Portland Food Photography | Love and Cake

February 14, 2012
By admin | Posted in Business, Food, Photos

It’s Valentine’s Day, and no matter what your Facebook says under “Relationship Status,” it’s a good excuse to spread some love around. My beloved Portland folks–clients, friends, and supporters–have been wonderful during my first few months as Sarah Giffrow Creative, and I love you for it! THANK YOU for being awesome, and letting me help you look as awesome as you are! I’m lucky to have you with me on this journey, and I love working with you!

And, because I can’t help but get silly for a moment: I also love cake. I haven’t had it in a while, because I went gluten-free for an entire month, but it’s pretty excellent. So, maybe tonight’s a good time for us all to share a rich, decadent dessert with someone we like.

Happy Schmoopy Day!

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Portland Food Photography | Visiting Local Businesses for Perka!

February 8, 2012
By admin | Posted in Business, Food, Photography, Photos, Portland

I always welcome an excuse to check out Portland businesses that I haven’t tried, so this photoshoot was an especially cool one to book: Perka is a Portland-based company that’s designed a very cool smartphone app, so local businesses can toss out their old-school punch cards, and easily reward their regulars with perks! When Perka got in touch with me about visiting with the owners of local businesses, and taking photos of their products and spaces, I was more than happy to help them out.

These are photos from just a few of the local spots we stopped at, over two days of shooting–some of the shops were places I already knew and loved, like Pastrygirl in the Montavilla neighborhood, while others like Mac! on Mississippi and Rain or Shine Coffeehouse in Southeast were new-to-me on shoot day, but are definitely spots I’ll want to visit again. It was incredibly cool to meet the people behind the businesses, and make some new local discoveries!








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Portland Web Design | Portland Geek Council of Commerce & Culture

February 3, 2012
By admin | Posted in Design, geek, Portland, Web Design, Websites

I can safely say that my involvement with the PGC3 was sparked by my passion for web design and making things look awesome online: basically, while working with my noble compatriot Kenna of GeekPortland on fancying up her Portland geek events calendar, I took a peek at the Portland Geek Council of Commerce and Culture’s web site, which looked rather hastily slapped-together. Upon seeing it, I thought to myself, “that is not a web site befitting a geek organization. Oh my god, LET ME FIX THIS.”

With that, I applied for membership in the PGC3, and got to work designing a new look for the organization. After several meetings, a flurry of e-mails, and a changeover to WordPress, I was finally able to launch the beginnings of the new site in December, so things are looking good, and I’ve even been voted onto the PGC3 Board for 2012!

This is only the beginning for PGC3′s branding efforts, however–our first two board meetings have already been productive, and we’ve started making plans for blog contributors, more social media efforts, refining our mission statement, and even creating a monthly online newsletter. I also have plans for a redesigned homepage structure, and a more robust member directory that’ll highlight more of our completely awesome member organizations.

Things are already looking more lively on the blog, and we on the Board are really hoping to give the Portland geek community a much clearer picture of what the PGC3 is all about, in the year to come. Take a look at the Portland Geek Council of Commerce & Culture web site, and get a first look at what our member organizations are up to.

Portland web design – Portland logo design – Sarah Giffrow Creative

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