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Adrian's Photo Stream
Adrian's Photo Stream
From Here To There

Welcome to my photo stream! This is where I choose to share a little more insight about a particular photo beyond what can be found by viewing the photo in the online gallery. You might see new posts as often as weekly...

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2025 Photography Rewind
2025 Photography Rewind
January 18, 2026  |  Depends On The Day

This year I was fortunate to travel a fair bit both for workshops and for personal. Planes, trains, automobiles, and even a boat (aka ferry). For those who are new to my yearly rewind of looking back, it does certainly have photography but I go beyond that...

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Havana, Cuba Experience
Havana, Cuba Experience
March 1, 2025  |  Havana, Cuba

It was February last year and I received a text from a long-time friend's brother saying get ready we are headed to Havana, Cuba next January for his brother's birthday! The first thing I thought was all the interesting cars, people, buildings, food, and culture to see and photograph...

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2024 Photography Rewind
2024 Photography Rewind
December 29, 2024  |  A Few Places

Here we are only days away from the end of 2024 as I type this out. It would be odd to not have the bounds of time like the start and end of a year to personally reflect on what has taken place and look ahead at what is to come...

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Photography Competitions - My Personal History and Views
Photography Competitions - My Personal History and Views
November 1, 2024  |  The Panel

I remember the first time I heard that photo competitions were a thing. I figured they were, but not being involved in photography, it wasn't anything that caught my ear or eye before that moment. This was in the very early 2000's...

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2023 Photography Rewind - Focus On Health
2023 Photography Rewind - Focus On Health
December 31, 2023  |  From Here to There

Why do I like this ritual of reviewing and then sharing my favorite photos of the year? Most of all it's a chance to see in one place where I was fortunate enough to visit and the work I processed...

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Death Valley - From Tranquility to Wind Swept
Death Valley - From Tranquility to Wind Swept
July 10, 2023  |  Death Valley National Park, California

It was the usual damp wet February weather at home and I was busily packing for my first photography trip to Death Valley National Park. The plan was to camp which means being more strategic on what I need, and what I don't...

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The Rise of AI and Impact to the Future of Photography
The Rise of AI and Impact to the Future of Photography
March 3, 2023  |  Artificial Intelligence

Update 6/5/2023

Not surprising since writing this article only a few months ago, the AI world continues to evolve quickly. Even the staples in photography processing like Adobe are fully embracing it...

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2022 Photography Rewind - The Year of Change
2022 Photography Rewind - The Year of Change
Everywhere

Normally my blog posts looking back at the year are short on text and focused solely on where my photographic adventures went. Strap in if you want to read this years recap as it will be a little longer as I share some personal changes and stories...

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Mystery Monday
Mystery Monday
Anywhere and Everywhere

This will be a blog post that I will continue to update anytime I share a #mysterymonday post in social media. Based on the fun interesting responses to my first Mystery Monday photo I shared, I thought I would give this a try...

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Alaska Glacier Ice
Alaska Glacier Ice
September 2022  |  Alaska

Based on a comprehensive survey conducted in 2011, it was documented that Alaska is home to approximately 27,000 glaciers. While that number sounds impressive we know that it's possibly a smaller number only a decade later and that the vast majority of glaciers today are retreating rather than growing...

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Life On An eBike
Life On An eBike
Portland, Oregon

I had this post on my old website. I am bringing it back since it was popular and provides helpful thoughts on those exploring an ebike purchase. While I don't commute to an office now, I am still using this same ebike for errands and even sometimes local photography...

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Photographic Beauty In Burned Forests
Photographic Beauty In Burned Forests
May 2022  |  Mount Hood National Forest, Oregon

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It’s been a few years since I have written about the topic of photographing burned forests. The blog article Life After Fire – Wildfires and Landscape Photography was written once I had a chance to get into parts of the Columbia River Gorge after the devastating Eagle Creek wildfire...

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Photographing The Redwood Forests of Northern California
Photographing The Redwood Forests of Northern California
March 9, 2022  |  Redwoods National Park, California

This was one of the more popular blog posts from my old website and I am bringing it to my new site for readers to find while adding a few new photos to it from subsequent trips to the Redwoods area...

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2021 Photography Rewind - New Website
2021 Photography Rewind - New Website
Mainly Local

Welcome to the first blog post on my new website! Another year has come and gone which means it's time for a rewind looking at some of my favorite photos and experiences of the year. While 2021 did have me stepping back onto to a plane a couple times, most travel continued to be pacific northwest road trips...

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Photo of the Week, The Great Sphinx of the American Prairie
Photo of the Week, The Great Sphinx of the American Prairie
August 18, 2024  |  Kansas

This June, I spent a couple of weeks leading a tour and scouting for a future one. Much of that time was spent in the Great Plains, more specifically Nebraska and Kansas. On one stretch in Kansas, we took a pit stop at a roadside rest area—not so much to photograph but more to stretch for a few minutes...

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Photo of the Week, Daylight Goblins
Photo of the Week, Daylight Goblins
May 27, 2024  |  Desert Southwest

Timing was on my side this day. We were driving through Utah as a family in spring 2019 during our second desert southwest campervan trip. Well before this trip our kids asked casually one evening at the dinner table why we hadn't gone to Disneyland yet...

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Photo of the Week, Rider On The Storm
Photo of the Week, Rider On The Storm
March 31, 2024  |  Portland, Oregon

In January 2024, Portland, Oregon experienced a record cold winter storm. At my house, our outdoor thermometer showed temperatures as low as 13°F, and the news reported wind chills below zero. While I have experienced colder weather before, such as in Alaska during winter, this was abnormally rare for our city...

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Photo of the Week, The Grand Canyon of the Pacific
Photo of the Week, The Grand Canyon of the Pacific
March 3, 2024  |  Kauai, Hawaii

Kauai is a an amazingly diverse island for how small it is, one I have been fortunate to be able to visit over the years starting back in 2003 on the first trip where I proposed to my then girlfriend, and now wife...

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Photo of the Week, Ghost Light
Photo of the Week, Ghost Light
December 17, 2023  |  The Coast

Canon R5 - EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM @400mm - f/9.0 - 1/640 second - ISO 320 (tripod used kind of like a gimbal for quick movement of waves)

When the wind comes tearing through whatever we are trying to photograph, it can be both a challenging and rewarding experience...

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Photo of the Week, Gorge Waterfall
Photo of the Week, Gorge Waterfall
December 10, 2023  |  Columbia River Gorge, Oregon

Canon R5 - EF 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 34mm - f/16 - 1/4 of a second - ISO 400 (2 frame blend for dynamic range)

Like many families, we are busy; time can easily slip by before we realize there's been a longer gap than we intend for a trip or break, even a short one, to recharge as a couple or a family...

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Photo of the Week, Sunset Forest
Photo of the Week, Sunset Forest
December 3, 2023  |  Columbia River Gorge, Oregon

Canon 5D MKI - EF 70-200mm f4.0 at 200mm - f/16 - 1/6 of second - ISO 400

As you can probably tell by the camera specs this is an old photo. Well, fairly old in regards to how long I have been photographing...

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Photo of the Week, Lone Tree
Photo of the Week, Lone Tree
November 26, 2023  |  Columbia Plateau

Canon R5 - EF100-400mm @ 400mm - f/16 - 1/4 second - ISO 100

It can be interesting to me which composition is a favorite from photographing a particular location or subject. Sometimes, I have seen it as one of the first frames; other times, it's roaming around in the middle of the pack, while at times, it's near the end after I have had time to warm up...

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Photo of the Week, Agave Plant
Photo of the Week, Agave Plant
November 19, 2023  |  Torrey Pines, California

This was the first time I can recall photographing an agave plant. I was captivated by the beauty of the colorful tips on each leaf along with the subtle pattern of the serrated edges seen on each leaf.

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Photo of the Week, Oregon Coast
Photo of the Week, Oregon Coast
November 12, 2023  |  Oregon Coast Range

Before the year even started I already had a backlog of photos which is nothing new for me. This has increased significantly throughout the year. While starting to work on the photos I want to process, I thought I would try something different and post a photo of the week as a new journal entry (approximately weekly, we all know how life goes)...

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