About
Who Are We?
Beth Olson Creative is focused on helping entrepreneurs, artists, performers and small businesses with personality. I create commercial, editorial and lifestyle photography unique to your business and brand.
I work with clients to help you discover what your business’s needs are and develop a session to get you exactly what you need (even if you don’t quite know what that is yet!). Whatever it takes to make your ideas come to life, I work with some of the best hair, makeup, special effects, costuming, styling, and set design folks in town.
Showcasing diversity in marketing is especially important to me. So, if your brand values all bodies, abilities, genders, and has a heart for social justice, we can make some especially powerful work together!
We’re a queer owned, LGBTQIAA2S welcoming studio. I work hard to create a space where all people feel they belong and that their needs are treated with respect and kindness.
We’re located in Portland, Oregon but travel throughout the year so keep an eye on our Instagram to see when we’re coming to a city near you… some day… when travel is a thing again.
Black Lives Matter. F#ck Racism.
How’s It Work?
STEP 1.
After looking through the website and deciding we might be a good fit, use the contact form to get a hold of me to ask any questions you might have.
STEP 2.
We’ll chat about your photo needs and what you have in mind for your project so I can get you an accurate quote if it might be bigger or smaller than our existing package deals.
STEP 3.
After you pay your deposit, we’ll plan your session and go over all the details so it fits your business’s brand perfectly. Don’t really have a plan (or any branding?) that’s ok! I’ll guide you through a quick discovery process so we can put something together that won’t add any more to your already full to-do list.
STEP 4.
We’ll do the shoot (and in some cases, like with products, you don’t even need to be there for it!). You’ll get access to an online gallery to make your selections, that way you only pay for what you actually need! I’ll edit your selections and you’ll get your final images as an easy .zip download.
About Beth
I’m a photographer with an education and work history in graphic design and social marketing. Add to that more than 10 years as a professional photographer and I have a really wholistic understanding of what small business and organizations need (and DON’T need) at the various stages of their growth.
My focus is on supporting small businesses and local artists who want to connect with their audience in exciting and creative ways so rather than my honing one signature look used for every shoot, we work together to create images that use light and style to show off YOUR brand and personality.
Outside of the studio, I stay very involved in group projects which aim to improve the livelihoods of creative people through collaboration. I’m passionate about the success of small and local business and you can often find me working on projects which support a community of empowerment and education over competition.
Currently, I run operations for Beth Olson Creative, and do body positive intimate portraits as Alchemy Portraits . I’m a co-founder of ChubHub, a social group of over 1300 plus size folks here in Portland. I have an intense love for geek culture, hoppy beer with bourbon, ADHD advocacy, schlepping around in nature with my pup and my partner and crushing the patriarchy under the heel of my converse. I also have a bit of a potty mouth, a pretty legit plan for the zombie apocalypse and a love/hate/love relationship with horror movies.
