Back in October I wrote about taking photographs of the carousel at the Jantzen Beach Center. I recently went back to the carousel for a few more photos. This time my goal was to capture the beauty of the carousel in motion. The first step was to find a few places that had enough room for…
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Graffiti and Reflections in an Abandoned Building
One of my favorite things to photograph is graffiti art. It can have so much texture, color and style to it. I do believe it can be beautiful in the correct setting. When I set out to shoot inside this abandoned building my original thought was that I would try to capture the graffiti with…
Vista House at Crown Point
Vista House at Crown Point is about 30 miles from Portland on the Historic Columbia River Highway (U.S. Route 30). On a clear day you have an incredible view of the Columbia River Gorge and some of the Cascade Mountains. I arrived late in the day just as the sun was setting, the lighting and clouds…
72 Jumping Horses and 2 Chariots
I was at Jantzen Beach this morning and ended up taking a tiny detour over to snap a few photos of the carousel there. The carousel, which has 72 jumping horses and 2 chariots, was built in 1921 by the C.W. Parker Amusement Company from Leavenworth, Kansas. After being in storage for three years in Long Beach, California it…
Sunset over the Columbia River
I was overwhelmed by the vivid colors in the sky and the reflections on the Columbia River as I crossed over the Interstate Bridge heading back to Portland. Unfortunately I couldn’t stop in the middle of I-5 to get the photo I wanted so it would have to wait. The following day I drove to…
The Creepy Gasco Building
Like a lot of people that have driven down Highway 30 I’ve wanted to know more about the abandoned gray building off the west bank of the Willamette River. Today I stopped to see if I could get a closer look, to take some photos, and maybe get inside. After 20 minutes of talking with…
The path less traveled
The path less traveled is a bit overgrown but it’s very peaceful.
Visiting Red Rock Canyon
If you find that you need a break from the insanity of the Las Vegas strip and you have a car, take a short drive to Red Rock Canyon, Nevada. It is located about 20 miles west of the Las Vegas strip and worth a visit. Although I found the first couple of trails to…
Old Burned House
I spotted this burned out house in the middle of a field. The bright blue sky and beautiful wispy clouds overhead made for a wonderful backdrop. I knew if I didn’t capture the moment it would eat away at me for the next 100 miles. Don’t know the story about what happened here or how…
Found on the side of the road
One thing you don’t expect to see when you’re driving down the road is the fuselage of a plane, right? I was driving on Route 66 somewhere between Las Vegas and Flagstaff when I passed a scrap metal yard and just had to turn around and go back to take a couple photos. When I…
Clouds over Dexter Lake
While heading back to Portland on Oregon Route 58 all of the amazing clouds and vibrant colors reflecting off Dexter Lake really caught my attention and I wanted to capture this moment. I realized I didn’t have a great deal of time before the sun went down so I found a place to pull over…
The corner of SW 3rd & Oak
The Portland Outdoor Store in downtown Portland has been there for over 70 years and has to have one of the best neon signs in the city…I can’t imagine what the corner of SW 3rd & Oak would look like without it there.
Getting out of the rain
I was downtown last night and ended up near the Pioneer Place Mall, not a place I’d normally go to take photos but it was raining pretty hard outside so what the heck…stay dry, go inside. I thought this was kind of a cool perspective.
Don’t leave your Speedlite at home
I almost always have a camera with me when I leave the house or studio but deciding what to take some days can be a tad challenging, will I need a 70-200 lens today? It only weighs 3lbs. Not a problem if you’re in a car but on a Vespa it’s a completely different story….
A cold day on the Steel Bridge
It’s one of those beautiful but really cold days here in Portland, it’s too nice to stay in and it’s to cold to truly enjoy being outside but I decided that I needed to get out and shoot before the rain returned, so I headed downtown. Portland has a lot of bridges and they make…