The Country fair was a really cool place to visit. This was my first experience with the fair but this place has to be one of the more unique events that I have gone to. I was only able to attend the fair for 1 day, but I hope in next several years I will be able to stay for a few days. This place is a really exciting and diverse location to photograph …
Western Overland Excursion eBook Release!
The day is here! Today Marina and I are releasing our first eBook. We called the e book Western Overland Excursion. It is a book that covers photographs from our travels through the western United States. We designed it to read kind of like a coffee table book. The e book has more than 60 pages of photographs, collages, and stories. Western Overland Excursion is priced at only $2.00 and is available to purchase from …
kaleidoscope
Photo Credit – Marina Hansen. This image was taken at the Oregon Country Fair in a 6 foot open ended kaleidoscope. On one end, there is myself with my film camera, and on the other end, Marina. I am still waiting to get the counterpart to this image developed. You know… the film photo of Marina that I took at the same time. When I do, I will post it. I will save the country …
7/24 photography project- a return to film
This is the start of my film photography project. I have been really interested in creating photographs for over 5 years now. I love photography, I love creating images and sharing them but I am a photographer that came about in the digital age. That is in part why I wanted to start this project. Granted, my first camera was a 35 mm film camera, and with that the first year or so of my …
Smith Rock
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Applegate lake River Reflections
Evening reflections in the applegate river This photo is a little bit outside of my normal style. I photographed this in the reflections of the applegate river. The intense green color in the water comes from the reflection of the bright sun lit green trees. The image had a cool strange sureal look to it.
Postcard from Cougar Reservoir
This photo was taken by a small creek near our camp at cougar reservoir, east of Eugene. Spent a few good hours relaxing in the Hot springs, then spent most of our time avoiding lots and lots of rain.
Postcard from Crater Lake
Taken with my (not)GOpro, from the top of Crater Lake. Im working on a series of panoramas from my time at crater lake right now. They look good in camera. We will see if I can make something of it. Spent the last 2 days at the Toketee Hot springs, taking pictures of water falls. Today and tomorrow I am back up in Corvallis for the Flat Tail festival, then hitting the road …
Eclipse Hunters
The Sun, fully eclipsed by the moon during last Sundays total annular eclipse This was the first total solar eclipse that I have seen. Very sureal experience, I will be posting more photos from this trip here with in the next several days.
Windmill
NIKON D2H 50mm, F/9, 1/800, ISO 200 September seems like it was so long ago now. I photographed this windmill in Eastern Oregon just south of Pendelton. There are miles and miles of rolling hills and grasslands.
Paintbrush Divide, Grand Tetons
Nikon D2H, 50mm, 1/125 @ F/5.6, ISO 400- Photo credit- Marina Hansen In this photo I am standing at the top of the Paintbrush Divide in the Grand Tetons. At 10,700 ft I am looking out over Wyoming and the weather that had already passed over us that day.This evening is one that I will remember for the rest of my life.
Another postcard from our campsite
This is the view just up from where camp is set up. Decided to stay an extra day in this area before rushing off to Canyonlands. Its taken almost a month, but I am finally starting to slow down and take my time in the places I’m at.
Postcard from Arches
I’ve been busy this last week . Taking my time camping out in the Moab area. Camping by rim rock and sandstone canyons. Very happy that the weather has held up so well. Today it’s sunny and mid 70s. I’m writing this while sitting up on top of the ridge looking down to my camp below. Tomorrow I’m off to canyonlands. then starting the trip wrap up and heading back to Oregon. All of the …
Camping in Sego Canyon, Utah
Petroglyphs in Sego Canyon, Utah I’m in Moab, Utah now. Nice place to be, everyone here seems to be riding a mountain bike. The weather is holding up well enough for the time. Just have to find a good place to camp for the night. Yesterday we drove from Salt Lake City, Utah to the Sego Canyon area, north of I 70 near the Arches, Canyonlands areas. Pretty steady stormy weather all last night, with …
Popular Barn
This is probably one of the most photographed barns in the world. I took this photo just before sunrise a few mornings ago. I have to say I like this photo, but it lacks some originality. Thats not always bad, but I don’t want to repeat something that everyone else is doing right next to me… at least, not with this type of photography. here are a couple different photos that I took that …
The Tetons
Sunset at Jenny Lake, I’ve been out of reliable Internet for a while now. For the past week I have been in Yellowstone National park and the Teton National Park camping and (trying) to make some photos. Ill get to some of the stuff from Yellowstone in a later post but this will be all about the Tetons. This has to be one of my favorite places. Its such an extreme landscape, I am happy …
Backpacking in the Wallowa Mountains
Ice Lake at Sunset Backpacking the wallowas was an intense experience. I have gone backpacking before, and I am used to the outdoors but being by yourself in the mountains for a few days is a strange experience. The time was good. though. I had to hike in 9 miles to Ice Lake, about 5 miles of that seemed to be straight up hill. Alpine camping in late September was pretty cold. I’m glad now …
Entering the Wallowas
Panorama of the Wallowa Mountains. Near Joseph Oregon. I am in Joseph Oregon today, I am planning on being in this area for a couple of days. I am trying to take my time and look around the area a little bit. My plan at this point is to hike back into those mountains in the next day or so. Im still trying to get the right maps and know for …
Western Overland Excursion
The Ole’ Camry and me in front of Mt Hood … just passed 327,000 miles, yikes! I have been trying to think of a more cool name for this trip than just “Road Trip”, though I will admit Western Overland Excursion might be a bit much? IDK, let me know I really don’t think that I have mentioned what the purpose of this trip is yet, at least not on my blog. I am …
Postcard: Trillium Lake, Oregon
A photo from this morning at Trillium Lake, Looking at Mt. Hood to the North. Currently sitting in a coffee shop near Zigzag Oregon. Drinking some coffee and editing some photos from this morning. This is one of my favorites from trillium lake. The mist over the lake at sunrise was awesome, but made it difficult to photograph anything but fog. I’m working with some simple symetric reflections in this image. I like it, but …
Underwater Footage from the Illinois River
Check out this test footage I shot on my ipod touch the last time I was at the Illinois River. I picked up a water proof case (more like a bag really). It works really well though. Now I want to try and shoot something a little more seriously.
Cascade Lakes
Robert and I took off the week before last and headed over to some of the Cascade lakes in the Three Sisters Wilderness area. Â We Camped out that night, and spent the next day exploring the area. To much to see and do in just one day, but I can’t complain when my Tuesday is spent driving through backcountry highways, listening to Zepplin, and hiking around on a nice day. To more days like this. …
Spring Smith Rock photos
HDR panorama of Smith Rock, Taken before sunrise Did a pretty quick trip over to Smith Rock the weekend before last. I drove over Friday evening with my friend Justin and set up camp. Woke up before dawn the next morning and drove over to Smith Rock. Smith Rock is a really cool area. Justin and I arived just before 6:00 am; we were the first people in the park that day. It is a …
Morning Mist
Another day, another place, another sunrise. This was taken at about 6:30 in the morning just after sunrise. I was driving to another location when I pulled over and took some photos by this pond. I love the gold mist rising from the water in this image.
Sunrise
I ended up doing an all-nighter last Monday-Tuesday. I stayed up to study for a midterm and I finished around 5 am. I ended up grabbing my camera gear and I drove south of town before dawn. It was a really beautiful April morning. the (almost) full moon was setting in the west as I arrived. while I was there I spent some time taking a couple Panoramas of the landscape. …
April Photo Hike
Spent some time Friday afternoon hiking through this medow with my camera gear. I was going for something kinda like the old windows xp default background. (bliss, if you remember) One of my goals this spring is to go on more hikes and outdoor trips, this was my “gear test” , making sure everything works alright and balancing out how much I really need in my hiking bag. Here are a couple photos I shot that …