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nehalem falls

jacksatta — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 17:52:32 +0000

Just toward the ocean, and south of Portland, Nehalem Falls campground was one of the better sites I’ve been to in Oregon; almost all these car camps have great facilities (vault toilets, water pumps, etc.). Luxurious, but not European deluxe. There were some teenagers that camped nearby that were a little loud at night, but not terribly obnoxious. They slept in their cars . A fabulous drive through is included in the package, but don’t miss the campground down the gravel road like I did.

In the late afternoon light, kids frolicked and toasted toes and marshmallows. But, what fabulous light you say?

Just how much mastery of the sun can one have? How can the light balance so perfectly and light subjects so well in the middle of a forest?

Quite easily, actually…

If you brought your light with you!

Oh, my; the secret is revealed!

I kept telling Jonathan that it’s not waterproof.

Additionally, there are more photos in the gallery for your perusal, including a well-if-that-thirty-something-dad-is-going-to-then-I-will sequence of Kale launching off a 15ft. drop. more»

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Hadley is having a Last Thursday show!

jacksatta — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 17:29:32 +0000

What goes up, must come down… and we invite you to mingle at The Farm Café.

Remember, the work’s up until May 4th, but it would be nice to see you at the closing. There’ll be food, drink, and good cheer.

Where: The Farm Café, at 10 SE 7th and Burnside
When: 5–7PM, April 27th, 2006

Boat trip

jacksatta — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 22:11:21 +0000

A small movie.

Back in town

jacksatta — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 05:40:55 +0000

We’re back in stumptown.

Doe Stump, Hadley Hutton, wax and glicée, 2005.

Well, it was a wondrous adventure, full of surprises, partying, and general fun. We stayed at the very deluxe Pueblo Bonito Sunset Beach resort in Cabo San Lucas. It’s very well done, but after a few days, the whole experience started to feel a little stale and repetitive. Whatever. Fun was had by all. More photos can be found on flickr. While leaving port for a fishing trip, we were dismayed to find that Damien had missed the boat. However, who do we see jumping up and down screaming at us from a nearby slip? Yup, Damien had located us!

Well, wonder of wonders, the good captain backed up the boat and let our new passenger aboard. After some time in the rapidly-decreasing fog, we later caught three striped Marlin, and let them back into the water, albeit with new piercings.

The local color was really the best, in my opinion. Compare this shop photo and the resort:

As I said, I think the resorts are nice, but a little to similar for me. Kale remarked that the workers and the drivers of the golf carts—yes, there is a transportation system to get you from your antiseptic room to the stale hotel food—only made $5 a day. Next socialist president, coming right up.

Anyway, it’s an interesting place, to say the least, and we left as the first of the wet T-shirt contests were beginning. Alas.

Cabo

jacksatta — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 20:16:20 +0000

We’re heading down to Cabo. (Check out Google Earth and search for Cabo San Lucas, Mexico). Packing, cleaning and general mayhem ensue when it comes down to the last day before a trip, especially with cranky kids. However, I’m happy to report that we are well on our way.

If we can, I’ll attempt to grab some shots of the various whales migrating south (as we are) for warmer waters. I also picked up a Sony SPK-HCA underwater enclosure for filming DV video footage under water. I don’t think I’ll be going deeper than a few feet (as the poor thing is only rated for 16 feet or so (!)); I also forgot to grab an underwater filter to warm the color temperature a bit during filming. I hope that the built-in color correction will help out with that issue.
Keep an eye out on the flickr site or photo pages here on the blog (»1, »2) for updates; I’ll make some attempts to upload imagery, if possible.

I’m also going without a laptop, and will be offloading onto a small, portable 20GB SmartDisk FotoChute instead; Hopefully, this will allow a week’s worth of shooting on my 7.2 megapixel camera (on a1GB card, with a few smaller-capacity cards as backup. I may even do a double-backup with the horrendously slow and battery-draining Apple iPod Camera Connector. This little device attaches your USB camera to your iPod, and allows transfer of images for backup and viewing.

I’m also bringing an iGo charger; this device charges two peripherals or accessories at a time. In this day and age, it seems like power requirements are things to add to an itinerary. I’ll attempt to detail needs/other processes and methodologies when I get back.