Christy and I decided to take a day trip to Seattle with our friends Liz and Angie. While we were there we decided to drop in on the Seattle Central Library. Turns out it was everyone’s first time in the library, and it was AMAZING! We had such a great time. I got a lot of really great shots inside & out, and am hoping to go back again soon to get more. The architectural design of the library is reason enough to spend a day exploring all eleven stories of the building. Unfortunately we only had about an hour and a half left in our day before we had to head back to Portland. Anyway, I thought it would be dope to post the photos I got from our trip. These aren’t all of them, but I’ve only had time to edit these few. I’ll be sure to post more later. BTW, the principle architect responsible for this beautiful library is Rem Koolhaas, and the general contractor responsible for building the library is Hoffman Construction Company from our very own Portland, Oregon.

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- m / Colorcubic™

Christy and I decided to take a day off today (for once) and head on over to the Enchanted Forest. Our good friend Liz was kind enough to join us on our “enchanted adventure.” For me it was nothing more than a harsh awakening from a beautiful, nostalgic, dreamlike, childhood memory. Definitely wasn’t like I remembered, but it was fun to experience it with Christy and Liz, whom, I might add, have never been to the Enchanted Forest before. If you’re not originally from Portland, then you probably have no idea what I’m talking about, but if you happen to come through Portland, Oregon, definitely make a stop through the Enchanted Forest. At least once, just to experience it. I promise, you’ll never forget it.

Anyway, on the way back to Portland, from Enchanted Forest, we made a quick stop by a nearby vineyard and had a little photo shoot. I’m really happy with the way these shots turned out, so hopefully we’ll end up using them in one of our experimental print projects. The top one is probably my favorite out of the lot, and just so happens to feature Christy fiddling around with her Diana F+. I can’t wait to see how the photos turn out that Christy got on our adventure while using the Diana. We’ll be sure to post them when we get them developed.

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Took this shot about a week ago atop a smart park in downtown PDX. Finally got some time to work with it to produce an HDR effect. We took a lot more, unfortunately we haven’t had the time to work with the rest of them. As soon as we do though, we’ll be sure to post the results.

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We just recently (about 4 weeks ago) purchased a Canon 40D digital SLR. We’re still familiarizing ourselves with it, (as there is somewhat of a learning curve initially). We did, however, take a little road trip over to marine drive by the Portland Airport to have a little photo shoot adventure. It seems that most of the shots we took were pretty right on, although I suppose that’s the result of several weeks of tampering with settings just to get the initial shots the way we want them to turn out. Anyway, we thought it would be fun to share the results. These shots were taken with the stock EF28-135mm lens that comes with the 40D. I must say, we’re pretty satisfied with the results so far. Anyway, hope you enjoy.

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I found these rare gems when I went rummaging through my old photo album of when I was a kid from back in the day. The top one is of my mother back in the 1970s. If I’m not mistaken I believe that’s my oldest sister hobbling along beside her. This was way before I came into the picture. The second one was of my second oldest sister running around the beaches of Maui back in 1984. I believe I was present for this trip. The third was also taken in Maui in 84, same trip I believe. Unfortunately I don’t remember any of it, but it’s dope to see these photos in such a raw state. It’s also interesting how this whole warm, vintage, decaying theme has come to play such an important role in design today.

I’ll be sure to post more of these in the coming weeks.

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- m / Colorcubic™