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 […]
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, […]
Trains
I have always like trains. There is nothing like a couple thousand tons of metal thundering along steel rails. They are efficient, powerful, and dangerous. When I lived in the Columbia Gorge, I was able to stop for train pictures […]
Dufur, Oregon
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 […]
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 […]
New Store on Etsy
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. […]
In 2009, I bought a 1939 Deardorff 8×10 camera from Blue Moon Camera and Machine. At the time, the owner, Jake Shivery, told me that it had come from Ackroyd Studios, which had been on Yeon Ave in NW Portland […]
Sproing!
Things are popping up all over the place. Really, all the best titles begin with a Don Martin sound effect. Sproing! For those who read Mad Magazine in the 20th Century, you know what I am talking about. I […]
As promised, here is my first Balsamroot of the season. The Balsamroot is native to the Western US. In Oregon, it grows in the highlands of the dryer areas of the Eastern Columbia Gorge. I will be trying next weekend […]
Spring Fever with a Lens
Spring has sproinged in the Pacific Northwest. The air is warmer. The world is greening up, songbirds are singing, and an unfamiliar flaming ball is showing up in the sky now and then as the omnipresent cloud cover briefly parts. […]