Amanda Hatheway: sorceress  (Post 1 of 4)
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Amanda Hatheway: sorceress (Post 1 of 4)

One of my favorite Portland model/photographers, Amanda Hatheway, shot with me in July 2014. In the first of four posts from our day-long fun, here she is decked out all in black, with some fun props, looking to me like an epic sorceress (which seems appropriate to be posted now on Halloween)... 

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Pumpkin Patch Instameet, October 2016
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Pumpkin Patch Instameet, October 2016

Just before Halloween 2016, the Portland Instagram group had a fun little instameet at Fir Point Farms in Aurora, Oregon. Pumpkins were everywhere of course, but so were goats and bunnies and horses and donkeys... plus games like Cornhole and badminton. We feasted on ice cream, donuts, freshly pressed cider. Probably the most fun though was the corn maze -- so beautiful...

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Venice, Day 6: Wandering
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Venice, Day 6: Wandering

In December 2015 I visited Venice, Italy, for the fourth time. It's one of my very favorite places on Earth. I'll never get enough of it. Below are photos from my sixth day's wanderings... 

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Philadelphia and an iPhone
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Philadelphia and an iPhone

Last week I went to Philadelphia for a conference. I didn't have a ton of time to shoot, but I did manage to have a little fun with my iPhone as I traveled from place to place in town. I believe no shots are edited except the man sitting by the reflecting pool, which got a bit of VSCO editing on my phone...

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Venice, Hotel Danieli
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Venice, Hotel Danieli

Near my apartment in Venice (where I visited in December 2015) stands a wonderful five-star hotel, the Danieli. Its rooftop restaurant looks out on both the Palazzo Ducalo and San Giorgio Maggiore. Impressive. The whole place has a great vibe of an old Venetian palazzo combined with a modern hotel. Sitting at the bar, sipping my gin & tonic, I felt like I was in a scene from a James Bond film. Turns out they filmed part of Moonraker here...

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Venice, Palazzo Ducale
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Venice, Palazzo Ducale

If there is a more breathtaking view than walking out of the ticket area into the Palazzo Ducale courtyard just off of the Piazza San Marco, then... I will eat (a delicious piece of cake in the shape of) my hat. The Doge's Palace is often overrun with tourists, but with good reason: it is truly a must-see destination. It's a glorious mix of late-medieval and renaissance architectures in ways that only Venice could devise.   

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Venice, Day 3: San Giorgio Maggiore
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Venice, Day 3: San Giorgio Maggiore

Venice is full of countless incredible buildings, but one of the best is Palladio's San Giorgio Maggiore church. Neoclassical brilliance. On the third day of my December 2015 Venetian trip I took a boat out to San Gio and went atop the bell tower. So gorgeous...

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