Gretchen Drew Photoblog

Hot and Dirty at the Goat

Gretchen — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:11:17 +0000

It’s July. It’s about 95 degrees, the tomatoes are out in force at the Farmer’s Market and shoes have made their exit. Wandering Goat has been holding a lot party a month and hopes to continue through the summer. It’s a great time to hang out, drink some damn fine coffee, nom some mashed taters and chase it all down with a refreshing MGD.

Little bird, little bird…

Gretchen — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:33:13 +0000

While walking my dog the other day I came across this adding machine. Well, I think it’s an adding machine. It’s heavy, it has number keys, and I don’t have any idea how it works. I think it’s lovely nonetheless.

Rat and extinction

Gretchen — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:48:29 +0000

Just a little post today. The first one is of my best friend Rat. The second was taken out my car window at the intersection that may as well be the gateway to my life. There are many routes to coffee, and to work but for some reason I always take this one. On an average day I’m probably at this intersection 4 times. Anyway, little blog post here you go…

Just a rainy day with some HDR

Gretchen — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:40:00 +0000

Today was one of those days where you have to take the good with the bad. My laundromat fixed a bunch of machines: Good. The fixed machines were so hot my clothes got burned: Bad. I finally got to a site that I’ve been meaning to photograph: Good. There were a ton of cars and moving trucks in my shot: Bad. I found some shots anyway and the turned out nice: Good. It also turns out that my sensor is covered in dust: Bad.

But I wanted to get some shots up here anyway, rain and dust spots and all. So here’s to you HDR day!

Fire and Form

Gretchen — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:32:53 +0000

Since moving to Eugene I’ve done several firedancer shoots. Eugene has an amazing community of these artists, and if you get the chance you should check them out. It seems there are performances at every artwalk, and I believe there are performances at Samuri Duck every Monday night. Generally, I edit these in color but I was noticing the lines of the dancers bodies and thought about putting them into black and white. I love how some of these turned out, and thought I’d share. I’m looking forward to working with these artists again this summer.

The light is coming back.

Gretchen — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:05:10 +0000

And with it, I’m coming out of hibernation. I’ve been doing a good deal of event photographs lately and had the great fortune to photograph some amazing performances. But, my art shots have been hiding. I felt it happen as the light started leaving this fall. I’ve had a lot of ideas floating around in my head, but just no real urge to capture them quite yet. I caught these few shots today and thought I’d share. I love these branches, and know that they’ll keep flowering and soon I’ll be drinking glasses of wine in their shade. In May they drop their petals and the back yard is carpeted in white.

I wish I lived in a comic book.

Gretchen — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 03:27:50 +0000

I love comic book movies, and I love comic books. I love the heavy contrast, and the blatant good vs. evil.

And I love shooting in HDR. It makes me feel as though I live in a comic book world, where everything is hyper contrasted and every shot has a meaning.

52 photos from 365 days

Gretchen — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 07:11:29 +0000

The holidays have passed, the show I’m working on at the theatre is in tech, and I have a couple seconds to breath. 2008 was a year of change here in our household. We moved from Seattle, Washington to Eugene, Oregon in search of greener pastures and I lept into the exciting world of professional photography. I am honored by the fact that people will pay me to capture their moments, that people will buy my fine art prints and hang what I see on their walls. The upcoming year will bring all sorts of things, including some revamping of the site and dealing with some pressing business concerns. I’m hoping to pick up some new toys, and I’ll be exploring new techniques and following around people I admire in hopes of catching them in *the perfect* frame!

So, dear internets, I’ve compiled my favorite photographs from this year for you to peruse. There’s a bunch of them. It was a hard task. The following are my absolute favorites, and the slideshow contains the full collection. I really wanted to go back and reedit some of these, but I refrained. Enjoy, and thank you for your support. If you like what you see, please leave me a comment and let me know you stopped by.

This is Mazikali. She’s half lion, half rottweiler and the puppylove of my life.

We were in a burned out cabin. Grete was in her wedding dress and her wedding anniversary was the day before. Her divorce papers were going through the courts and I kept having to wipe symbolism off my lens.

My brother moved out to Oregon with us for a few months. This photograph was taken in the early fall outside our favorite pizza place. I love this shot because it captures the moment in time so vividly. It’s the first picture I’ve taken of Michael in adulthood.

Hyper realistic, and yet surreal at the same time, Haunted wins the prize for my favorite photograph of the year. For me it’s a capstone of most of the techniques I’ve been exploring through 2008.

Oh Hai Blog!

Gretchen — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:08:55 +0000

I know, I know, I haven’t posted a new blog in a while. It’s been busy around here!

I’ve been taking a break from shooting, and looking back over the last few months of photographs, editing and submiting to this competition and that competition. It’s good for me to put down the camera for a bit and recharge that part of the process. I may be quiet on here for a little while. Never fear, I’ll return.

I have been doing some portrait work for Christmas presents, here are a few of the recent ones:

I’m full of thanks.

Gretchen — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 23:49:58 +0000

The dog, the boy and I are heading up to the Sound to spend the weekend with family. I’m thankful for that! I lead a very blessed life, have a roof over my head, food in the pantry, some cute shoes, a wonderful dog, great friends all over the country, a loving family, and a partner who not only puts up with my shit but is with me because of it. Thanks for all those things, and thanks for all of you. May your holiday be warm and your belly full.