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...
Rediscovering Ilford XP2 Film
I used Ilford XP2 film when I first picked up a medium format camera, but soon gave it up. Now, I am wonderng why. What is XP2? XP2 is a fine-grained, multi-ISO film that is developed in color negative film...
New Infrared Work
Summer is here! It’s infrared season once again. Warm weather came late to the Pacific Northwest this year. That doesn’t happen often, but having a more temperate June was welcome. Now that July is here, I stocked up with infrared...
Scenic Wonders of Doom
There are names, and then there are NAMES. In the Pacific Northwest, places like Portland, Eugene, or Klamath Falls have normal, family-oriented names, while Deadman Pass, Cape Disappointment, and Starvation Creek are another matter entirely. How did they get these...
My Latest Work
I will be updating this page frequently to show my current projects, and to let people know about future projects. Rowena Path and Tree, September 2023 Rowena Path and Tree, September 2023 ©2023 Gary L. Quay Getting ready for Fall...
The Oregon Coast on 5 Cameras Per Day
The Oregon Coast is a particularly stunning shoreline, sporting topographical marvels much more dramatic than merely the sandy interface between sea and land. The Pacific Northwest’s volcanic past left its mark with haystack rocks in the surf, and with the...
Creativity in Photo Editing
For a very long time, I refused to do anything in Photoshop that I couldn’t replicate in the darkroom. The reason for this was that I intended to sell all of my images from darkroom prints, including the color pictures. ...
Mosier, Oregon
There is a tiny Columbia Gorge town about six miles east from Hood River, Oregon, that has become my favorite spot for photography, based mainly on the ruggedness of the scenery, and the bony white oaks that punctuate the landscape. ...
Image Gallery
Image Gallery I have been photographing Oregon for 30 years, so naturally I have a large backlog of images. Until recently, I used only film. Digital photography is still relatively new to me. My gallery is divided into 7 sections:...
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