While I focus mainly on portrait photography here at Two Birds Photography every now and then I get commissioned to do other projects. Featured on this post are a few photo shoots I worked on. The first photo is a piece I made for Life Force Arts Center to promote their Samhain healing fair. The second photo is a project we did for Dogwalkers. It was early spring of 2020 and we were just holed up inside our house obediently waiting for the whole pandemic thing to blow over. The idea was to do a whole photo shoot created on polaroids so I busted out my SX-70 camera and got to work. The third photo was for Common Good Cocktail House. I actually wasn’t commissioned to photograph this but it was also during spring of 2020 and there wasn’t much to do but drink and make art. It was a very tasty photo shoot to say the least. The last photo was a piece of artwork I helped create for Summer Thornton Design. It was made into a 40”x40” print to be displayed in their client’s kitchen. I hope I get to work on more projects like these in the future!

Commercial, advertising, marketing photography and commissioned art by Jake Moreland, Two Birds Photography. Copyright 2023.

Core Interior Design and Home Store

As small business owners ourselves, Jake and I feel strongly about supporting locally-owned, independent businesses. Core Interior Design and Home Store is an amazing, new concept shop in downtown Downers Grove, IL. While, the location and retail portion of Core is brand new, Gretchen Dockendorff, the owner of Core Interiors, is a design veteran of over 22 years. What is unique about Core Home is that it is continually changing. The shop is designed to consistently develop and maintain an ever-evolving design challenge. Gretchen closes down the store for a week every month to "pick" new items from across the country, as well as redo the front area of the store; which is currently a rustic-masculine-modern theme.

Core Home offers a variety of hand-picked items that are unique unto themselves and the retail industry. From beautiful brass animal figurines, to antlers, and custom pieces of art from local artists such as LauterWerks and Chuck Radeke there is something that appeals to everyone. Gretchen's attention to detail and proclivity for the eclectic makes Core Home a must-see during any visit to the Western Suburbs.

And if you've been once, go again. It's already almost completely different!

We are looking forward to future collaborations with Core Interior Design and Home Store!