Tag: portland
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Newspace Now 2013 Members’ Salon
The Newspace Now 2013 Member’s Salon opened last weekend featuring the work of 84 member photographers. It was for this show that I took pains to print, matte and frame a photo for the first time in 8 years. All the competitions I had participated in displayed the artwork digitally. It was great to stand next to…
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Get the Best of Both: The Lomography Smartphone Film Scanner
Yesterday, I used my Kickstarter funded Lomography Smartphone Film Scanner and Lomoscanner app for the first time! The film scanner allows you to convert film to digital using your smartphone! It’s great for resurrecting images from film whether old or newly made. This box arrived in March but required AA batteries which I finally got. I…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Thankful
Even 1,000 photographs wouldn’t be enough to show all that I am thankful for. Ann Voskamp in her book One Thousand Gifts shows the power of the gift of thankfulness in good times and bad. I won’t show 1,000 things here, just one or three, but even so, I need some help. Thomas Merton describes the…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Green
Ever heard of “runtography”? It’s a term I coined for “photographing while running.” It sounds better than “photoning” doesn’t it? When you’re out for a jog you get to see a lot of extraordinary things that you miss from the car or at home. But, you have to stop…to take a photo. Stopping or pausing is…
