Climate Spiral

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#ClimateSpiral, Alberta, altar, Climate spiral, Climatemarch, Flowers, heart, nature, portland, Project, sculpture, skulpture, spiral, spring, stawaproductions, works

This Climate Spiral, as I call the altar, is made on this day of the people’s climate march, toward the end of a week of solidarity.  It was inspired by hearing about the water blessings taking place in Washington DC before the day’s events begin.

I build this altar.  Recognizing that the earth is whole, and shall be fine.  Also recognizing that we are at choice, we can influence how quickly our planet changes and what will be lost.

Contemplate, make your choices, add your unique voice.

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Saturated in the Plethora of Tulip Color

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attractions, bright, color, colorfilm, field, film, Flowers, form, Kodak Gold 400, oak tree, Olympus EC 35, portland, saturated, tulip farm, tulips, woodenshoe

On a pleasantly cloudy day with passing showers we visited Wooden Shoe Tulip farm and enjoyed the delicious vibrance of many many tulip varieties.  From white to red to pink and blue, with ruffles, points, variations, and flowers within flowers.  Wondrous sights and borderline overwhelming variety and bounty.   Highly recommended.

Out to sun and blooms!

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blooming, Flowers, Grass widow, hike, hillside, nature, outdoors, purple, spring, wildflower, wildflowers, yellow bells

Went out hoping for some sunshine.  Got some, and some wind, and lots of wildflowers!  So many Grass Widows, one hillside in particulare was super Dense!

Brightest Rainbow

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delight, dusk, glow, northwest, poetic, portland, rainbow, sunset, surprise, words

Suddenly the world turned orange – glowing
after the grays and blues of another cloudy day.
And out up in the sky a rainbow shone!

inspired by Minimalism

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abstract, art, beacon, connection, culture, hero, High Key, inspiration, life, Minimalism, place, poetic, Politics, Rallying Point, Washington Monument

I can only think of the Washington Monument.

Of the thousands gathered there,
of the millions who would be there,
and of all those silent because they just don’t know.

For what will you raise your voice?

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February, 2017

Tool of Music – violin

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art, buddah, Collage, illumination, inspiration, instrument, light, music, portrait, stringed instrument, sunlight, tool, Violin

Violin and a Collage

First Platinum Print!

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alternative processes, Black and White, cyanotype, hand made, Old Oak Up, palladium, platinum, printing, printmaking

A local photographer / printer shared his work-space with me the other-day and helped me make a Platinum print.  I used an

Day of the Dead – Fall Ancestor Altar

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altar, ancestors, candles, crafts, creativity, day of the dead, death, Dia De Los Muertos, fall, festive, fun, Ganesha, gateway, halloween, leaves, light, mandala, orange, reverence, tradition, vibrant

Honoring Our Ancestors as fall sweeps over Portland, turning leaves to bright colors, and bringing the rains with it.  Candles fizzled in the rain drops, and Trick or Treat Halloween goers were cautioned by parents to beware the candles (some came for candy, some gazed wide-eyed at the glowing altar).  In honor of Dia De Los Muertos / and continuing through All Saints Day – we and this altar held our ancestors in reverence.  We laid out the leaves, in forms, shapes, and ways.  Flowers too found their bright offerings.  Small dishes of loved one’s favorite foods were carefully measured out.  Ganesha properly dressed presided over the affair (we hear it was a good one) – holding the gateway of life and death . . . 

Infrared Journey Begins – Week one

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Alberta Park, Black and White, conversion, dream, Experiments, home, infrared, k100d, monochrome, Oregon, Pentax, photography, Sandy River, SFX filter, Surreal, trees, vision

Here are some images from my first week shooting IR ‘infrared’ Photographs (tech / how-to information below).  Portland has been cloudy mostly, so just shooting artificial light, around the block, and in the trees; not shooting much in full sun. I still haven’t settled on a processing method either.  Tell me what you think and leave your thoughts and start some discussion below!

Portland’s First Fall Color

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change, color, fall, Fall color, first fall color, NE, neighborhood, portland, road, street, telephonepoll, trees

Seems every year I have a similar post of the first fall colors emerging.  Biking and walking around, I suddenly really notice the turning of the leaves.  This year it was more that a particular spot of trees were just showing off, (this happens at other times during the year too: fall color).

Going up the street, a color palatte of late fall.
NE Portland, OR 2016

(PS, Happy Equinox!)

Zucchini Latkes!

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food, fried, gluten free, Gluten free flour, harvest, Latkes, Potatoes, produce, summer, Zucchini

This morning we used up the extra shredded zucchini we had after making zucchini bread and made Zucchini Latkes!

Zwetschgendatschi #2! (plum cake)

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baking, cake, food, gluten free, Gluten free flour, harvest, plums, portland fruit harvest, produce, summer, tort, zwetschgendatschi

Finally harvested some plums!  And so it is time to make Zwetschgendatschi, a plum cake / tort I very much enjoy from my German heritage.  It’s basically a sweet, sugary/ buttery, pizza dough with plums sprinkled in sugar on top =)

This one is gluten free, and improved on the one from two years ago.
It still could be juicier, and it still needs whipped cream…

Analogue Feel at Your Daily Photograph

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Adirondacks, Black and White, colden, dogwood, featured, flower, fort Vancouver, Lake Colden, large format, paper negative, Remember Colden, Rocky Falls, stone, wall, water falls, wood, Your Daily Photograph, yourdailyphotograph.com

To see my winning entry to the recent YourDailyPhotograph.com contest called An Analog World please visit: http://eepurl.com/b4Kv7b

This Selection of similar images are from fiber based silver gelatin paper negatives shot in a 4×5 wooden field camera.  They were wet processed, then inverted and adjusted digitally before creating digital a pigment print.

Former Darkroom

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45mx, beseler, Black and White, Darkroom, drop table, droptable, enlagers, equipment, printing

A snapshot of my darkroom – walls dismantled and almost everything packed up.  Now I hope to find a new space for it.

16 image stitch with a 45mm on a crop sensor.

Enlargers:
Beseler 23c and 45MX – super low cielings so a drop table and the insulation cut out above the enlargers for more head room.

Processing:
Vertical Nova print processing tanks in addition to trays for 8×10 up to 16×20.
Dry sink with washing done at the basement utility-sink.

Larkspur Bloom

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bounty, challenging light, Flowers, forest, larkspur, nature, photography, purple, wildflowers

noon day sun on a thicket of Larkspur flowers – through the forest’s uneven spring canopy