Ever since moving to Portland last November and working from onOne HQ, I’ve always fawned over a print that our Sr. Product Manager, Dan Harlacher, has hanging on the wall in his office. It was this very image that he took a year earlier and expertly processed it in black and white. I don’t know ... Read More »
The Dance of Trees
February 3, 2013
This past Friday afternoon, my colleague and friend, Dan Harlacher, and I took off for Silver Falls in Oregon. The weather was uncharacteristically beautiful and we decided to capitalize on living in such a gorgeous state. Aside from the falls themselves, the surrounding forest was absolutely gorgeous. As the sun began to set, a beautiful ... Read More »
Wait for me!
January 31, 2013
By the time Brian Bonham and I made it to this particular beachhead at Dalton Point, the sun was rapidly retiring. There wasn’t much luxury of time so it really boiled down to picking 2-3 compositions and really hoping to stick ‘em. Within a minute or two after nabbing this shot, the color was all but ... Read More »
Breaking Formation
January 26, 2013
After successfully installing a new doggy door for Kodak earlier today, Brian Bonham and I rewarded ourselves with a very leisurely drive out to the Gorge. Our original destination was the Women’s Forum. With the pretty and complex cloud formations, we thought it’d offer a really nice, elevated vantage point. The only problem was that it ... Read More »
A Hush Falls Over PDX
January 25, 2013
As I was driving home this afternoon from onOne, I could immediately tell that tonight would be an epic sunset just based on how gorgeous the sky was at that moment. And sure enough, as I was sitting in my office taking care of some work, my spidey sense started tingling. I swiveled my head ... Read More »
PDX, I love ya
January 16, 2013
After spending the better part of a week hustling around Death Valley, slinging my camera every which way, I have to say that touching down in PDX was a very sweet moment. I know I’ve expressed my love of Portland but as they say about absence and its impact of the fondness of hearts. So, ... Read More »
The Magic of Waterfalls
January 8, 2013
As someone who was born and raised in the urban jungles of Brooklyn, if you would have told me when I was 15 that I’d be living in an area filled with waterfalls, I’d probably laugh. In fact, for most of my life, I never thought I’d leave New York City. And then after living ... Read More »
Signal Beacon
January 7, 2013
Another little ditty that I stumbled on while digging through the archive attic. Another little reason why I need to get back to the Oregon coast tout de suite. Who doesn’t love astral photography at the base of Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach? In terms of processing I wanted to give Dave Morrow’s Under The ... Read More »
Always, faithfully beautiful
January 6, 2013
I don’t care how many images of Multnomah Falls I’ve taken and shared, I’ll never get tired of working on them. There is something so especially regal about this landmark. It’s no surprise that it is the go to destination when visiting the Columbia River Gorge. You’ll reap most of the rewards of having the ... Read More »
Coast On The Brain
January 4, 2013
I’m seriously jonesin’ to head back to the Oregon coast as soon as possible. I took this shot of Twin Rocks at Rockaway Beach in January of 2012 and I’ve only returned a handful of times. I have no good reason why but I know enough that 2013 will change all that. In the meantime, ... Read More »
Sky High Over PDX
January 3, 2013
Leave it to Brian Bonham to have a blue moon idea. Brian, Lars Gustafson, his sister, Erin Gustafson, and I romped around Portland in the frigid cold with no real agenda on Jan 1st. With a boring sky and nothing really piquing our interests, we retired to a Stumptown Coffee to warm up and get all ... Read More »
Bridge Over Troubled Water
December 30, 2012
I went on a wonderful little outing with Brian Bonham, Lars Gustafson and Arno Jenkins to show Katelyn McCallum some of the wonders that the Gorge has to offer while she visited town. We started out by photographing Bridal Veil Falls and then made our way to the Oneonta Gorge and Horsetail Falls. One of the nice things about ... Read More »
Starry Night
December 27, 2012
I find that looking back and sharing the memories associated with images is more cathartic to me than just sharing the images themselves. It’s my memories of what surrounded me when I pressed that shutter button that ultimately make my images mine. These memories are what allow an image to live on in posterity within ... Read More »
Lost Doors
December 23, 2012
I had about 20 minutes to kill at work the other day before my next meeting was scheduled to begin so I went to town on this image. I try to work on an image or two before each meeting because it helps spur creative thought. And that’s the cool thing about a lot of ... Read More »
The Silver Bullet
December 20, 2012
Do you ever let the weather play a role in how you process and stylize your images? I certainly do and it’s something that I’ve come to embrace. The key is pairing up the right image to the mood you’re in. For example, this is an image of an Amtrak train as it was departing ... Read More »
Thank you… a million times
December 18, 2012
Those who know me know that I don’t really put much stock in numbers as it relates to social media and especially to the quality of my photos. The success of an image isn’t tied to the number of +1s and comments it garners. However, while browsing Google+ this morning, I noticed that I had ... Read More »
The Weeping Rock
December 16, 2012
It’s raining like crazy and the winds are gusting angrily here in Portland. Calls for blizzard conditions are scrolling on all news channels and even as an emergency notification on my iPhone, courtesy of the National Weather Service (it was actually pretty cool to see a swam of people at the grocery store get the ... Read More »
Caution and Prudence
December 11, 2012
We all want to try and create cool shots. I don’t think any of us strive for mediocrity when we’re with our cameras, right? Maybe? We try to share images that compel, that engage the imagination, and that create lasting impressions with viewers. These are my goals, at least. In that endeavor, risks do need ... Read More »
The Weeping Rocks
December 10, 2012
I hate packing. But then again, who actually likes it? Fortunately, my woes will be over on Wednesday when movers… move my earthly possessions a whole whopping 2.5 miles. But, that doesn’t mean that there aren’t a few moments to share an image with you. I processed it today at the onOne office, trying out ... Read More »
Chuga Chuga Choo Choo!
December 9, 2012
My friend, Cameron, from F-Stop Gear flew into Portland today to film a short feature of me photographing in my element. The episode is set to air on F-Stop’s website in a few months alongside other photographer partners. Cameron asked if I could take him to areas around Portland where I can shoot in my natural ... Read More »