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...
Unfinished Business: Central Oregon
I have been to Central Oregon way too few times. As such, I will try to make this interesting anyway. Smith Rock, July 2024 ©2024 Gary L. Quay I will never climb Smith Rock. Looking at it, and taking pictures...
Test driving a Hasselblad CFV 100S
I waited a couple of years for hasseblad to relesae the 100 mp version of its CFV digital camera back. I wanted to use it on my 500CM camera, giving me the ability to use film and digital with a...
The 2024 Scenic Wonders of Doom Calendar is here!
The long-promised 2024 Scenic Wonders of Doom calendar has arrived! Not only that, but I may actually be able to take orders on the website for it. I’m slowly getting it figured out. The price is $20.00 with $9.00 shipping...
Tunneling Into the Vault
When entering The Catacombs, carry the right kind of wine.The Vault (or catacombs) is my euphemism for my older work. I keep my negatives in protective sheets in 3-ring binders labeled by the type of film, and the number of...
Scenic Wonders of Doom!
Introduction I have been working on a project I call “Scenic Wonders of Doom”, which involves going to as many as I can of the places in Oregon and Washington featuring names that hint at an interesting history. The best...
Infrared Film
Infrared Film Infrared film has been a long time passion of mine, but as I mentioned before, infrared film stocks have diminished over the years. My go to film has been Konica IR 750, but it was discontinued in 2005....
Opening of the Locations Gallery
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...
The Columbia Gorge
The Columbia Gorge The Columbia Gorge was what lit this east coast lad’s soul on fire in the early 1990’s. After moving to Oregon in 1991 (it will be 30 years in September), I first picked up my old Minolta...
Locations
A sense of place, the essence of the area where one is, to landscape photographers is the Holy Grail. These galleries cover mainly Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, but I recently added a new gallery for the East Coast. Click...