Venice

I re-worked my Venice print to capture more of the nostalgic essence of mundane Italy.  The image has a little bit of vignetting and some subtle texture.

I Love Rome

Red Venetian Window

See my Green Venetian Window here.

The Last Day for Christmas Orders

I got another order for this image last week.  It's one of my best sellers.  I'm starting to think of it as my signature image.  This is one that I had displayed in Pro Photo Supply as a 40x60 print.  Does anyone want something that big?

At any rate, today is the last day that I can get you a print before Christmas.  Click here to order Cinque Terre.

I took this photo in Riomaggiore in Cinque Terre, Italy.  The light was low and made the stucco housefronts glow.  I took this from the Via dell'Amore looking over the little bay.

Venetian Light

When I was young I took a romantic trip through Europe.  I was shooting film then - this was before the age of digital - and using a trusty old Pentax camera my father had given me. This was the best image I took on the entire trip.  When I printed it the first time, I fell in love with it. I've been printing it and perfecting it ever since.

This image is printed on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Photo Rag Paper.  I do all my own printing.  This photo prints up really beautifully, with lots of fine detail.  You can purchase it as an 8x10 here or as a 20x24 here.

Wide Format Gallery

A few of my images will be coming down from our employee show at Pro Photo Supply today. This image, called Cinque Terre, as well as an image of Crater Lake called Boat and my Roman Street Scene were all chosen to be part of a wide-format photography show in my store's main location at 1112 NW 19th Avenue, Portland, Oregon.

Up next in our wide-format gallery will be an amazing exhibit of images from Antarctica by Tom Hassler. You should come check it out.

Roman House of Gold (8x10 Fine Art Print)

This is another street scene in Rome. I suppose that graffiti is just accepted as a part of life there.

This is part of a series of images I took in Italy last year along with Roman Street Scene (Still Life With Scooter).

Roman Spigot, an 8x10 Photograph

There are water fountains all over Rome. Some are more ancient than others. This is another instance of an image that appears to have spot color special effects - but it doesn't. I love that look of an image that appears to be monochrome but isn't.

Alex of Upright Brewing asked me for an 8x10 print of this image.

Fine Art Print of Venetian Window (16x24)

One of the best things to do in Venice is to just walk around and look at the buildings. You can see things that you will never see anywhere else: a book store half-flooded from the canal but still open for business; doors and windows hundreds of years old but still sturdy; layers of paint coming off to show layers underneath. Even in the midst of extreme urban decay, Venice is overwhelmingly beautiful.

I have this big print, 16x24, very nicely done on Hahnemuhle Photorag Fine Art paper, just waiting for a home.

Still Life with Scooter

I took this one in Rome.

There I was, just walking along down an ally in Rome. Scooters were everywhere, as they always are. If there's space to park, there's a scooter. Sidewalks, pedestrian pathways - everywhere they don't get run over, they park. The juxtaposition of the ancient and the brand-new is beautiful.

I'm a bit fascinated with scenes that appear to be partly grayscale and partly color. I assure you that the look is natural to this image - I didn't spot color it at all.

I have a 40" x 60" print of this if anyone's interested.