Monday, October 20, 2008

CouchSurf Portland

Hello Everyone.

This past weekend I took a change of scenery and decided to CouchSurf in Portland Oregon. We were fortunate to have our lovely hosts Ashley and David to let us stay for the weekend.




I should probably take this time here to explain exactly what this entails. Couch Surfing is a net-based hospitality network, designed to help fellow travelers like myself. Basically, people offer up their couches/air matresses/whatever they have for travelers to sleep on during their trips. and before I knew it, I was wandering the streets of Portland. And that basically explains the weekend.

Here are some of my favorite pictures.. raw and unedited...




A little fascination with yellow cars..













I was lucky to be the "first guy in Oregon" to have played with the brand new, unreleased Sony Alpha-900.

my reaction a few moments after playing with the camera



my favorite of all.

Sammy was this dog's name..







This weekend was pretty much unreal.. I had a huge creative sprout and it really cleared my head. thanks for all involved.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Coming Soon...

Coming soon.. a few roommates photoshoots, christmas family shoots.


and more importantly in 2009. I have been inspired to shoot one "compelling" photo a day.

inspired by these people..
http://blog.landonmichaelson.com/index.php
and
http://www.flickr.com/photos/awphoto/sets/72157594457388870/


and

themysteriouspickle.blogspot.com

So it's 365 photos next year or nothing.

Pete