Lately I have been shooting some really fun portraits. I first shot a friend as James Dean and recently shot my friend Ezra as Elvis. I like the challenge of creating images that could artistically represent these icons. My next project is Molly Ringwald. Wish me luck!
Author Archives: Mercy McNab
Gotye with Kimbra
April 19, 2012 – 9:21 pm
I had a chance of a lifetime earlier this month. The day of the show I was granted a media pass thru ELEVEN Magazine to photograph Gotye and Kimbra at The Crystal Ballroom. I have been obsessing over his latest album and especially the song ” Somebody that I used to know.” The same week [...]
International Air and Hospitality Academy
April 13, 2012 – 8:45 pm
I was recently hired to photograph the 4 programs the International Air and Hospitality Academy offers to students. The academy offers culinary training, wind turbine technician training, hospitality, and international air. After photographing each program the school decided to have me install a permanent collection of photos from each program. This is my first commercial [...]
Unipiper goes viral via Facebook!
March 14, 2012 – 11:33 pm
Last week I was visiting The Candy Bus on Hawthorne street in SE Portland. I heard bagpipes and before I knew it Darth Vader was cycling down the street and playing the Star Wars theme song on his bagpipes, in a kilt. I grabbed my camera and took a few shots of him. I [...]
YACHT
March 5, 2012 – 10:46 pm
This month for ELEVEN Magazine I met up with the band YACHT. They are a band originally from Portland and were back in town on tour. It was a really cool interview to sit in on and I loved the images that came out of the shoot. If you missed them at the Wonder Ballroom [...]
Valentine’s Day for The CCA
February 17, 2012 – 11:10 pm
Last monday and tuesday I volunteered for The Children’s Cancer Association. Every year right before Valentine’s Day they have their annual live marathon to collect money for their organization. The CCA does several things for families that are suffering with a child with cancer. Last year I photographed the marathon and they asked me to [...]
Chalk-Let Candy Bus!
December 8, 2011 – 7:17 am
My dear friend Christine McKernan has started a mobile candy bus! She has named the bus “The Chalk-Let Candy Bus,” and she asked me to shoot her candy inventory for her website. So, I ran down to the Candy Bus while they were hosting a kid’s birthday party and I shot over 50 different [...]
Occupy Portland Exhibit
November 28, 2011 – 8:32 pm
This month I have been tracking the events of Occupy Portland. I started to get a lot of positive feedback from the photos I had taken of the movement and decided to exhibit them this week at Be-Mused Boutique. (http://www.bemusedpdx.com/ ) Be-Mused is unveiling their new gallery space and celebrating their 1 year anniversary. The [...]
LoveFoxx of CSS
November 9, 2011 – 3:02 am
October has been a very busy month for me. This month I got my first magazine cover for ELEVEN Magazine. I had the honor of meeting LoveFoxx of CSS and lucky for me it made the cover. I am hoping this cover is just the beginning of covers I will do for ELEVEN. We are [...]
CAKE
October 4, 2011 – 8:25 pm
I have been shooting for ELEVEN Magazine now for a few months and this month I was chosen to shoot the band CAKE. They performed at Edgefield in September and I had a blast seeing them in concert. I will be honest i havent listened to a lot of CAKE music but after seeing them [...]
