Category Archives: photography

hoofing it or hooving it

By Halle | Published: January 4, 2009

One of my favorite things about Mt. Hood Ski Bowl besides the lack of lines at the upper bowl chair, the WPA era warming hut and the overall friendly vibe is the proximity of Mirror Lake. Enough said.

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The Hummingbirds Are Alright

By Halle | Published: January 2, 2009

The feeder outside our kitchen window froze solid during the last arctic blast. The Hummingbirds seemed to protest by chirping loudly and incessantly. Food must be scarce for them this time of year so we attempted to regularly thaw the feeder and place warm sugar water in it from time to time.

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Main St. Oregon

By Halle | Published: December 3, 2008

Darryl is a longtime Tygh Valley, Oregon local. I photographed him in his garage for my portfolio and to see if a mag would be interested in this subject for an upcoming story on how ‘main st.’ Oregon is faring during these economic doldrums. Greed induced implosion is probably a better description than ‘doldrums’ actually.

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Behind An Editorial Portrait

By Halle | Published: November 24, 2008

When you know in advance that you’re shooting in a large modern art gallery the stress of making an office complex cubicle look interesting fails to manifest. Location means tons in real estate and photography. For this portrait of Elizabeth Leach I gave myself a challenge before even entering the gallery: I didn’t want to [...]

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Helens & Adams

By Halle | Published: July 20, 2005

It took three separate trips to Mt. St. Helens’ summit to get these pictures right. The first trip all I had was a 20mm lens and everything was too far away. The second trip I carried a 180mm lens with a doubler attachment but unfortunately forgot to bring radios to properly place the athlete Blake [...]

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