Tuesday, November 21, 2006

San Francisco: The People That You Meet When You're Walking Down the Beach


Surfer from the Midwest


Lost in Thought

Waiting

Blonde


Pink

Diarama


See more of my photography from San Francisco, and around the world, at www.fritzphotographic.com.

Friday, November 17, 2006

The Birds







From the boardwalk at the Bay end of Golden Gate Park. Like notes on a sheet of music....

Thursday, November 16, 2006

Night Portrait


Shannon's from San Francisco. I took her portrait after her boyfriend Ian played a gig at a restaurant, and we were waiting around afterward on the sidewalk. What a beautiful face. Love those freckles. All girls with freckles should be proud!

This was the genesis for my photo series Astra Velum.

The Golden Gate Bridge, Engagement Portraits, and a Nudist Beach


I received an email from a customer this week, whose wedding I will be photographing next summer at Youngberg Hill Vineyard, in Yamhill County, Oregon. She and her fiance just moved to the Bay Area, and she was asking in her email if I had any suggestions regarding who might be a good photographer to do their engagement portraits in San Francisco. I emailed her back and said, in short, I'm in San Francisco right now; let's do them while I'm here. And so we did.

At a friend's suggestion, we went to Baker Beach in the late afternoon, and the view was stunning.





We had heard that some part of Baker Beach is often used as a male nudist beach. We were walking in the direction we thought was the opposite of this area, to take portraits. It wasn't until we were climbing up on the rocks past a gentleman (who appeared to be working on some sort of rock/driftwood scultpure) that we noticed he was wearing only his shirt. Nothing else.

I couldn't resist; I took this engagement portrait discreetly, with some of the unclad company in the background. And no, it won't be included in their final set of images:



We love being a wedding photographers in Portland, San Francisco, and around the world!

Thursday, November 09, 2006

Editorial and Advertising Photography


The editorial/advertising/photojournalism/documentary section of my photography website has needed an update for some time. I just completed it, keeping it simple, but including a lot of images not before seen on my site. You can visit the editorial photography page of FritzPhoto.

Monday, November 06, 2006

Photography at Oregon

"Fairy Smile" 2004
From the series
Through the Shadow

I had the privilege of being invited to participate in an exhibit and auction this month at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, in Eugene, Oregon. I'm honored to be in the show with such esteemed photographers at Ruth Bernhard, Steve Anchell, Stu Levy, Michael Kenna, and many others.
You can read the press release here.

I have 2 pieces in the show, selected from two different series. (I'll list them here, because, unfortunately, the reproductions on their website catalog are hideous. They also forgot to list me in the list of exhibitors, although you'll find me in the alphabetical listings....)

See more of my fine art portrait photography work at www.fritzliedtke.com.


"Sonja" 2002
From the series Welcome to Wonderland

Sophie Loves Leaves


How's this for a Fall Faerie? Sophie is the daughter of long-time (perhaps I should say, old?) friends Ben and Jessica. We photographed them in Laurelhurst Park with the lovely fall colors. I lay on the ground, on her blankie, photographing her eating leaves. It was great.