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. […]
Pendleton or Bust
I have been to Pendleton twice. That is clearly too few times. It’s almost Spring, and in this year of the COVID pandemic I am experiencing wonderlust. It may be time for a third trip. I am building a page […]
I have been concentrating on my Location Galleries on the website lately. I have opened galleries for Hood River, The Columbia Gorge, The Eastern Columbia Gorge, The Oregon Coast, Terra Incognito, Mount Hood and Environs, Portland, Oregon, and now, The […]
I have my first photography exhibit in since 2015 starting Saturday, March 6, 2021. It will be a washington-centric show, with only one Oregon picture showing (this post’s Featured Image – Under Rowena Crest, Autumn 2020). A few of the […]
The new darkroom is small, so I’m setting it up to work small, even when developing large format. I bought myself new daylight developing tanks with reels that work with both 5×7 and 8×10, plus a smaller tank for 4×5. […]
I started a new gallery on the main site. It’s called “Locations”. I will be exploring various places that I have concentrated on as a photographer in the last 30 years. These range from the Oregon Coast to Hood River […]
Wet Wonders
As many of you know, I have concentrated on Oregon’s dry side for quite a while, preferring the dusty farming areas like Wasco and Sherman Counties to the mossy, drenched rainforests west of the Cascades. Having moved back to the […]