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1526 NE Schuyler St.
Portland, OR 97212
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Beyond the Image Photography by Mercy McNab
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1526 NE Schuyler St.
Portland, OR 97212 (map)
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Beyond the Image Photography by Mercy McNab • Portland, OR • $75-150 per hour
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I have discovered my talent and calling. I have discovered what I was built to do. Everything I see, everything I do reminds me that I am on this earth with the purpose of capturing people and moments—time frozen in a quick snap.
I have uncovered a skill that seems to be embedded in my being—the ability to reveal someone’s emotions, thoughts, fears, regrets, and longings through photography. Raw human emotion becomes exposed, frame by frame. Slowly, the layers of life’s wallpaper starts to peel. And the true being, my subject, is exposed.
Every shoot I’m learning. I want to be able to continue growing my talent, watering it, feeding it, and letting it grow naturally into the fully mature state that I know I can reach. I want to continue adding light and love to people’s lives through my work.
I’m learning that everyone is different, but everyone wants the same thing—they want their personality to be immortalized in a lasting image that proves they were somebody with something to say and something to give. I love being able to offer this gift to those who seek to find themselves through my art.
The importance of my photography lies in the hands of those I shoot. But for me, my photography acts as my personal meditation. I find myself concentrating strictly on my subject, my surroundings and my instinct, and becoming “one with the camera” and fully present in the moment.
To me, I find the greatest peace when my camera is pressed against my brow, and my eye sees something too beautiful to leave uncaptured.
Question and answer
Q. Why does your work stand out from others who do what you do?
A. My photography is unlike any other photography in the city. I have a talent that subsides most other photographers. I have the ability to capture life in its truest form. My work has been desrcibed as " more real, than real." I offer an authenticity that most other photographers stride for.
Q. What do you like most about your job?
A. I love providing my clients with the best work possible. I have never had an unhappy client and I do whatever it takes to keep that rate.
Q. What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A. How do you get such beautiful images?
I answer by telling my clients I concentrate on the present moment, my surroundings, my subject and pure instinct.
