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...
Mt. Washington through trees, Oregon.
Gaia and I went to Sisters, Oregon last October. We plan to go back soon. Lots of potential photography.
New Photo Exhibit at The Leaky Roof
New images at the Leaky Roof in Portland. SW 16th & Jefferson. Come on down, and support a fine, local business. Note: This ended in 2019.
Angel’s Rest Trail, Part 2
Adam Robins, a friend and fellow photographer, and I made it to the top of the Angel’s Rest trail today. I didn’t take as much gear, and I took more water. The trail was shrouded in mist, and a light...
Angel’s Rest Trail
Last Wednesday I attempted a hike to Angel’s Rest, which is a viewpoint high on a bluff in the Columbia Gorge in Oregon. It was a 90 degree day, and I had been out taking pictures along the Old Columbia...
Pendleton, Oregon. March 2013
Gaia and I went to Pendleton, Oregon in March 2013 on a well deserved vacation. It was entirely too windy to get out my 8×10 camera, but I could hand hold my Speed Graphic if I kept the shutter speed...
Why Use 8×10 Film in a Digital Age?
November 2008. It’s 2:00 AM. I’m on the Burnside Bridge in Portland, Oregon. I have my Deardorff set up to photograph the city and it’s picturesque waterfront. It’s cold. I’m alone very near a bad part of town. The occasional...