spent one morning recently working together. We always have a great time together in social or work settings and this was no different.
I’ve always had an interest in fashion/interior design/architecture, (maybe it’s my Italian roots showing through) and even though I never went to school for it or worked in the industry, I’m seeing that looking at all those GQ, Elle Decor, etc. magazines when I was younger wasn’t a waste of time as it really helps me to envision lots of options during a photoshoot and in this case allowed me to manipulate his wardrobe choices to get the results you see below. Please take a look at their website for more information: StreamiT Media
Max King Of Bend, Oregon Wins XTERRA Trail Run Worlds 2009
Back when we had an autumn in Bend, Oregon this year, I got the chance to go out with Max King for a photoshoot. With more evergreens than deciduous trees in Central Oregon you have to know where to go for some color so I took him up to a very unusual spot that has a very dense but small area of aspens surrounded by green for miles. Even though the colors were amazing the temperature was in the 40’s so my hat goes off to Max who not only stuck it out during the photoshoot but had a great attitude as well. Max looks in top form as he just claimed his second title as XTERRA trail running world champion about a week ago in Ka’a'awa, Oahu-Hawaii. About a month ago he won the USA Track and Field National Trail Marathon (six days after finishing 18th at the New York City Marathon). Congrats Max!
2009 Cyclocross Nationals In Bend, Oregon
I’m an avid cyclist, racer and love photographing people suffering…AKA-racing. Cyclocross is easily the best spectator sport in bicycle racing to watch since you can walk to see much of the course without traveling more than 4-5 blocks and the crowds tend to get the most rowdy! Enjoy the pics-
My cousin Maureen from Boston tearing it up in the elite race. Congratulations are in order as she was recently chosen to be part of the US team that will go over and race the World Championships in Tabor, Czech Republic! Ok, it turns out that we’re something to the effect of 3rd cousins and if it wasn’t for the trip my family took to the East Coast to visit her family, we probably would have never met each other. Her family came over to Wisconsin to visit my family as well and I still remember running around with a WW2 gas mask on trying to scare Mo and her sister-(I was maybe 10 and they were around 4 years old). Isn’t that the fun of families? Please take a look at Maureen and her husband Matt’s team website to learn more about the two of them and what’s next – mmracing
There was a nice long “run-up” stairs to climb on the course and here’s a view of the women’s elite race. It WAS this tight!
This is another typical scene from cross racing…..and either a science fiction movie or a bad dream.
Katie Compton takes a glance at how close her competition is behind her. Turns out she rightfully wears the correct numbers as she went on to win her 6th national title.
The entire city of Bend seemed to be out cheering on the racers, including….
This dude was in a full on sniper camo outfit handing out bills to those who wanted to spend a 2nd and grab one. Another taker!
Home town favorite Ryan Trebon. The Bend community came out in full force to cheer this guy on and each time he came around for another lap the roar was deafening.
Taking a corner at speed and yes, the grass looks that way because it’s winter, cold and for the racers…super slippery to ride.
My friend Wade who builds bike frames and owns Vulture Cycles built this bike for parades and general hooliganism. Yes, he’s sitting over head height-in fact you sit sooo high that I declined to try it out myself and that doesn’t happen very often. If your looking for a custom frame for cross, mtn, etc. please check him out: vulturecycles
Pushin’ the pace, suffering and getting dirty…what cross is all about.
Charity Auctions And Cover Shots For The Source Weekly In Bend, Oregon
Last week my friend Elise and I met at Powell’s Candy in downtown Bend, Oregon to meet up with the Big Brother/Big Sister couple and their “little” Mac for the cover photoshoot. Having been in education prior to beginning full time as a photographer and starting my own business I’ve worked at most of the schools in the area as a substitute teacher. So when Mac came up to me and asked, “were you a teacher ever?” I gave him a sly smile and before I could think of a good line I was laughing, since I did remember him in classes and it’s so common for me to have kids come up and ask, “are you Mr. Roe”?. Ah, they grow up so quick!
So at 9:00am in the morning it’s not super warm out and I’m having Mac sit on a blisteringly cold metal bench while I shoot photos of him for the inside shot. Mac’s not too into the whole thing and can only think about his freezing bottom so the brick wall ends up being a better choice as he gave more than a painful expression! The cover shot was just as fun and after experimenting with having the “bigs” do rabbit ears to Mac with the lollipops I wanted to create this look where the two adults were the ones with the candy (looking more like kids) than Mac. I’m happy with the results as it creates a fun subtle air for an important cause.
In addition, I donated a really cool framed print of the Painted Hills to be auctioned off. So come on and put your money to a good cause! You can access it online at www.tsweekly.com/
