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 [...]
Blind Photographer
“Painting is a blind man’s profession. He paints not what he sees, but what he feels, what he tells himself about what he has seen.” Pablo Picasso. Many times I get comments like “you did something to that photo, didn’t you?” and I just look at them wondering why they can’t see what I saw [...]
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 [...]
Mount Hood in the Morning
This week’s photo is of Mount Hood, and yes I have already written an article about my mountain but like the article points out, this is my mountain after all, and part of my responsibility is to market this magnificent rock. This particular photograph represents my number one selling item. I sell more of this [...]
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 [...]
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