Warm breezes

The warm weather seems to have come back to us recently. With that blessing of sunshine I've been able to get out with my camera a bit more and do some exploring. It's hard to beat Oregon in the summertime. I've got some hike planned for the next two months that should hopefully produce some pretty shots. These are mostly from trips to the Columbia River Gorge, and the last two are from a great spot up on the west side of Mt. Hood called Ramona Falls.

Camera: Canon FT QL

Film: Fujifilm Superia X-TRA 400

Listening to: Slap Shot - Last Laugh

Now John at the bar is a friend of mine.

Just got a new roll developed and was all ready to post shots from that roll until I was looking at my hard drive and realized that I never posted up anything from this roll that you see here. I feel like I'm starting to get the hang of shooting tri-x with a filter. Just in time too, since I just threw a color roll in my Pentax. Maybe this is why I can't have nice things? If you frequent this blog, or at least browsed through some of the older posts, you'll notice Eagle Creek again. If you haven't been and live in Oregon, or Southern Washington, I highly recommend it. Try to catch it on a weekday if you can, it can get pretty busy on weekends. Next time expect some pictures of snow. Whenever that will be.

-Listening to: Billy Joel - Piano Man

Can You Walk Single File?

This post is a little bit of a mish mash of subjects that were all on my most recent roll. Looking out from Sherrard Point at the top of Larch Mountain. The Lost Lockets return home from tour show. How cool is it that they use machetes as instruments? Then a few from a walk out High Bridge at Eagle Creek, and then finally one from my new favorite warm up spot. Until next time. Oh, almost forgot. One of the slappers has a cool new photo blog of life around Stockton, CA. Give it a look. http://mapstostockton.tumblr.com/

Listening to: Weedeater - Homecoming

  

Keep Rollin Rollin Rollin

Some nice days, some rainy days, and even some snowy days lately. Luckily this erratic weather provides some interesting fodder for new shots. This roll is from some of the nicer days in February and early March. This was the same roll that had those two shots from Eagle Creek in the last post. The rest of these are from walking around my neighborhood on some of those nice winter days.

In other news, I'll soon be a contributor to a new blog. A bunch of skateboarders from around Europe, the U.S., and possibly South America, will each be representing a city, and posting art, or photos based on a theme each month. I think posts will be going up every couple of days from a different city. We're still working out the kinks, but it's a fun project, so keep an eye out for upcoming posts at: http://sillylittleartproject.tumblr.com/

Listening to: Roberta Flack - Conversation Love 

Didn't see a single eagle.

Eagle Creek is one of the most popular hiking destinations in Oregon. Or so I had heard. After living out here for eight and a half years, I finally took the drive up the gorge, passed the Bonniville Dam, to see what all the fuss was about. Luckily when you go out on a Monday, and have a forecast with a high of 48, and a chance of rain, you can get the trail mostly to yourself. Fortunately we didn't really get rained on, and ended up knocking out somewhere between 13 and 14 miles that day. Film ran out early on, but I got some digi pics as well. Enjoy, then get outside and enjoy outside.

Listening to: Charles Bradley & The Menahan Street Band - Stay Away