These Are For You, Mom

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Here's some new snaps of the kids I shot at the beach in Florence today after Carrie's uncle John's funeral.
Geek Info: Shot on a Canon 5D, a 50/1.4, and processed with Aperture 2.0 using the Monochrome Mixer and Vignette Tool.

Ethics Cheat Sheet

>I was walking in the mall yesterday and there was a woman sitting on a bench. She was working on a laptop. Since I was bored and nosy I altered my path so I could look over her shoulder to see what she was working on. In big bold letters at the top of the page she was typing it clearly said, "Ethics Cheat Sheet."

That stuck with me for a whole day. Was it joke...or was she, in fact, composing a "Ethics Cheat Sheet" for a class full of "Ethical Cheaters"? Because, if you are using a "cheat sheet" you are "cheating" by definition and it follows that by cheating you are unethical.

So, I wondered what the first entry on the sheet would have been. Does it say, "1: Under no circumstances should you use a "cheat sheet".

I hope number two doesn't say, "Do not look over strangers shoulders at the their laptops."

That would make me both unethical and a cheater. I really wish I wouldn't have seen that. It created a unresolvable ethical dilemma.

>Ducks Shot Down

>I shot the Ducks getting manhandled Saturday night. It was painful to see. I guess I won't be booking my tickets to the NCAA Tournament any time soon.

>Mt. Hood Obscured in Lenticular Cloud

>I shot this tonight after work near where I'm staying at my dad's place in Happy Valley. If you look closely you can see a jet flying by. For all my fellow photo geeks out there, this image was shot raw on a Canon Mark III. It was processed entirely in Aperture 2.0.

>The Doug Fir

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I have no idea who these people are, but I shot this last night after the Blazer game at the Doug Fir Lounge.

>Blazers Bulls

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I shot the Blazers play the the Bulls tonight at the Rose Garden in Portland. Here are a few snaps.

>Free Snow!

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I documented the Oregon National Guard removing snow in Idanha, Ore. They have over 150 inches of accumulation. Some cars are totally buried and until a few days ago, some disabled residents were snowed in...meaning their cars were too covered with snow to move. These soldiers were removing over four feet of snow off the roof of the Idanha Country Store.
©2008, The Oregonian

>Hanging Out With The King

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The King is hanging at the Tavern and Pool on NW 23rd Street in Portland, Ore.

>Photo Night, Jan. 12, 2008

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I'm a little slow to post this, but it's from Rob Finch's annual photo night at his house. Chip Litherland from Florida and Scott Strazzante from Chicago were there.

>Snow Dump

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Today more snow fell in Eugene than I've seen in the ten-years I've lived here. It was my day off but since it wasn't snowing in Portland I thought it'd be good to send a few photos from my neighborhood. I see now on Oregonlive.com that they are now expecting snow tonight. I hope it's all clear by the time I head north Tuesday morning. I'm not optimistic.

>Selling the House

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I'm selling the house my family and I have lived in for 8-years. Click on the link above to see the info. If you're the lucky photographer that gets my old job and you buy my house, I'll leave a case of beer in the fridge and a bottle of wine in the rack!

>Blazers!

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I'm back shooting The Portland Trailblazers on occasion in a backup role to fellow shooter Bruce Ely who's been following the team since before the season started with the draft of Greg Oden.

This team could really do something and it's been really exciting to start following them again. This is Martell Webster after he went on a 24-point scoring run in the third quarter.

©The Oregonian, 2008

>Whoa! 42!

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I'm 42-years-old today. I have nothing else to say on the matter.

>The Kiss

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Click on the link above to see the details on Scott and Anna's wedding. I shot this at dinner after the wedding. What a great couple!

>New Crew

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With my move to Portland, a whole new set of of new and old friends greet me at work. Some, like Mike Lloyd, Ben Brink an Ross Hamilton, I've known since the late eighties. Faith Cathcart I've only known for a few years. And for good measure, I threw a shot of Sol sitting in his disheveled apartment in for good measure.

>Snow Pack Turns to Epic Journey

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This is me on my second day at The Oregonian. We started out at 8:00 a.m. to shoot the annual snow pack measurement story. From there we were dispatched to another story at Mt. Hood Meadows. On the way back we hit seriously slow traffic that put us in jeopardy of making deadline. We detoured to Timberline Lodge where we knew they had internet. That's were I'm sitting right now writing this as reporter Ryan Knutson eats his cold turkey sandwich. This will end up being a 12 hour day. We'll see.

>The Siuslaw Bridge, Florence, Ore., Dec. 21, 2007

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I shot this for my mother-in-law, Mary, who wanted a photos of the bridge for her wall. She was born and raised in Florence and her father owned a general store on Bay Street along the river. If you look closely you'll see Sheldon standing on the bridge.

>Last Assignment at The Register-Guard

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I was sent up to the Willamette Pass for my last assignment as a Register-Guard photographer. It was blizzard like conditions and took a ride in the groomer, which was a quite a treat. I've always wanted to do that.

There was certain sense of finality today as a turned in my camera equipment and emptied out the last of belongings. Tomorrow I'll have cake in the library with my comrades and call it day.

Next Thursday I'll start my first day at The Oregonian as a staff photographer. A new chapter!

>Junk Store Kodachromes

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I was going through my favorite junk store in Harrisburg, Oregon, and found a box of Kodachromes. I didn't look carefully at them, but noticed they were in pretty good shape and seemed to be shot fairly well...so I bought them.

I then edited them down to 20 or so of my favorites. They were shot in Tahiti, Hawaii, Utah, Yellowstone, New Zealand, Australia, Los Angeles, Eugene and other places as well. Many of them were dated and were shot from 1946 to 1954. Here's one of my favorites that was shot on a cruise ship in 1952.