“We started at the Portland Art Museum, where we saw The Portraiture of Vera Prasilova Scott.  While viewing the images, we discussed her use of a shallow depth of field; the lighting on her subjects; the different types of paper used and how they impacted the images; and the various printing methods used (bromoil, gum, […]

On Saturday we had a casual photo walk field trip.  The weather was very pleasant and waterfront park was bustling with activity.  As the attached pictures show, there was no shortage of photo opportunities.  The lighting was somewhat challenging early on, but softened somewhat as the sun descended.  Above are a few photos from some […]

  On Saturday March 21st, some PPS members went on a visit to Catherine Creek. Our timing was good as there were lots of wildflowers in bloom.  It appears that the bloom has not yet peaked.  The blooming balsamroots were difficult to find, a tad too early I suppose.  The weather was great, no rain, […]

On Saturday, February 21st, a handful of PPS members visited the Lan Su Chinese Garden for Chinese New Year.

  On Thursday, December 11th, a handful of PPS members visited the Oregon Rail Heritage Museum, which is always a fun location to explore.  Here are some of the photos.

  On Sunday we walked around downtown Portland and took some pictures.  A surprising diversity of photos always comes out of these walk-around field trips, and this time was no different.  Here is a sampling of photos from some of the attendees.

On October 18, we traveled to Elbe, Washington to take a ride on the Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad.  This was one of their “Autumn Leaves” trips, so we were cautiously optimistic that we’d have some great foliage alongside a steam engine. Late Saturday afternoon, we arrived in the Nisqually, WA area in time to head […]

  On Tuesday morning, a handful of PPS members met up at the Portland Japanese Garden to take photos.  Above are a few of the photos of the gardens that we captured that were submitted by members for the website. We were also filmed and interviewed for OPB’s Oregon Art Beat, the Emmy-award-winning television series, […]

On August 3rd, we went to the Hughes Water Gardens in Tualatin.  In addition to the outdoor display ponds, we did some shooting in the greenhouses.  The water lilies varied from tiny to huge, and the colors ranged from white to touches of purple.  As you’ll see from the attached images, there are a variety […]

Our trip to the annual Festival of Balloons in Tigard, OR provided some excellent photo opportunities, as well as beautiful weather and live music.  We entered Cook Park for the festivities around 6:30PM and toured the Funtastic Carnival area looking for some images until the balloons went up at dusk.  A few members stayed later […]