Did I make my goal of on picture a week? No. Did I have fun trying? Yes. Will I try again? Yes. I published 26 shots over the 52 weeks with most of them before July. What happened in the second half of the year? There are a bunch of excuses, “I had other things to do” and “Work got in the way” are my favorites. But that doesn’t really explain it. I lost...
We have lived in Portland for more than 15 years and have never been to Fort Vancouver. Yesterday was a rainy day, not the best day for an outdoor historic site but this is Oregon and we don’t melt. Plus there were plenty of buildings to duck into. The original fort and buildings burned down in the 19th century, but the stockade and several buildings have been reconstructed. There were living history volunteers cooking...
This year I am trying to become a better photographer and one of the ways is to just shoot more. As a way to get out and force myself to shoot is buy publicly declaring I am going to publish one photo a week for the entire year. I’ve waited to tell everyone until I posted 8 weeks straight. Today I did just that. If we want to encourage me or just watch have...
