Portland Click Walk and Lensbaby

This weekend I participated in a Click Walk organized by http://www.clickinmoms.com/ It has been awhile since I've done some urban photography and a welcome change for a couple of hours. There were approximately 14 women who participated this year and we got lucky with the weather. I used only one lens. Lensbaby edge 80.     … Continue reading Portland Click Walk and Lensbaby

Women’s March: Portland, OR

`The emancipation of women, the achievement of full equality between the sexes, is one of the most important, though less acknowledged prerequisites of peace. The denial of such equality perpetrates an injustice against one half of the world's population and promotes in men harmful attitudes and habits that are carried from the family to the … Continue reading Women’s March: Portland, OR

Portland, Oregon Part II

Besides the stories of the thousands of people walking and driving, talking and living, hurrying, and strolling through the streets, there is the architecture!  Now, I do not know a lot about building periods and styles, but I know some of these buildings are really old; and one thing I was intrigued by were the "ghost … Continue reading Portland, Oregon Part II

Portland, Oregon: Street Photography Part I

I think I will let these images speak for themselves.  A couple of months ago, I joined three other photographer friends in Portland to practice our shooting skills two of whom I had only known through facebook photography groups.  My friend, Martine, I had met 13 years ago in Corvallis, as we were both "expecting" with … Continue reading Portland, Oregon: Street Photography Part I