Field notes from Ari Denison
Top left to bottom right: Willamette Community and Grange Hall, Benton County water tower, tree branches on the Oregon Coast, sand, water and rock on the Oregon Coast, turkey vulture at the Oregon Coast Aquarium. The way things were going, I think retirement from paid photography work was inevitable. It’s certainly welcome. Mentally, physically, and … Read more
So, I did stop down to F/8 and the boring bits stayed boring, but at least they were honestly boring. The concrete, the mediocrity behind it all in sharp unforgiving focus. So, I had to find an actual composition. Or, give up and go home. Which I did, for three weeks. — Greg Krycinski
The Yaquina Bay Bridge in Newport, Oregon is something I visit and shoot frequently. It’s close enough to where I live that I can get out and back in half a day, which is nice. I don’t get a lot of windows to shoot that are longer than that. The weather in Newport is always … Read more
I know very little about Booneville Channel in Corvallis. It’s a waterway that links with the Willamette river along the western edge of Kiger Island and the water never seems to be moving unless there’s been a huge amount of rain. In fact, near the end of the summer the water surface is perfectly still. … Read more
Earlier this year I found a mystery roll of FP4 120 in a tub of junk in my closet. I had no idea where it was from or how old it was, only that it was exposed and undeveloped. So, I developed it and found some interesting stuff. It looks like this image was taken … Read more