This is an image I created using a technique known as HDR and I use Photomatix exclusively for all my HDR work. The weather conditions on the coast were the worst I had seen in years. It was the same day the Tsunami was suppose to hit the Oregon coast. The area got the name [...]
Find Your Vision
What Sam Walton can teach us about vertical marketing in today’s economy. These ideas apply to the small business owner, the middle manager and those who are looking to upgrade their employment situation. Sam Walton, the founder of WalMart and Sam’s Club, looked at his business in a very unique manner. His driving mantra was [...]
Government Confusion
Several days ago I had the opportunity to visit our capitol city, Salem Oregon. I arrived there very early in the morning on a Saturday and decided to drive out to the capitol grounds and shoot the buildings there. This image is what I came away with after being on the grounds for several hours. [...]
Yaquina Lighthouse
Yaquina Head Light House is my newest photo of the week. The day of the shoot it was a very cold 41 degrees. The real problem that day was the wind. Twice I was nearly blown over by gusts. Try shooting on a tripod in a gale, heck, try keeping your lens dry. I do [...]
Portland Japanese Gardens
Nestled in the scenic west hills of Portland, the Japanese Garden is a haven of tranquil beauty and has been proclaimed by his Excellency Nobuo Matsunaga, former Ambassador of Japan, to be “the most beautiful and authentic Japanese garden in the world outside of Japan.” The Garden is above Washington Park at 611 SW Kingston [...]
Bridge of the gods
The Bridge of the Gods Indian legend tells us that the Great Spirit built a bridge of stone that was a gift of great magnitude. Science tells us that about 1,000 years ago a mountain on the Washington side of the Columbia River, near what is now the town of Cascade Locks, crumbled into the [...]
Ghost Tree
During a recent trip to southern Oregon my wife and I stopped off at one of the most well-known parks in the Pacific Northwest, Crater Lake. The lake is located near Klamath Falls, Oregon about 100 miles inland from the Pacific Ocean. It lies inside a caldera, or volcanic basin, that was created after a [...]
Climb My Mountain – Mount Hood
Mountains have always intrigued me. They are so metaphorical in their stateliness. The men and women who climb them stand as symbols to all who must overcome the challenges that life throws at us all. Asthma has prevented me from ever taking on the challenge of a mountain climb so I have chosen to master [...]
XYZ Gallery
I just created a gallery on my archive website with the name XYZ. Why XYZ? Well, this is where I will place those photos that don’t mean anything to anyone except me. These I made just for the fun of it, like when you are a kid on the way home from school and you [...]
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