Central Oregon

Central Oregon is one of those places I’d love to see more often, but I only seem to make it there about once every 5 years.  I got lucky the last two years because I’ve been there twice.  I got some decent pictures for a change.  Here are some of them, sith some older ones as well.

©2013 Gary L. Quay

This was from my first trip to Sisters, Oregon.  It was an interesting visit.  we saw a lot of scenery, got to know the area a little, but got relatively few usable pictures.  I was using a Fujifilm 6×4.5 camera that I learned had some issues with keeping the film flat.  I ened up with a lot of blurry pictures.  My large format work, however, was pretty good.

It was a bright, October day in Sisters, Oregon when I took this one. We took advantage of it by driving out of town on a road that got smaller and smaller as we went. We saw this lake looking perfectly still, and decided to set up the cameras. I had about a half an hour of uninterrupted photography until a dog decided to take a swim. The reflection wassoon gone, and so we moved on.

Camera: Deardorff 8×10.
Lens: 240mm Nikkor.
Film: Ilford HP5+ developed in Edwal 12.

©2024 Gary L. Quay

I have been to Central Oregon way too few times. I will have to rectify that.

On my most recent trip, I finally got some Smith Rock pictures that, well, rock.  I had the new Hasselblad CFV 100S along, and it performed well with the Flexbody.  What I like about that setup is that I can use both film and digital on the same camera.

Camera: Hasselbald Flexbody with a CFV 100S Digital Back.
Lens: 50mm Zeiss Distagon.

©2018 Gary L. Quay

©2018 Gary L. Quay

I call it “Perspective Shifting” because it’s a ittle askew.  It was quite unintentional, but there we are.

This was from the festival known as Shaniko Days, which is one of the thinks the town is doing to bring itself back from the dead.  Shaniko used to be a big deal in the area, but the train went elsewhere, and so did the sheep.  Long story.

While we were there, we had some ice cream, and looked through a few antique shops, and then headed home.

Camera: Nikon D810
Lens: 28-105mm Nikon

©2024 Gary L. Quay

I wanted to see if the Hasselblad CFV 100s digital back would do infrared by simply placing a Hoya 72 Infrared filter on the lens, and it did it quite well. Further exploration if this discovery will follow..

Camera: Hasselblad Flexbody with a CFV 100s digital back
Lens: 50mm Zeiss Distagon

©2010 Gary L. Quay

Gaia and I took a road trip to Central Oregon back in 2010. We were hoping to outrun the cloud cover, and get some pictures. These weren’t the fluffy kind of clouds that are good for photography. They were the all-consuming flat cloud cover that wipes out contrast. Well, the clouds won, but we kept going until we found this old homestead.

This pump tower is part of the original homestead from the 1870s, and on the left is a shed from around the same time period. The owner was gracious enough to let us get up close.

Camera: Deardorff 8×10.
Lens: 300mm Nikkor-W with red filter.
FIlm: Ilford HP5+ developed in Kodak HC110 with an N+1 expansion.

©2023 Gary L. Quay

This is the same place as in a previous picture in this page, but I won’t mind if you don’t.

The maiden voyage of my new (old) Fujifilm GSW690III camera. I traveled to Sisters, Oregon with family, and stopped at this Corrked River overlook along the way. I had not been there since the mid 1990’s. It was still just as spectacular, and the rusty, old car was still at the bottom of the ravine. A good time was had by all.

Camera: Fujifilm GSW690III
Lens: 65mm Fujinon
Film: Ilford HP5+ developed in Rodinal.

That’s my homage to Central Oregon. As I mentined before, I’d like to get there more in the coming years, and I hope to have more pictured to show here.

Thanks for looking!

–Gary L. Quay