W/NW Take a walk with me

^ Robert, I hesitate to leave a comment in the wake of your emotional and beautiful post.

I appreciate your openness, your ability to share with us your story. My Mother died from cancer many years ago. I still miss her very much.

Again, thank you for sharing.

All the best,
Mike
 
Mike, thank you. Guth’s opening this thread in Portland opened a door into memory, and telling the story around some of the images I made in those years wasn’t as hard as living it.

I certainly don’t wish to derail the thread, and look forward to the ways others might invite us to walk and see and think with them.
 
Robert, I thank you very much for sharing — both your images and your words. Together they tell a story that expands the scope of this thread far beyond anything that I had originally imagined. I for one am incredibly appreciative of this.

I can tell you that I personally find both your images and your words to be quite humbling. More importantly, as usually is the case, I also find them to be truly inspiring. You continue to show me the impact that photography is capable of in the hands of someone as accomplished as yourself. Your ability to convey not only the observations you make in life, but also the thoughts you experience and the visions you wish to portray through the captured frame is something that I hold up as a personal benchmark. Fully realizing that only through more time and effort on my part will I ever hope to reach the level I would like to as a photographer, I often choose to use your images as a point of reference while I struggle to extend myself in such a way.

Please know that I am incredibly grateful for your willingness to allow us all to join you in reliving such a challenging time in your life as seen through the images you've created and the words you've chosen to accompany them.

All the best,
Bill
 
Guth said:
Nice. So many times it seems that those sorts of shots are foiled by one thing or another. Of course that makes it all the sweeter when everything pans out as you envisioned it to begin with.

What lens did you use for the 2nd shot (if you don't mind me asking)?
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That was a v.1 28mm Summicron, thanks for asking. And the film for all was Fuji Neopan 400CN, a chromogenic C-41 process B&W, possibly on license from Ilford, shot at EI 250.
 
I surprised my wife with a day trip to Newport, Oregon earlier this month to grab some fresh seafood for lunch. This was only days before the wildfires hit causing the air here in Portland to reach poor quality levels that were immeasurable. Looking back on these images I'm really glad that we took the opportunity to break away for a day while we could. These were taken around the old bayfront during a stroll that followed lunch that day.


Yaquina Bay by Bill Guthrie, on Flickr


No Dogs Allowed by Bill Guthrie, on Flickr


Newport's Bayfront by Bill Guthrie, on Flickr


Fresh Tuna by Bill Guthrie, on Flickr


Not Everyone is a Tourist by Bill Guthrie, on Flickr


Canine Captains by Bill Guthrie, on Flickr
 
Lovely shots with your CLE.

Walking with a camera is mostly what I take. Usually the same routes. My go to lately is the little IIIf. It's close to not being weighed down by a camera. With Black and White and colour negative I don't carry the light meter usually.

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This last metered with slide film Kodak E100 G

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This is a kissing gate, I just hope I don't have to explain how it is used or what the charge is for going through it... It's the start of a very pleasant walk beside a lake, then along beside the river and back along the edge of the woods.

Regards, David

PS The sign beside it is from the farmer reminding people that there are cattle in the field.
 
This walk features Portland's Mt. Tabor Park - with a focus on the Mt. Tabor reservoirs in particular. Mt. Tabor Park is located in Southeast Portland and is built upon an extinct volcano. The park contains a number of water reservoirs (built between 1894 and 1911) that were used to hold much of Portland's drinking water up until they were taken offline by the city just a few years ago.

Once again, I created these images using a Minolta CLE fitted with a M-Rokkor 28mm F2.8 lens using Kodak Ektachrome E100 transparency film.


Historic Fencing by Bill Guthrie, on Flickr


Overlooking PDX by Bill Guthrie, on Flickr


Reservoir Building by Bill Guthrie, on Flickr


Reservoir No. 5 by Bill Guthrie, on Flickr


Slipping Through by Bill Guthrie, on Flickr
 


Urban nature. Binh Tan District, Ho Chi Minh City. This is a suburban area where many of the inhabitants work in the globalized economy. Near this alley is a sportswear manufacturer
that employs 80,000 people. Late September 2020. Epson R-D1x - Zeiss Biogon 2.8/28.
 
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