In the lonely high desert plains east of The Dalles, isolated on a ridge above the Columbia River, sits the Maryhill Museum of Art, with a delightful, eclectic collection…

In December 2014 my friend Merry and I hiked up to Elowah Falls in Oregon's Columbia River Gorge. As we walked up all was bitingly cold rain, and then the entire falls area for a hundred-yard radius was black ice. So crazy slippery... 

In December 2016 lovely human Kyotocat and I had fun shooting together in the icy Columbia River Gorge. We were as cold as popsicles, but it was worth it...  

In September I took Tiana Kai around the Columbia River Gorge to see lots of spectacular sights, including the Portland Women's Forum State Scenic Viewpoint, the Vista House at Crown Point, Multnomah Falls, Latourell Falls, Wahkeena Falls, Horsetail Falls (and Upper Horsetail Falls), and Thunder Island at Cascade Locks. An excellent way to spend the day...

Last April I went hiking with Meghan Sinnott and four-legged friends, Maddy and Journey, up Coyote Wall at the eastern end of the Columbia River Gorge in Washington. The outing offered a great chance to try out my newly purchased Velvet 56 lens from Portland's own Lens Baby; the lens can do some really fun "velvety" bokah tricks (particularly along the frame edges) and looks nice whether you're shooting landscapes, portraits, or macros...

Here are some film posts from my work with Breyell Payne. These are from my Canon AE-1. 

Portland model and entrepreneur Breyell Payne and I shot together at Rooster Rock State Park in the Columbia River Gorge. 

Shawnee and I shot together at Horsetail Falls in the Columbia River Gorge in October 2014.

I shot with Ian Andrew Nelson at Government Cove in the Columbia River Gorge in June 2014.

Today I hopped in my car and visited the always fabulous Trillium Lake and the Columbia River Gorge…