Portland Japanese Gardens
I filmed a recent visit to the Portland Japanese Gardens. These are widely proclaimed to be the best such gardens outside of Japan. And here are some photos from the gardens.
Author: Jeffrey Kontur
Snoopy vs. The Red Baron
Although Joseph is a small town in a relatively remote area and has only a small airfield, they drew a surprising number of planes. Including four old WWI biplanes. Despite what was supposed to be a formation fly-by of F-15 fighter jets from the Oregon Air National Guard, it was...
After all, what would an airshow be without airplanes?
I arrived bright and early for the pancake breakfast. Thankfully, by the time I finished eating most people either hadn’t arrived yet or were still eating or socializing. So I was able to get really nice photos of the planes on the ground without people wandering through my shots.
Wallowa County Fly-in & Classic Car Show
Maybe it’s just because I don’t go to airshows all that often, but there were a bunch of surprises waiting for me at the Wallowa County Fly-in. It wasn’t just an airshow, but also a classic car show. In fact, it was also a pancake breakfast and a silent auction...
The Bailey Clan
The pets I’ve been babysitting for the past month in Oregon are, at times, needy and annoying but always cute.
Say Hello to my Little Friend
Hummingbirds are beautiful but skittish and difficult to photograph because they move to fast. That hasn’t stopped me from trying. Here, I got a handful of really beautiful shots. Plus I show my setup.
Starry, Starry Night
For the last several nights I have been out well past midnight taking photos of the night sky. It’s very dark in this remote corner of Oregon and there are million stars out. It’s quite magnificent, really. Here are some of my favorite photos from those excursions.
One of the Best Mountain Ranges You’ve Never Heard Of
Right in the back yard of the place where I’m housesitting sits the Wallowa Mountains. Literally. The entrance to a state park is four houses away. I go walking in there almost daily. I have hiked 9,000 feet up into the mountains, ending up well above the snow line. They...
Evil Kneivel tried to jump THIS?!
Until I came through Idaho and eastern Oregon, what I knew about the Snake River Canyon was that Evil Kneivel tried to jump over it on a rocket-powered motorcycle in the 1970s. Having now ridden my own motorcycle along some 100 miles of the Snake River, I can say
Oregon Ghost Towns (part 3)
Of course all these photos from the ghost towns I’ve been visiting were originally taken digitally and in color. However I Photoshopped them to be black-and-white, sepia, silver toned or sometimes with strange colors because the subject matter seems to demand it.