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Trillium Lake – Part of Portland’s Mountain Playground

August 21, 2011March 16, 2012 admin 3 Comments boating, Camping, Cross country, hiking, Mount Hood, Mt. Hood, Oregon, Photography, Skiing, Snowshoe, Trillium Lake, Wildflowers

With the mercury rising to the highest point so far this year in the Portland metropolitan area, it was time

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Panoramic Photographs of Mt St Helens

May 19, 2011March 19, 2012 admin 0 Comments Johnston Ridge, Mountain, Observatory, Panorama, Photography, St Helens, Washington

I have just made my first reasonably successful panoramic photos and while not perfect I thought it was worth sharing

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Finding hidden details in a photograph

May 17, 2011March 1, 2012 admin 1 Comment color depth, detail, Photography, pixelation, pixels, sharpening

Our senses are very inexact and there are huge variations amongst us. We often cannot see or hear what is

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Image stabilization and dumb blonde moments

May 12, 2011February 27, 2012 admin 0 Comments camea, canon, heron, image stabilization, IS, lens, Photography, telephoto

I admit it. I am as bad as any other dumb blonde! Maybe that’s because I am not practiced enough

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Beauty in the abstract nature of wood

April 19, 2011February 29, 2012 Brian Foreground, Fungus, Mushrooms, Photography, Rotting, Trees

OK, I admit it, I have a fascination with rotting wood. I love to take photos of old stumps, wood

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Portland Farmer’s Market

April 13, 2011March 21, 2012 Brian Farmer's Market, flowers, fruit, Oregon, Photography, Portland, vegetables

Now in its 20th year, the Portland Farmer’s Market is in full swing again. While they appear in several locations

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Little Crater Lake – Oregon

April 1, 2011March 22, 2012 Brian hiking, Little Crater Lake, Oregon, Photography, Polarizer, Pond, travel

Oregon is rightfully proud of Crater Lake – the only National park in the state, which amazes me because the

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Selective Focus

March 29, 2011March 2, 2012 Brian aperture, EDA, Photography, selective focus

For anyone who has ever picked up a camera and seriously wants to take pictures, rather than just snaps, one

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Digital versus Film

March 29, 2011March 2, 2012 admin Apple. Aperture, Color Temperature, Digital, Film, ISO, Photography, Shutter Speed

Why is digital photography so much more confusing that film used to be? This is something I hear a lot

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