About

Trevor’s found photography was when he was 9—his grandfather woke up one summer day, put a Canon PowerShot in his hand, and took him to take pictures of the Golden Gate Bridge. This camera traveled with him to Disney, orchards, and vineyards before it was lost to the years. A Pentax Super Program was his next camera, purchased at 24, by the encouragement of his friend and photography mentor, Meaghan Sutton. This is when he fell for the art. For the unalterability of film; for the development of the craft; for the challenge and reward of getting the perfect shot.

He loved exploring Portland and found his camera to be the necessary companion in his adventures. Walking down SE 4th Ave in Portland, OR is where he first found his style. He was attracted to the realness and variety of life that happened in the breath of a single avenue. His amicable nature made it effortless for him to build the rapport required for many of the photos he has captured over the years. To that point, there was a period of time where he was known to the locals simply as “Camera Guy.” He dubbed himself StillFrames as an ode to the art of freezing motion in a single frame.

With his camera and jovial personality, Trevor has made many friends and acquaintances of other photographers, and has continued to find new genres of photography that he wants to explore. While he holds his film noir style as invaluable, he has intentions and goals of expanding his repertoire of landscape and journalistic photography. However, although he does see the merit in further exploring color photography, he believes that black and white captures emotion in the truest form, so that is not a style he is too keen to change, unless required.