On Saturday, May 17, five PPS members spent the morning shooting iris — and much more — at Schreiner’s Iris Gardens near Brooks, Oregon. Even though there was a slight chance of rain, no rain fell, and the overcast helped us capture some well-saturated images. The iris fields are open through June 1, so there’s still […]

The Portland Transmission’s Spring Classic auto show is one of the longest running car shows in Portland.  It is a free show held the weekend before mother’s day, and is mostly on the street near Portland Transmission’s headquarters.

On Sunday morning, we showed up at the Wooden Shoe Tulip fields right before sunrise and took shots of the sunrise, hot air balloons, kids, boots — all with tulips.  As you’ll see, we had beautiful blue skies, and the fields had very few puddles to distract us.

The all-day trip to Silver Falls State Park went well, with great weather, and opportunities to capture some excellent images as well.  The eight-mile hike provides access to ten waterfalls, as well as many other scenic opportunities.  We started early, leaving Portland at 6:00 AM, and didn’t return until 6:00 PM.  Tripods were a necessity […]

We had a great day Saturday.  There were ten of us who, with cameras in hand, strolled up and down NW 21st and 23rd shooting along the way.  Some of us shot objects, some shot scenery and some shot people.  Over all, it was a terrific outing and you will see by the photos attached, […]

In January we headed to The Lumberyard, Portland’s indoor bike park.  The owner was nice enough to let us hang out and flash the riders for a few hours on a Friday night, and grab a few beers as well (the Lumberyard has an on-site pub with a great food and drink menu selection). The […]

Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge is a beautiful location, with many inhabitants, but it can be very challenging photographically.  Visitors are not allowed to leave their cars except in a handful of designated areas, so very long lenses can be required to get close to animals.  In addition, while cloudy weather creates soft shadows, it also gives […]

Here are a few photos from the Oregon Rail Heritage Museum field trip on Nov. 23rd.  This trip resulted in some great photos of antique steam locomotives.  You can learn more about the museum here: http://www.orhf.org/

On November 10, we were able to visit Oregon Horsemanship in Wilsonville, OR and take a few photos of the horses!  The lighting turned out to be quite nice and the horses were quite frisky despite the cold weather.

We had a nice group show up Wednesday evening down on the East Esplanade for an  evening of shooting the Portland Skyline from several vantage points.  The weather was in our favor with an enjoyable warm (dry) evening along the waterfront.  We also drove to another location up in the Portland hills to photograph the […]