VW Bus, Southeast Portland

Bicycle, Southeast Portland

Combination Standpipe

Scooter, Mural, Portland

Who are all these scooter-driving people who insist on parking by artwork and murals?  I am forced to take pictures of them.  Notice the bicycle in the painting. 

Motorcycle, Portland Street Scene

Did you notice that the light got really intense this afternoon right before it started to rain so hard?  I took this picture at the beginning of the downpour.  I was taking a photo of something else on Burnside when I came across this street scene.  It's a little steampunk for Portland.  Check out that chain!

White Antique Garage Doors

 

It was just the unexpected sunshine in winter. 

Hollywood

These photographs were all taken within moments of each other.

Hollywood Theater, Portland, Oregon.

Bicyclist, Alberta Street

Bicycle Photo Contest Winners

Pro Photo Supply unveiled the winners of our First Annual Bike Photo contest last week.    Check our all the winning photos here.

We also announced our winners for the Holga Photo Contest and our Embrace the Blur Photo Contest.

Portrait of a Fire Hydrant

Mechanical things fascinate me. When I look at a fire hydrant, I always see its untapped potential. Will it ever be used?

This fire hydrant can be found in Portland's Missippi district right across the street from the Albina Press Coffeehouse.

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.

Some Other Bicyclists

Here are some still life/bicycle photographers who have inspired me:

Irina from Still Memory:

London Particulars:
Lisa Burch, a local Portland photographer:
By Feaverish:

Se7en:Ciao Chessa:

Coming soon: square bicycles....

Autumn in Portland

I took this picture while going for a cup of coffee on my lunch break near where I work in Northwest Portland, right down the street from Pro Photo Supply. I sometimes go to this little coffee shop on 18th called The Oz Cafe. They make a really great cup of coffee there. They also have a lot of great pastries and lunch fare.

The climate in Portland never ceases to fascinate me. I grew up in the desert, so I'm always intrigued to see a scene like this; the leaves are dying, but sprigs of something green are just starting to sprout up between the rocks. Is it fall or spring?

I call this photograph Rocks and Leaves.

Chinese Garden Photo

This is a photo taken during springtime at the Portland Classical Chinese Garden. I love walking around downtown Portland during the spring when there are cherry trees in bloom.

Sometimes after work I'll go to the garden and have a cup of tea in the tea house there. It's a really tranquil space in the middle of the city.

This is another one of my cross-processed images. I explained the technique of cross-processing in the comments of my first SLW Bicycle post. My mom really loves this image. She loved it so much she bought it from my Etsy site. Thanks, Mom!

My First SLW Bicycle Blog Post

My sister just purchased this image from me. She does not spend money frivolously, as she will attest to on her blog The Green Baby Guide. Therefore, I feel somewhat honored by the fact that she chose my work to hang in her home.

I named this one simply "Bicycle." I took the photo in Northwest Portland near where I work in the photo lab at Pro Photo Supply, Inc. I shot this on slide film which I cross-processed for the special effect of the color.

She ordered a custom size: 8x12. I'm hoping to deliver it to her tomorrow.