Many of the Artefact bloggers have been traveling this past week. I am one of those lucky ones. I journeyed to the Pacific Northwest ... Oregon baby! What a amazing place, especially for a photographer like me. Never have I seen a place with such diverse terrain and outstanding people.
Spending a few days in Portland, I realized that it was a photographers paradise the second I stepped off the plane. It was like going back to college, hanging out with a best friend and discovering the finer side of life all in one place. And the people were cool, exciting and very diverse, my kind of place! And the best part, since I am a total book geek, Powell's City of Books!! This place gives you a map to their store. That's right a map! Let's just say, if you're looking for a book, you'll find it there as they have everything!
After Portland, we headed to the central part of Oregon. There, we meet a wonderful group of people who live off the land. Hazelnut farmers, berry pickers and yes of course, winemakers. In fact, as we left the wonderful bed and breakfast, where Laren the inn keeper who was an amazing host and cook, we actually got to tour some of the wineries and interact with the actual winemakers. It was this interaction that was amazing for me as a photographer. Here I have wonderful personalities to capture and amazing vistas to reflect. So as I was sitting in the barn of one of the winemakers, I pondered, how in the world will I give these photos and the stories they unfold, the proper coverage and attention that I feel they deserve? I kept thinking and hoped for a solution before the trip was complete.
Yesterday, we headed toward the Oregon coast. Never have I seen such a place with not only pine trees as far as the eye can see, but a beautiful coastline, sprinkled with jagged rocks and playful seals. I think I might even have seen a whale, but that's another tale. We toured the Yaquina Head Lighthouse. Equipped with a 136-year-old cast iron staircase. Amazing and once at the top, we had a chance to take in the vista, and then it hit me. Not the vista, but an idea on how to capture the beauty of my photos. I have decided to create a photo book on our trip to Oregon, with my pictures of course, but through Artefact Studio, I can add captions under the pictures of each unique place and person I have met. With Artefact Studio, I can go in, choose the photo I want and add a caption underneath it so that I don't forget the person's name, what they do and how they touched my Oregon experience.
Stay tuned, I will share more photos from Oregon in the days to come, for now, I am headed to the local coffee shop, another little passion of mine. Oh yeah and for lunch some FRESH seafood, can't wait!
Daly Dose
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