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Another image from December's Grid. I got out for a walk with a fellow member of the group, Stuart Levy, and we explored a bit of the Grid after dark. That particular night I had been inspired to use my Flexbody and I think I ended doing all the photography that night with it. It is such a fun camera to use, when I am in the right mood, though it is tricky at night. The biggest challenge is simply being able to see the scene on the ground glass. The brighter areas show up easy enough but the screen get dim, particularly when you start tilting the camera as light hits the ground glass at an angle instead of perpendicularly, thereby making the image on the screen much dimmer. The Flexbody actually comes with a pair of fresnel screens that you can slip in for when you have the camera tilted to various amounts that allow easier viewing. But even these have their own quirks.
Anyway, that is all really just a tangent. I sometimes set this camera up and am indecisive as to where I prefer the tilt. I usually make an effort to figure it out and to not use too much film, but sometimes I will go ahead and make a couple different iterations. I think in this case I made the left image first as it seemed the most obvious to me in terms of how to use the tilt effect. But then since the camera was all set up, I went ahead and reversed the tilt "just to see". The result was the image on the right. I thought it interesting in its own way. Then when I saw them both scanned it seemed like while the left image could stand on its own interestingly enough, the right image was a bit too vague... or missing something. So I paired it up into a diptych with the first image and that seemed to make better sense.
Just sharing some of my thought process behind the making of these.
Hasselblad Flexbody
Agfa APX 400
Portland Head Light, is an historic lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. The light station sits on a head of land at the entrance of the primary shipping channel into Portland Harbor, which is within Casco Bay in the Gulf of Maine. Completed in 1791, it is the oldest lighthouse in the state of Maine.
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Photographed about 7AM on a cold Sunday morning, lacking good winter gear. Clouds wound up working well, looking S/SE toward sunrise. I can see why so many want to photograph this place.
The title pretty much says it all.
My wife and I moved here in April of 2006 to allow me to start my career...and what a great place to start. Portland has been a wonderful place to live. It's a great city...in a beautiful part of the country...and has a lot of things to suite anyone's taste in culture, art, entertainment, etc.
However, Portland was always a stepping stone location for us...a means to an end that preferably had us heading back east and closer to home. That time has finally come. Last week I was offered a job in Arkansas, which I gladly accepted! We officially leave town on April 28th, just a few short weeks away now!
Before I leave though, I wanted to take a moment and share a thought or two about my time on flickr. In 2007 I was introduced to the world of flickr. After following (often times totally astounded at the images that were produced by them) the flickr streams of folks such as Jesse, Ara, Danielle, and perhaps most influential and encouraging to me, Zeb, I decided to join this world of flickr.
Thus began a fantastic journey for me. I've grown to really love photography over the last 2 years. I've met a lot of people, some of whom (such as Victor) I've been shooting with several times and have become good friends with. The knowledge that I've acquired through my interactions with all of my flickr buddies is priceless, and I have appreciated all the time people have spent to explain the most simplest of tasks.
Finally...in the age of the internet...I don't guess this is really goodbye. I will continue to follow all of my friends streams (most likely in an envious manner during times like the tulip festival, etc), and hope you will do the same with me. Arkansas may not have a Ramona or Multnomah falls...nor vast wild flower meadows high up on volcanic peaks...but it does have STORMS! Oh how I have missed my thunderstorms!
P.S. - That last note was a shout out to Little M. I think it's a shout out b/c of her comment on this picture. ;o) Looks like I'll get my storms after all M!
Mt Hood over downtown Portland,
taken from the viewpoint East of the Flat Garden,
at Portland Japanese Garden.
This hawk is always in the same area, at the top of the Eastern Prom, across from the school, taken in Portland, Maine
Memorial to Michael O'Callaghan, who died after being struck by a MAX light rail train on June 18th, 2025. bikeportland.org/2025/06/20/mayor-mike-ocallaghan-was-liv...
Trying a new edit on this one.
Thanks for all the Fav's and comments. They are all very appreciated.
Portland Bill Lighthouse is a functioning lighthouse at Portland Bill, on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. The lighthouse and its boundary walls are Grade II Listed.
Here is another photo from my Sunday morning adventure in Portland. This is the second location I set up to shoot, after capturing the fishing trawler picture I posted a few days ago from the Portland Fish Pier. After seeing the sky start to explode with color, I practically ran to this spot next to the custom house wharf as I knew the light was starting to get really good! What is your favorite part of this picture? Personally I like the warm golden light reflection off the brick buildings, and also the seagulls lined up along the Harbor Fish Market (on the left) Best viewed full screen.