A few years ago we flew to Chattanooga for a friends wedding. These are a few shots from the flight.

Portland, Oregon is a city divided by a river. There are eight bridges that tie it all together. This was taken shortly after take off from PDX. We stopped in L.A. to toss a few bodies off and pick up some fresh ones. This sunset is looking back West from somewhere over AZ.  Coming back West I had picked my seat on the side of the plane and had it all set up so I would be able to see the Grand Canyon. I really lucked out and the clouds broke just as we got over  The Canyon. One more shot of The Canyon.

If you are going to shoot while flying... Clean the window, keep your camera as close to the window as you can to cut unwanted reflections and use a U.V. or haze filter if you have one. Best shooting time as per normal for landscapes is early morning and late evening because of haze problems.

Did you know that with an average weight of 4.5 grams it would take 7,500,000 of These to equal the weight of a 737 with an average load on it?

Yesterday morning, on the way to work, the sky was fantastic, and I got the silly idea of taking a few pictures on the way to work.  Probably has to do with the fact that rain was in the forecast for today.  

My fiance works in northwest Portland, so I was already in the vicinity, so I decided to take some shots of the Fremont from an angle that we don't see every day.

Almost directly under the bridge, or one of the feeder onramps, there is a school.  Don't ask me which one, I didn't even realize it was a school when I took it...

Over where Naito Parkway goes under the bridge, I took this shot.  Here it is again in b&w.  I really like the b&w version.  I thought about editing out the power lines.  But doing it right would take some time.  If I were going to sell the photo, I would definitely take the time...

A few feet to the right, I was directly under the bridge.   Color, b&w.

Enjoy.

Oh, yes, your feedback would be appreciated.  What do you guys think, are any of these sellable?

What a beautiful morning!  This morning, when I got to work, I got to the top of the parking structure and looked out over the edge and saw the Fremont Bridge over in North Portland.  

I also saw some the buildings sticking out of the fog.  But all of the other panaramas I took this morning didn't turn out good enough to post.  Sorry.

I did, however, take a time-lapse of the fog dissipating.  I can't wait to put it together into a movie...

This morning, I made it downtown before the sun came up.  So I went across the bridge and got set up and took some pictures of downtown Portland as the sun was coming up.

This first pan was taken at 7:20am.  You can still see the lights on the Hawthorne bridge.  And the focus was fantastic.  13 shots at ISO100, f/10, 5 second exposures

This second pan was after the sun was more firmly in the sky.  See how the sky has turned?  7:42am.   12 shots at ISO100, f/5, 1/15 second exposures.

After I left there, I went to work.  Looking out the window towards the sunrise, I could see fog nestled in among the trees and hills in the east.  It was stunning.  8:19am.  18 shots at ISO 100, f/22, 1/15 second exposures.

All of the images were stitched together using Autostitch (http://www.autostitch.net/).  After stitching at 100% using linear blending, I loaded them into Photoshop, cropped them to where I wanted them, then applied an Auto Contrast.  Finally, a pass with CSpro (http://www.fredmiranda.com/).

Enjoy.  Or heck, maybe purchase?  :)

This morning, the sun comes and goes, there is fog on the hills, and the view is pretty nice to look at...

Downtown Portland

The series was shot using a Canon 20D with a 35-105 canon lens at maximum zoom, f5.6, 1/15th, no filters.  It was done with 36 shots, each shot approximately has 1/2 overlap with the previous shot.  The stitching was done with Autostitch, using linear blending.

It could probably stand to be cropped a bit.  But this shot is all about seeing EVERYTHING...

Enjoy.

Today, for lunch, I drove over to Pro Photo Supply and bought myself a level to attach to the hotshoe of my Canon 20D.  That way, I could take panoramas and have them turn out pretty level and good.

Afterwards, I went across the river and set up my camera and took some shots to take back and stitch together.

Here's the end result.  I think I need to use Manual exposure next time... :P

By the way, see that tall building on the right?  I work there!

Enjoy!

here are some shots from the Aimee Mann gig in Portland last week. i was shooting with the (relatively) new Fuji NPZ 800. the NPZ 800 feels better than the old Press 800, but don't believe the "grain-like-400" hype.

Portland.Downtown.2001

On foot, over the freeway.
Later, driving...