Exploration and Confidence

Emily and Ashley in Multnomah Village in Portland, Oregon

Today I am rolling out to downtown Portland, and it's surrounding areas, to try and sell myself to all the glorious faces I see so regularly out there in the world.  I have been working hard on a solid foundation of pricing and policies that suit JailBreak Photography and am excited to offer my services!  I just hope people are excited to use them! Haha

I would really like to get my foot in the door to be able to cover the many live events that are here in Portland!  The dance and music scene here is incredibly active, I look forward to the people that do decide that my style would work well with!

KumoriCon 2011

So KumoriCon 2011 has come and gone.  This year KumoriCon 2011 was held in Vancouver, Washington.  Just a stone throw away from Portland, Oregon.  This is the first year I did not attend the convention as a gone goer and primarily as a photographer.  It was a lot of fun to see the con goers that I know, the people I am friends with, former models, old cosplay buddies, and making people happy with the photos I took of them.

I still have more photos to go through, so keep your eyes peeled on this blog to know where I'll be posting them!

Here is a gallery from KumoriCon I have on the website currently.  There are over a hundred photos, so take a moment and view them!

KumoriCon 2011 - Images by Jason DeSomer

Make like a tree..

Happy September everybody! 

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I'm sad to say that KumoriCon private cosplay shoots are not booking well.  Even though charging $40 for nearly an hour of private one on one time, edited photos, and rights to use the raw images for printing an sharing is a KILLER deal (and very, very low cost in terms of photography), I understand why people are not booking.  

Apparently there is a flood of amateur photographers who are providing shoots for people for very low cost, or free.  To me, that is awesome.  Cosplay photos have pretty much always been for fun. Only now am I trying to merge cosplay with my normal photography.  I would love to start some calendars and books and what not, but that's still in the process in my brain. 

With all this in mind, I will be dropping my price to $30 in general and $25 for people I've photographed before, or individuals that I have a good rapport with.  We'll see how that goes. 

 If I could score a couple press passes to the convention, that would be really great.  I could take photo journalistic images and have fun and still do private shoots.  The problem with that is, even though I have received press passes in the past for KumoriCon, SakuraCon, Wonder Northwest, Etc - KumoriCon has been ridiculous about denying me access.  I require a press pass to not have to muck around with volunteer staff hassling me for whatever reason they feel.  lol.. I'm gonna stop talking about that because I may start raging.

We'll see how things go!  I will have prints available for purchase on the site if anybody wants any.

Speaking of sites, I have been progressing on solidifying things for JailBreak's move to Portland.  The site is looking nice, pricing is flowing along, working on package plans today. 

Here is the Portrait gallery from my website, jailbreakdesigns.com

Portrait - Images by Jason DeSomer

Fall, is that you?

It's cloudy out right now in Portland, Oregon.  I've been pretty busy lately and enjoying life while taking great photos of awesome people.



This weekend is KumoriCon 2011 and I am booking private cosplay photo shoots and not attending this years actual convention.
This is my first year not attending the Anime Convention since 2005 or 2006.  The last 2 years have not been very good in the sense of the convention (I've had a blast with friends though).

I hope it all goes well! See you there?!

This is Cassandra Ferguson being herself in a recent photo shoot!

KumoriCon 2011 - Private Cosplay Photo Shoots

For information on JailBreak Photography's special pricing for KumoriCon 2011 private cosplay photo shoots, you came to the right place! 

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Issue #1

Upgrades to Equipment and Life

Moving to Portland has already been one of the best decisions I've ever made.

I've just received some new equipment that will allow me to be more creative and capable with my photography.  I'm very excited about this. :)
I recently posted an ad on Craigslist in hopes to do some trade work with local models in the area.  I don't fully believe that I need to expand my portfolio in some areas, but this is a really great way to get the JailBreak Photography name out there and make some new clients and contacts.

Someone there

I'm hoping to make some contacts with a variety of clubs and night life here.  I believe that to be a strong point for myself.. at least in the sense of me knowing what to do and how to capture people having a good time.
I would like to set up some places as a couple times a month, but am totally willing to be creative with these businesses. Such as: Trading advertisement, trading services, comped drinks, Admission to events, etc, etc.

I photographed a rave recently.  It was very fun and I look forward to being hired to photograph some more of these events.  :)

Tiger's Blood Rave - Portland, Oregon - Images by Jason DeSomer

I've also been doing the best I can to grow as well. Finding the creativity and inspiration, breaching the walls that have existed from being in such a small town, enjoying life in general and seeing ahead with a smile. I really am happy to be here and look forward to how I grow in my photography. 

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It's been great photographing and hanging with Ashley as well. It works out well that we both feed off each others creativity.  During the recent apocalypse we photo adventured and saw Back to the Future on the big screen at the Bagdad Theater in Portland, Oregon.

That was heavy!

Until next time. ^_^