That’s right, I said “calendars”. There are two of them. I have the 2025 Columbia Gorge Waterfall Calendar, and the 2025 Night Shift Calendar for sale in Ye Olde Photography Shoppe. The 2025 Columbia Gorge Waterfall Calendar is a...
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...
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...
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...
I have some upcoming Arts Festivals to announce. June 8th and 9th 2024: The Troutdale Arts Festival. July 13th and 14th 2024, Bend Summer Fesival. July 20th 2024: The Gresham Arts Festival.
I am currently selling my photography at the Portland Saturday Market. I will be there mostly on Sundays this spring and summer, but I may show up on Saturday from time to time. I will use this post to announce...
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...
The Fuji GSW690III Fuji GSW690III in its Natural Habitat Last Spring I bought a Fuji GSW690III camera in pristine shape, and, naturally, it fell off of my tripod in August, giving it that been-around-the-block-a-few-times appearance that most of my cameras...
My Places of Doom Tour is growing. Among other sources for the list that follows, I found a trove of historic Oregon place names printed by the Oregon Historical Quarterly in 1944. Here some of the highlights: Asbestos Bloody Creek...
An Unexpected Return to a Sometimes Problematic Developer In my previous post about film and developer testing, I said that I would not be using PMK Pyro anymore. For those unfamiliar with them, Pyro developers are some of the oldest...