Bend Photographer
Bend photographer, Michelle Maor, specializes in emotionally provoking images.
Living in Bend Oregon is like living in a dream. My love for photography began in my early twenties when I decided to travel around the world for a year. I bought my first camera and took pictures of the most amazing people in the most exquisite places.
I was pulled to visit the Himalayas in Nepal , small villages in India and at one point I found myself very deep in the jungles of Borneo in Malaysia . I was intrigued by all the beautiful people and could not stop taking pictures of the people rather than the landscape. My travels took me to exotic places like Cuba as well as the Amazon. (I’m a jungle girl at heart you see)
When all my travels were over, I noticed a pattern among the hundreds of images that I took. Without realizing it, I was trying to tell stories with my images. None were posed. Most were shots of people on the street, cooking, children riding a donkey or doing what they do as part of their normal every day life. Life was organically unfolding in front of me, I was just there to take pictures.
I am deeply drawn to people, their faces, theirs stories, their lives. My love for understanding humans pulled me to graduate school in eastern and western psychology. This psychology background influences my photography to a great degree.
The photos that I strive to take are emotional. Each person is unique and the energy that he or she exudes is very distinct to that individual. A group takes on it’s own energy that is very unique and distinct to the people in it. It is my desire to express that energy in a photograph, so when someone looks at the photograph, they can feel it with their heart, not just see it with their eyes.
Living in Bend Oregon is a treat for the eyes. As a Bend photographer, I know a lot of special places in Central Oregon that can be used as stunning, unique and amazing back drops for engagement sessions, bride and groom shots as well as family and children photography.
Please brows around the various galleries and enjoy.
