Since the last entry, I have been on two trips, first to Eastern Washington, and then to the Washington coast. In late December I traveled to the Grand Ronde River to do some steelhead flyfishing with my son. The Grand Ronde flows out of the Wallowa’s in Eastern Oregon, through a bit of Washington, and into Snake River. It was bitter cold and snowing, making it a difficult photographic challenge. The steelhead refused to cooperate with me, at least. My son, a gifted fisherman and fly tier, hooked up several times. One morning, camped by the stream, we got up before dawn to fish. It was 10 degrees, snowing sideways, and our waders and boots were frozen stiff from the day before. The dog refused to get out of the sleeping bag. I just looked at my son and said “reasonable people would wonder why we were doing this”. Ten minutes later, at first light, he had his first fish on. I intend to go back to the Grand Ronde to make photographs this spring when the snow melts. It is a beautiful stream.
The trip to Washington coast was also cold and snowing, with snow on the beaches right down to the tide line. Despite this, some nice images were made in some of my favorite places, Ruby and Fourth beaches, and along the Hoh River.
Otherwise, I have been shooting indoors for most of January and February. I have been doing mostly black and white figurative work with models, dancers, and a month to month series with a pregnant woman. For those into black and white photography, I have latched onto a mix of T-400, pyrogallol, warm-tone paper, and amidol that makes for beautiful skin tones with nudes and portraits. Look for some of these images in our people section.
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