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New e-Book: Dave Matthews Band- A Collection of Photos From Camping at the Gorge

New e-Book: Dave Matthews Band- A Collection of Photos From Camping at the Gorge by By Marina Hansen & Billy Newman I started this new road trip in early September, I was happy to begin the trip by traveling to see the Dave Matthews Band perform at the Gorge over Labor Day weekend. This event was certainly focused more on taking time off, meeting friends and listening to some great live music which has always …

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Impressions from the Oregon Coast

This past weekend Marina and I spent a night camping on the Oregon Coast south of Newport. We had a great time enjoying the September weather on the coast. Saturday evening I worked on a few impressions of the sunset. I ended up liking this photo the most out of the series I shot.   I have been working on images that take advantage of the light just before and just after sunset.  I really like the …

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This image is part of my on going film project, you can see my growing collection of film photographs at http://7-24photo.tumblr.com/ This was taken at Pikes place in Seattle. I worked with my Nikon FG 20 film camera a lot during my time in Seattle. Really interesting place to work on photos. Lots of contrast, lots of characters.  You can see the original post at http://7-24photo.tumblr.com/post/31754033130/this-was-taken-at-pikes-place-in-seattle-i-worked

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Backpacking in the Wallowa Mountains.

Our  tent  near dusk at horseshoe lake in the Wallowa Mountains. Backpacking in the Wallowa Mountains is always an adventure.  I am very glad that I was able to return to the mountains this year.  It is a great adventure, and also an incredible struggle.  The remote scenic beauty however makes the entire struggle worth it.  It would be easy to say that Marina and I over packed for this excursion.  We carried to backpacking backpacks full …

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: Silver Falls

Here is a quick postcard from Silver Falls this morning. Great day there. I really havent pulled out the cameras to much yet on this trip, that is all coming soon.  For the most part I am just focusing on relaxing and camping, and also knowing that there are a thousand bad photos I really dont have to take 🙂 This trip will be very Photography heavy. Ill get into this subject more later on, …

My Road Trip Begins

Pretty Lights- September 9th, 2011 I only started this trip a few days ago and I am already having an incredible time. I also know that I have not posted much on what my plans are for the trip or what I am doing.   All of that will come soon. Im just spending the first few days of the trip getting used to living in my little toyota camry and trusting my gear, which …