Photo Gallery

It’s been a hectically busy spring, and I’m not sure it’s slowing down.  Since “a picture is worth a thousand words” I thought I would post some of my favorite pictures from the fairly recent past.  My DH and I took a photography class in March (only 2 sessions; don’t expect much) and for an assignment we were to choose 3 of our favorite pictures and send them by email…then the class got to dissect them for what worked and what didn’t.

[Let’s face it: the purpose of my photography is to remember the fun that I’m having while I’m having it, which means that it has to be quick and not too technical.  I know some about apertures and f stops, but when someone is blowing out the candles at the birthday party, who has the time?  I do fantasize about having grown up in a slightly different direction and being a photographer for National Geographic, but then I’d always be thinking about f stops….But can you imagine traveling the world to take pictures and then getting paid for it?  Oh, my.  In heaven, I will.]

So I thought I could make up for my long absence by showing some pretty pictures.  Forget what the class said about them.  I am keeping them as favorites because of the joy of the memory, how I saw it in the first place.  I am captioning them at the bottom.

Tunis, Wrought Iron

Tunis, rooftop non-garden

Portland, Tram at OHSU

Oregon coast at Sunset Bay

Palo Alto, California, Stanford U. Memorial Quad

 Cove Palisades, Lake Simtustis, Oregon

Lake Simtustis, Central Oregon

Road’s End, Oregon coast

 Ocean Shores, Long Beach Peninsula, Washington Storm’s Comin’, Long Beach, Washington 

Waterfall, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon

  “Portlandia”, Portland, OR

Beach Bubbles, OR

Old Scenic Highway, Columbia Gorge, OR

Magnificent Flying Machine, Eastern WA

“Dismal Nitch”, WA    Officer’s housing,  Fort Canby, WA

Ely River Campground, Redwood Nat’l Forest, CA

Fisherman’s Wharf, San Francisco, CA

Transamerica Building, San Francisco

  Castle Winery, Napa, California

 Another winery, California

Columbia Gorge Hotel grounds

 Vista House, Crown Point, Columbia River, OR 

 Cannon Beach, Oregon

 Adirondacks at Neskowin, OR  Dad at Neskowin

Sylvia Beach Hotel, Newport, OR

Mt. Tamalpais, California

  Fort Baker Chapel, Marin, CA

Minaret in Tunis   Tunis, Tunisia

Newport Bay, OR

Garden in Long Beach, WA

 Proxy Falls, OR

near Proxy Falls, OR

Woodland, Washington

  Tunisia

Sorry; you probably wish I said the 1,000 words.  I have way more favorites than these, though.  Could have been worse.

I notice that conspicuously missing from my pictures are people.  That does not mean that people are not my favorites.  They are.  Really.  It’s just that they fuss so when you want to take their picture.

I am heading out in a couple days for a road trip to Chicago with my dad.  He is going to his 65th college class reunion and then we will have a couple days with my sister in the Rockies.  I expect I will have many more favorite pictures to show you when I get back!  A tout a l’heure!