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First 2011 Tearsheet- Powder Magazine Feb. 2011 issue

By Halle | Published: February 3, 2011

This trip wasn’t what we expected. Blue skies were rare and fleeting. Whiteout conditions were the norm and the oft uttered phrase ‘skiing inside a ping pong ball’ came to mind. Often. We planned on spending 5 days traversing the Wallowas from Halfway to Joseph in NE Oregon. We ended up spending only 3. The [...]

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The Art of Crowd Avoidance

By Halle | Published: December 7, 2009

For starters one way to avoid crowds is to take advantage of extreme weather and get out when most everyone is in. Yesterday was such a day on an abandoned trail in the Columbia River Gorge near Cascade Locks.

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Wood…the fuel that warms you twice

By Halle | Published: November 13, 2009
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Mesdames et Monsieurs, “Start your lawnmower engines!”

By Halle | Published: August 17, 2009

You saw it here first folks. A good time was had by all last weekend east of Mt. Hood and no one was life-flighted to the hospital. Some of these rigs with swapped out snowmachine engines cruise up to 45mph.

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Smokey says, “shred the gnar.”

By Halle | Published: April 27, 2009

Spent a nice day with the family at Timberline yesterday and couldn’t resist this picture of my daughter and Smokey the Bear.

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Strange Weather We’re Having

By Halle | Published: January 31, 2009

These things, also know as harscheisen, have come in handy several times so far this season and will probably be required for much of the ascent of Mt. St. Helens tomorrow.

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Inaguration Day Portrait in Turner, Oregon

By Halle | Published: January 30, 2009

This was the setup for a portrait of a CEO at a winery in Turner, Oregon inauguration day morning. I can’t stop thinking about President Obama and the beautifully stained barrels. They make me smile.

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Studio & Dog Jane in Photo District News(PDN)

By Halle | Published: January 29, 2009

A Chicago photographer, Lyle A. Waisman, sent me an email today and informed me that my studio and dog Jane are in PDN. Cool. Cranky interweb trolls crack me up!

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A visit with Lanny Shuler

By Halle | Published: January 22, 2009

I spent the better part of yesterday helping a friend shoot some high definition video of Lanny at work. Turns out I didn’t have to help much; instead of wrangling a mic I set my camera’s aperture to f2, used no stobes and just clicked away. Sometimes it doesn’t feell like serious photography without stobes [...]

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Mt. Hood January Corn Snow

By Halle | Published: January 18, 2009

Today’s was an exploratory tour I’ve wanted to ski for a while. After a long approach Lynn, Blake and I found great corn snow to the southeast of Lookout Mountain near Mt. Hood. We could have chosen a better line to ski and were forced to traverse through thick trees and over lots of bits [...]

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