Portland Event & Live Music Photographer

Rooms as they actually felt, not as they were posed.

Ambient Flare photographs events and live music across Portland and the Pacific Northwest: concerts and club nights, festivals and car shows, launches and private parties. The approach is documentary — working the room in available light, staying out of the way, and coming back with the moments people will actually want to remember. Low-light venues are the normal case here, not a problem to solve.

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Selected work

Shooting live music

PDX night life

Graffiti Days, Roseburg

What to expect

Low light is fine
Clubs, bars, and stage lighting are the usual working conditions. No flash gets fired into anyone's face unless you want it.
Coverage
Priced by the hour with a two-hour minimum, so short sets and long festival days both work.
Turnaround
A preview set within a few days — useful while an event is still worth posting about — and the full gallery in four to six weeks.

Sessions are $150 per hour

Two-hour minimum, and that includes the edited high-resolution gallery. Tell me what you have in mind and I will reply personally.

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