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A long time ago, I ran across a book called “The Art of Seeing.” Not to be confused with the book by Aldous Huxley, this described a way of seeing the world in such a way as to easily paint […]
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I like to take the Twirly Camera along whenever I am out to take pictures. For those not in the know, the “Twirly Camera” is a Noblex 06/150 Panoramic camera. It was made in the 1990’s, and it makes panoramic […]
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From my earliest days I’ve thought of myself as an artist. Before I entered school I drew pictures of ornate robots on airless moons, comets with sweeping tails, ray-gunning spaceships, and Saturn-like ringed planets. In kindergarten I patiently waited my […]
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Rain usually does not come to the Columbia Gorge until late September, but we got an early shower today. It was good to see and feel. The American West has become drier over recent years, so much so that reservoirs […]
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I am inviting anyone in Portland, Oregon and surrounding towns to have your picture taken in black and white with an old-time large format 8×10″ film camera. I will travel as far as Hood River, or The Dalles if the […]
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I had planned to make my next post about the return of my newly repaired Deardorff 8×10 camera, but it was not to be. I haven’t had the opportunity to use it much. I did, however, take a trip to Truckee, […]
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I discovered Dufur about ten years ago. It was new to me, but the little town along Route 197 just south of The Dalles has a long history of agriculture, vintage cars, and those arid landscapes I have come to […]
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I go to great lengths to not use the word “shoot”, or its permutations in relation to photography. Instead of “shot”, I will use “took” or “image” depending on the context. I don’t “shoot” pictures. Some of you may have […]
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I am opening a store on Etsy.com. Click on this link: https://www.etsy.com/shop/GaryQuayPhotography?ref=profile_header. I will be adding pictures on a weekly basis. Many of them will be matted or framed film images. Click on the images below to go to Etsy. […]