Brian Belefant

Brian Belefant has two amazing children (15 and 14) — one of whom has been diagnosed as ASD and SPD. If you do not know what those initials stand for, in his case they mean gloriously creative, funny, insanely kind, and sometimes so %$*#!! oblivious you want to shake him. Which you would not. Partly because he can’t help it and partly because he loves climbing so much, he’s frigging ripped, and he’ll just hug you back. Hard.

He used to be good looking, but now I have a dog, and not just any dog, but a friendly, goofball dog who loves everybody except Santa Claus and goes with me about everywhere.

When he is not whipping up gourmet meals for my kids, arranging play dates for Milo (Best Puppy Ever™), or helping people buy and sell houses, his biggest passion is photography. He invented a camera filtration system that I use to shoot some pretty neat stuff around the world (and by the way got me named Photographer Of The Year by the international Color Awards). But mostly he goes around photographing old cars and flowers in and around Portland. On Instagram, He is @OldCarsOfPortland and @FlowersOfPortland.