Three Palms

Piñata

Still Life with Surfer

This is Sayulita in a nutshell: a surfer stands in contrast with the sombreros.

Beautiful Light, Cemetery

Here's another image from Sayulita.  This was taken in the cemetery on the road to Playa Los Muertos.

Sayulita

I was gone on vacation last week.  This is what I was shooting.  This is Sayulita, a quaint little traditional mexican town and a surfer's ideal destination.  I took this photograph on a vintage camera - a Zeiss Ikon.

Wide Format Fine Art Print at Pro Photo Supply

I just printed up this image of Arches National Park to hang in my lab at Pro Photo Supply.  We are promoting fine art printing this month by having a sale, so I decided to do a large print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Ultra Smooth paper, my favorite.  It looks amazing at 44x44 inches.  I took this photograph on a medium format film, so it has lots of detail.  The colors and texture of the red rock really stand  out on this fine art inkjet paper.  Come by our photo lab to check it out if you're in the area.  It's 1815 NW Northrup, Portland, Oregon.

Underwater Reflection

This is another image from my Underwater Series.  These  photographs were all taken underwater in swimming pools.

I love to see how the surface of the water distorts and reflects an object from below the surface.  In this image you are viewing the seated subject from below.  As you look up through the surface of the water you see both the reflection of her legs and, above it, the distorted image of her torso, which is above water.

Baroque Facade in Sevilla

No one likes this photograph as much as I do.  I shot this image looking up through a translucent awning that was being set up for a street festival in a small square.  This is a typical baroque-style church in Seville, Spain.

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.

"Torso" Underwater Photograph

I don't have this one posted on my Etsy site.  What do you think, would someone buy this?

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.

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.

Boat on Crater Lake

When I was in college I inherited my grandfather's old twin-lens camera. He used to use it in the 1950s when he was a photo journalist. Like other simple mechanical devices of its time, it was built to last, and it still works. I love it for the square format photos it takes.

This picture was taken on an unusually calm day in September. It's very rare to see the lake so still.

I offer this one as an 8x8 here, but I have also printed it much larger. It looks really good as a 20x20, and I have a 44x44 that was hanging in a show at Pro Photo Supply that I'm not sure what to do with. Any ideas?

Red Bikini Top Underwater Photograph

Trailer Horses

I had stopped for some food on Highway 101 when I happened to glance across the road. I saw this trailer full of horses with their various expressions of fear, excitement, and resignation. The trailer pulled away right after I took a few shots.

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.

Graffiti in San Francisco

I'm just a sucker for graffiti. This image was captured in San Francisco near Haight Ashbury.

I always love images of doors, windows, and hinges. These simple mechanical contrivances are endlessly fascinating. This photograph has another theme I adore, which is the color image on a monochrome field, which I mentioned in my post Still Life with Scooter. Graffiti in San Francisco has a very similar color scheme to my Roman Spigot photograph. Other images that features graffiti are:
Venetian Window
Roman House of Gold

You may buy an 8x10 Fine Art print of this image here in my shop.

Feet

In a swimming pool in Mexico, my cousins were sitting around and talking. Meanwhile, I took a picture of their feet underwater.

Square Bicycles

As promised, I bring to you some square bicycle photography. I love square format.

California Sun by littlegraypixel:


Seaside Town by alicebgardens:



The Bikes 006 by Aptrick:


Old Bike By Robin of Strange Fascination:


Lomo Bicycle Fine Art Photograph by Dripstick:

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.