Portland Pin-Ups

I just had my portraits done and it was so much fun! I was really nervous, probably more so after my consultation, but when it came to the day of Mike and Holly were so incredibly professional, fun and caring. It was so much better then I thought it would be.

A friend of mine had done a shoot with Mike and I fell in love with her photos! I am not one of those women who can take herself seriously enough to do boudoir photos, but I wanted to do something that was sexy for my husband for Christmas. My husband always said that he never wanted photos of me that he had to kept hidden in a drawer, he wanted to show me off! What I loved about meeting with Mike was that he takes into account a few things during your consult: 1. Why you are getting photos (yourself, for a partner etc). 2. He gets a feel for your personality as well as your partners (if that’s why you are having photo’s taken). 3. He is reassuring that it should be first and foremost, FUN! After I met with him I couldn’t wait for my session. I had his makeup artist do me up like a real Pinup (totally worth the extra cost FYI) and I brought a friend with me to the shoot. The makeup artist really made me look the part and WOW! I felt sexy! It was so much fun to shoot these photos! They turned our far better then I thought and my husband is IN LOVE
them!

Mike Long is a wonderful portrait artist and will make your pinup session and photos the best you’ve seen. Feeling frumpy? He’ll make you feel fabulous! Feeling you look frazzled? He’ll make you look fantastic! Find a time and pick some outfits and he and Hollie, his assistant and makeup artist, will look over your outfits and help you choose the best ones for your shoot, then Hollie will work her magic on your face to make you look better in every way-​younger, more alert, and much more attractive. Mike Long’s professional attitude and fun-​loving nature and expert direction will certainly put you at ease in the first few minutes. Then you will really begin to have fun with your photo shoot!
My experience was better than I’d even hoped and the book I bought was so beautifully done. I am over 45 simply couldn’t have asked for a better first-​time pinup experience. The portraits, book, and postcards Mike Long crafted were creative, fun, flirty, and will be treasured for years if not far into the future.
I would most definitely go to Portland Pinups again. Maybe when I turn 50!!!

amazing to work with, not scary at all and the pictures turned out amazing! mike puts you right at ease in his studio (a little champagne and his brittish accent also help!) and you quickly forget you are in front of the camera and everything just becomes fun. i totally recommend this to any and all.