Archive for February, 2012

Pinnin’ it

Before the spiffy new paint job - Pinoramic 120 Series 2 pinhole photo

This place is where my studio resides. We call it "The Hole" - it's down in Sullivan's Gulch, across the railroad tracks, next to the freeway, within site of the Max light rail line. By all accounts it was tough place to work at in the day - it was originally a furniture factory. A community of woodworkers of all stripes resides on the second floor.

But more to the point . . . I set up my first Pinterest board today. It is the first run at a collection of cool handmade cameras I know of. Do let me know what you may have discovered. You may also notice the new Pin it button at the bottom of the posts - in case you are pinnin things as well.

The best places

What a place to work - a Pinoramic 120 photograph of the train outside my shop window.

The Guardian newspaper recently proclaimed Portland #1 on its list of the five best places in the world to live. The others were -

St Pauli, Hamburg

Northern coast, Maui, Hawaii

Cihangir, Istanbul

Santa Cruz, Tenerife

It's an unusual list. Many of the usual suspects don't make the cut. But the reasons given for the choice - "There are planning restrictions on crappy developments. Portland has the highest number of microbreweries in the world." among others are familiar to Portlanders. I just like the sense of Portland being a place that's full of surprises but still gritty in an urban sort of way. To look out my shop window and behold the Banfield expressway, the MAX light rail and this railroad all within 50 feet of my window - that's my urban fix.

 

Pinhole photographs in Portland

Eastside view from the Broadway bridge

Just read the Guardian's post proclaiming Portland the number 1 place in the world to live . . . Woohoo!

As a photographer, one of my favorite areas in Portland is around the Broadway bridge. There is a great collection of industrial, rail, residential and commercial activity in that area. I should spend more time there with a camera!

 

 
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