The Vagabond Opera performs at the Mt. Tabor Park Caldera Amphitheater

The Vagabond Opera performs at the Mt. Tabor Park Caldera Amphitheater, in Portland, Ore., on Tue., Jul. 17, 2012. The concert was part of an ongoing series of free concerts produced by the Portland Parks and Recreation department. The was the second concert of the season. There are free concerts seven days a week at different parks around Portland through Aug. 30. [gallery]

The One Motorcycle Show

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107 Pictures of the Portland Timbers Inaugural Season

I selected 107 of my favorite images from the 2011 inaugural season. I shot 24,521 images on 31 total assignments from January to October.  

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Portland Fashion Week, 2010

I spent a few hours on the first two nights documenting the scene at the Vigor Industrial Shipyards on Swan Island, in Portland, Ore. There was some awesome creative energy there not only from the designers and models but the other photographers as well. It was really interesting to see how a runway show comes together.

iPhone Snaps, 2010

A fellow pro photog is curating a gallery show of iPhone images and asked me to submit some photos. The only rule is that they show "Portland". This is what I'm going to submit. [smugmug url="http://thomasrboyd.smugmug.com/hack/feed.mg?Type=gallery&Data=14094605_yD85B&format=rss200" title="iPhone%20Snaps" description="2010" imagecount="100" start="1" num="100" thumbsize="Th" link="smugmug" captions="false" sort="true" window="false" smugmug="false" size="X3"]

B.J. The Clown, Portland, Ore.

I followed B.J. The Clown around town for a day. I haven't laughed that hard in a long time. It's really great to see kids squeal with delight. It's joyful and just plain fun. I addition to the still photos I'm posting here, I also shot a video.

B.J. The Clown makes hard work look like kids stuff

Here's an audio slideshow I edited

Brent Wojahn, Beth Nakamura and I shot the Portland Beavers last game. Actually, Beth shot several games leading up the final game so most of the photos are hers. She had some very nice images and totally nailed it when one of the players threw a cup of water in another players face. I walked around PGE Park all day and gathered audio. With the help of Judy Siviglia, I edited and put the photos over the audio. It was quite a process and a very long day. Kraig Scattarella just posted the timelapse we shot. Bruce set up two cameras, one on the roof of PGE Park and the other on the roof of The Oregonian building across from PGE Park. I set up a camera firing every five minutes from a stairwell at the Mac Club that was pointed at the scoreboard.

Portland Beavers radio announcer Rich Burk was generous enough to email us his radio clips from the game. His voice made very cool and I really appreciate him doing that.

Here it is:

Portland Beavers last game in PGE Park

Here's the slideshow:

Beavers play for the last time in PGE Park

Lady Gaga at the Rose Garden, Aug. 19, 2010

Last night I shot Lady Gaga at the Rose Garden. We were ushered in for two songs and escorted from the building. We were not allowed to shoot fans during the show, which is too bad, because they were totally into it and most of them were dressed up in some way. I'd like to say she had a good show or tell you something about it, but having only seen two songs, I just don't know.

PDX Pop Now!

I spent a few hours poking around PDX Pop Now! at Rotture in southeast Portland. I met some cool people and heard some great music. This is what I saw. I just noticed that all but one photo was shot with a 50mm lens. The other was shot with a 24mm lens.

The Portland Timbers Seen Through a Canon 800mm/5.6L IS

I'm currently testing a Canon 800mm/5.6L IS lens and a Canon 1D Mark IV camera. I shot this Timbers game at ISO's from 2500 to 5000 as the light changed. I was very impressed with the focusing and handling ability of the lens. It's is a large and long, but not that heavy. I think a 400/2.8 is more difficult to handle. I especially like the reach from at the goal. What it was perfect.

Patrick's Neighbors are The Lord's Own Choir

I shot this band in their living room when I was visiting Patrick Pendergast's house the other night in Northeast Portland. They are Patrick's neighbors and they call themselves The Lord's Own Choir. They're a great bunch a people and I had a great time listening to them perform.

Walmart Greeter

Walmart Greeter from Thomas Boyd on Vimeo.

John Jay Portrait

Here's the D.K Row story that ran in The Oregonian.