Once I started photography as a hobby, I started to notice light. I discovered a vocabulary I’d never needed before then. Light became buttery, diffuse or sharp. Sometimes it made things glow and sometimes it made them one-dimensional. I discovered that golden light can make me happy and noonday sun makes me nervous. I marveled […]
Things I Saw – 2019:Weeks 2-3
Oregon in January is … incredibly mild. For someone born and bred in the Midwest, temps in the 50s with a bit of rain will always qualify as a “fine spring day” more than “depths of winter.” In a landscape without snow (and very little chance of dropping below freezing), Oregon winters are surprisingly colorful. […]
Mixed Greens
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, winter in the Pacific Northwest is extraordinary. I’ve taken to calling it “mixed greens” in my head, as the forests are a study in every possible shade and texture of green. On a 50-degree January day (let’s just take a moment for this midwesterner to process […]
Smith Rock
Twice I’ve driven by Smith Rock. Once I could barely able to make it out in the fog. The other time it was crawling with triathletes. It seemed… OK. Perhaps I should explain. I’m not really a rock person. I don’t love the red rock and desert landscapes of the southwest. Arid landscapes make my […]
Textured Season
This is my third autumn in the Pacific Northwest, and I still am dazzled by the season. After spending most of my life in the Midwest, where the landscape is either dead or covered with snow from October to April, fall and winter in Oregon is a revelation. First, there is the moss, vivid and […]
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