Still Making Due
Starvation Creek Falls, October 2016 I’ve been without a darkroom for over a year and a half. My attempt to carve one out of a spare bedroom was foiled by carpet. Gaia and I don’t consider this to be our...
The Oneonta Gorge and 5 Feet Down
There is a smaller gorge within the Cokumbia Gorge called the Oneonta Gorge. It’s more of a slot canyon, but we’ll stick with “gorge” for now. I’ll start by saying that I have no pictures of it. Here’s why. The...
Between darkrooms and making due
Well, the new house in Hood River is very efficient, but not conducive to containing a production darkroom. I set up the third bedroom with the D5XL enlarger, and some of the framing equipment, but it’s carpeted, so all of...
Hood River
Post edit 12/24/24: I moved to Hood River in 2015, but moved back to the Portland area in 2019. Hood River Hotel The move is complete, yet the boxes still abound. The darkroom will be built, but not any time...
Moving to the Columbia Gorge.
The house is sold. Part of the selling process was the Dismantling of the Darkroom. It was a very sad day. I tore apart the 7′ sink that I built, tore down the shelves, painted the walls white, and installed...
The Rainshadow
One of my favorite places for photography these days is the eastern Columbia Gorge. It’s really the “old west.” Once you pass Hood River going east, the landscape changes from the pine-encrusted rainforest west of the Cascades to the arid...
From the Vaults # 2
One of my best-selling photographs. Caboose! ©2007 Gary L. Quay I was out with Gaia, with my newly acquired 50mm Carl Zeiss lens and my Hasselblad. I wanted to get pictures of this caboose, and the weather was cooperating. I...
Light
A photographer is always moving toward the light, and the light is always moving away from the photographer. Everything is fleeting. To capture a single moment in time and location before it passes forever is truly a blessing. Ruthton Point,...
Living in the Columbia Gorge.
Gaia and I are looking to buy, or build, a house in the place where I do most of my photography: the Columbia Gorge. We want a spot on the dryer side, past Hood Rivet, or any place that has...
Wahkeena Falls, May 2014. Developed in Coffee.
I made an interesting experiment with this picture. I deliberately overexposed it to bring out the detail in the shadows, and, instead of my initial intention of reducing development to tame the highlights, I used a formula known as Caffenol...