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23
Jan 12

Winner

Rebuild and destroyThis is my winning photo in the Professional Category for the PhotoOfTheYear.net contest, which had it’s awards ceremony at the Oregon Historical Society this weekend. It was pretty fantastic to see it printed on a wall, people looking and talking about it. With some of the proceeds of the event going towards Outdoor School it was also nice to learn that I have a testimonial about my experience at outdoor school in their new book “Counting the Rings”. It was an amazing weekend.

 

If you want to buy a print of this you can check it out here: http://smu.gs/yViLkx or click the picture.

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11
Aug 11

sometimes you have to gamble on the weather

sometimes you have to gamble on the weather
Tomorrow or better yet 8 hours from now I’m headed back to Mount St Helens with the girlfriend to see some magic at the mountain. This morning had a shocking development. As you can see at the bottom, a lot of clouds. I had to drive through that pretty much the whole way from Portland that morning. With less than a mile from the top at the Johnston Ridge Observatory the sky opened up and revealed this.

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27
Jul 11

Ice Cave

Ice Cave, originally uploaded by Squid Vicious.

When leaving our campground at the base of Mt Adams at Forlorn Lakes we came across a point of interest which was an Ice Cave. Two steps down towards the unknown the temperature dropped 40 degrees. We moved along the icy floor not being able to tell if it was a skate rink or just patches of ice. Inching around the cave we realized that my back up headlamp and my little flashlight were not enough. We explored a little more and it was pitch black, beyond anything I’d ever experienced. We hung out a little bit longer not really getting too far from the entrance. We decided we will be back to explore more and maybe doing some trail exploring along the McClellan Trail but next time in the cave we’ll have more light and clothes.

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24
Nov 10

The House Mother Nature Built

The House Mother Nature Built

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18
Jul 10

Get up already

Peaceful RestI haven’t done a lot of middle of the night star and cool landmark photography. I live in downtown of a city and we might see 200 total stars on any given clear night. But I watched some time lapse video’s from http://www.timescapes.org/ and his video “learning to Fly” so I did, and it’s amazing how fast stars move in 30 seconds…amazing stuff But after the sun comes up I have experience at that stuff.

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13
Jul 10

Some Just Need to Be Noticed

some just want to be noticed

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11
Jul 10

Mount St. Helens

sometimes you have to gamble on the weather
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I got up really early, or did I get up really late? Either way my alarm was set for 1am. I guess we can go with got up late because the clerk at Plaid Pantry did say have a nice night. I arrived at Johnston Ridge Observatory at 3:30am and it was spooky. Mostly because their was another car in the parking lot but it also had something to do with my ears were ringing because it was so quite. Zero sounds, just a river a few miles down the way, a water spout that was dripping and a loose sign up on the hill that reminded people to stay on the trail. It was a horrible drive up, a lot of fog and a giant mysterious elk that was or was not in the road hidden by fog. I had my fingers crossed that the fog would die off or something, never would of guessed that 4000 feet up you would end up above clouds and fog for a clear shot at the mountain. I will go back and do this again, maybe just staying up and getting there earlier or just camping and doing it Louis and Clark style.

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8
Sep 09

wow

Ahhh, it's a magic moment

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