When it’s near 100 degrees outside and your house doesn’t have air-conditioning the last thing you want to do is sit around in a “warm” room feeling like your life is being sucked out of you minute by minute. Hanging out in the cool car with music playing and the beautiful Oregon Coast scenery in…
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Amsterdam
Amsterdam really is a beautiful and interesting city. The architecture and the canals are so nice to walk and the cultural diversity, social tolerance and way of life here is really refreshing. There must me more bicycles here than on the entire west coast, maybe even all of the US. I could come back to…
Bridal Veil Falls
Joined by Brian Matiash, Brian Bonham, Lars Gustafson, and Katelyn McCallum I headed out to the Columbia River Gorge to photograph some of the many spectacular waterfalls we are blessed to have in the area. The day started out with grey and gloomy skies and no sign of change but we were determined to make the…
Anticipating the sunrise
I woke early and headed out to the Columbia River Gorge anticipating photographing the sunrise over Mount Hood. Unfortunately the dreary grey clouds didn’t break, the amazing sunrise never happened and I was left trying to decide whether to head back home empty handed or find a new subject to photograph. From the Historic Columbia…
Eerie walk through Wilshire Park
It was somewhat eerie walking through Wilshire Park this morning, quiet and empty with the fog lingering around. The absolute silence here this morning is not what I’m used. Any other morning the place is bustling with activities, runners, people walking their dogs or working out but this morning I had the entire place all to…
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…
Capturing a splash
I’ve seen some product photos lately with splashing water and I decided I wanted to try to duplicate the splash effect. The first challenge (and one of the hardest) was finding a clear water tank that wasn’t too expensive. I didn’t want to spend a ton of cash on something I may never use again. …
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…
Making a splash
Today’s project was to capture the splash right after an object was dropped into a wine glass. Timing on this was going to be very tricky so I planned on using a Canon’s TC-80N3 remote controller attached to a Canon 40D to trigger the camera. The lens used a Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 IS set to…
The canals in Amsterdam
Here’s a photo of one of the many canals near our place here in Amsterdam. I was out picking up some dinner when I noticed the clouds building-up behind the apartments on the other side of the canal so I ran up and grabbed my gear before the light was gone and the rain storm…
Close-up of flowers with water drops
Here’s a couple photos I took this morning using my Canon Macro 100mm f/2.8. Processed using Photomatix’s Photomatix Pro 3.0 to make them a HDR image.
Crater Lake National Park in Oregon
I’ve lived in Portland Oregon for about 16 years now and have never made it down to Crater Lake in southern Oregon. Until now. What an amazing place, it’s so beautiful and peaceful. We spent four days here camping, hiking, and taking photos. The panorama of Crater Lake (below) was taken in the early morning…