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3-23-2013 Sapient & LuckOne @ SUB Zero in Corvallis

Michael Conkey — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 06:00:00 +0000

I was invited to take photos for an Hip-Hop Event in Corvallis Oregon that featured some of the best Hip Hop artist in the Northwest. ThatKidKry, LuckOne, Sapient, Mob R

Check out the rest of the photos Here.

Mob Royalle can be found at www.reverbnation.com/mobroyalle

Give a listen to ThatKidCry's Music Here

To listen to LuckOne's Music follow this link

Sapient's music can be found @ sapientkills.com

3-03-2013 Noel Maternity

Michael Conkey — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:51:00 +0000

1-14-2013 She's Here!

Michael Conkey — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 18:09:00 +0000

After many hours of labor at 4:42AM on the 14th, Hermelinda gave birth to our beautiful baby daughter, Juliana. She is an amazing little girl and can't wait to photograph the years ahead!

12-25-2012 Christmas Dinner

Michael Conkey — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 18:05:00 +0000

One of the most favorite things about Christmas, besides being around family, is the food. Here are a few pictures of my Christmas dinner. Hope you had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

12-17-2012 Amber & Dandy

Michael Conkey — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 04:19:00 +0000

We do portraits with pets!

11-03-2012 Silver Falls Marathon

Michael Conkey — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 14:37:00 +0000

Silver Falls State Park, one of the most beautiful parks in Oregon ran its first full marathon on Saturday. There were participants from 20 states as well as Canada. The morning started out unlike most Run Wild Adventure races, it was raining. For the past three years, that I've been photographing races for Run Wild Adventures have had mostly fair weather. Sure there have been some drizzles, but this was storm like rain and gusts of wind. Luckily, the rain pretty much stopped by the time the Marathon runners lined up at the starting line at 8:37am.

As a photographer, Chris(my second photographer) and I tried something new this year, instead of positioning my trail photographer near the large and popular South Falls, I had Chris set up just after North Falls on the opposite end of the park. Not knowing what the fall colors would be like at that end of the park it was a gamble from what we were familiar with, but the gamble paid off. The fall colors were out in full force and the location had a much nicer view of North Falls in the background.

The event also had some really cool participation medals that double as bottle openers! This was in addition to the always creative trophy that are given out to top finishers.

To view race results and more information about the race, click here.

To view the rest of the event photos, click here.

11-02-2013 Hermelinda Maternity Fall Photo

Michael Conkey — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 23:50:00 +0000

Taking fall photos in Oregon can be quite a challenge as the weather is almost always raining. It doesn't stop me from getting out there to capture the beautiful fall colors, and my beatutiful Girlfriend, Hermelinda who is pregnant with our first child! We are due January 12, 2013!

10-24-2012 Rays of Disillusion @ Blacklight Bar - Salem, OR

Michael Conkey — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:28:00 +0000

Ozric, a local and talented guitarist conctacted me two weeks before a show wondering if I'd take some pictures of his Salem band, Rays of Disillusion. I was feeling pretty good coming off what I thought were some great shots from a Hip-Hop show in early September, so I agreed. When he informed me the show was at Blacklight Bar, my heart sank a little. The bar has been putting on a lot of shows with some really talented people, but its not the nicest place to take photos. It is extremely dark and when you have rockers or in this case, metal heads, moving around playing music it makes up for some dark and out of focus photos. As well as very little stage lighting.

Thankfully, I was prepared for this and realized what I needed to do to get the shots. I added some lights behind the band to get that blue color feel that black lights give off and I thought they turned out great, but I will let you be the judge of that.

Follow Rays of Disillusion on Facebook @ Rays of Disillusion

Follow Blacklight Bar on Facebook @ Blacklight Bar

10-20-2012 Cherry City Derby Girls vs Port Scandalous @ The Mad House in Salem, OR

Michael Conkey — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 16:17:00 +0000

Cherry City Derby Girls have been around for a few years now. The players are seasoned, the fans know what to look for and the bouts have improved because the level of play much better. If you haven't gone to a bout in a while, I urge you to get down to the Mad House and watch these girl kick ass.

Visit CCDG's Offical website HERE

Visit visiting team, Port Scandalous HERE

10-05-2012 Mt Saint Helens

Michael Conkey — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 17:50:00 +0000

I am currently wrapping up my general studies classes to get my Associates. One of my last classes I am enrolled into is a Geology of the Pacific Northwest. There is a scheduled field trip which the class takes a trip up to Mt. Saint Helens. However, on the day of the feild trip, I was volunteering to help out Kevin Kubota at his Family Photos in the Park Day event. So the girlfriend and I, made our own field trip up to observe the destruction of the eruption that occured in 1980.