Here are three time lapses of roads in Portland. Times are from two seconds to 8 seconds. Burnside Bridge Highway 26 and 217 Interchange Same as above, but from a different angle RickHamell2010

Playing with the new lens today. Was quite fun, and will easily become my Prime lens from now on. These wetlands are located in Beaverton Oregon, right off of Murray Blvd. The Tualatin Hills Nature Park is just north of this set of wetlands. While not part of the park, they are linked to it [...]

Kerby is a Class E6 ghost town. This former gold mining town is on US 199, five miles south of Selma, and just north of Cave Junction. Kerby was established around 1850 after a mule carrying a pool table collapsed and died here. Not being able to get paid for the failed delivery of the [...]

Taken in Crescent City, California in September 2011. RickHamell2010

Prints of this photo are available on Zazzle.com Copies of this print are available at Zazzle.com! RickHamell2010

Taken at the Portland Rose Gardens RickHamell2010

Lone Fir Cemetery is one of Portland’s most historic (and haunted apparently,) locations. As such is full of gorgeous head stones, and one beautiful mausoleum. And of course, a statue dedicated to Veterans of the Civil War, the Revolution, the Spanish-American War, and the Rogue Indian Wars. RickHamell2010

The line outside of the newly expanded Voodoo Doughnut shop in downtown Portland. It’s not always busy like this. Frequently the line is much longer. RickHamell2010

One of the great things about Portland is the number of nice gardens people have. Makes me jealous. RickHamell2010

Autumn at the Lake Nike. RickHamell2010

Two Second exposure of the fountain in Beaverton, Oregon RickHamell2010

A few pictures taken on the Hood River Fruit Loop Tour. Interesting how this old church has been transformed into a barn. Sorry the picture isn’t better, the road it’s on is amazingly busy. RickHamell2010

The Burnside Bridge in Portland is the only one of the Cities bridges built with input from an architect. It was completed in 1926 and replaced an earlier bridge that was built in 1894. Until recently, the Burnside Bridge hosted Saturday Market under it’s East Side. The west side still has the Burnside Skate Park. T

Mill Ends Park is located on the median of SW Naito Parkway in downtown Portland. The nearest cross street is SW Taylor. All 452 square inches of the park were temporarily relocated while SW Naito Parkway was under construction in 2006-07. It’s now back in place and growing as strong as ever. The park was first [...

I do not know what the history of this grave site is. The location is “up in the woods” near the old Trojan Nuclear Power Plant near Rainier Oregon. A dilapidated paved road runs by it and was obviously bypassed sometime in the past by the upgrade to Highway 30. The Rainier phone book has several [...]

Sometimes, commuting to work is actually a joy. Yesterday’s sunrise was more spectacular then usual due to the number of forest fires polluting the air. But what makes it really good, is being able to take an early morning stroll through the Rose Gardens. Even if it was a little wet. Too bad it’ll end soon.

These directions look a little weird, but trust me, they do work. 1.) Power camera on 2.) Open the CF door (trust me!) 3.) Press “play”+”OK” at same time. If that doesn’t work, try “menu” + “OK” 4.) Press the following buttons in order: “Up” “Down̶

Every year there is a huge flower display of some sort in Pioneer Square. Some artists take potted plants and arrange them into patterns across the middle of the Square. They stay there for a few days, and then the plants are sold off cheap and the money donated to charity. This year the design [...]

This is a closeup of the face of the “Umbrella Man” who stands in Pioneer Square everyday. RickHamell2010

Taken from the top of Larch Mountain. The air is a bit smokey due to forest fires on the other side of the Mountain. I was hoping to be able see the fires, but that wasn’t possible. RickHamell2010

Located just outside of Reedsport, Oregon RickHamell2010

Fort Stevens, the name itself invokes history. Although little important happened here, other then a few random bombs during WWII, the park still attracts many visitors. On Memorial Day weekend, re-enactors wander around. Dressed in either Civil War Era costumes, or WWII Era Costumes. If you look around right, you can almo

At the beach. A sunny day. Behold, what do we see. The poor remains of the gallant Peter Iredale. A better, closer look. You can buy a poster or print of this picture here. How she got here; And why she’s important. (Not really, but any piece of education we can give is something.) RickHamell2010

Located on the trail up to Multnomah Falls. These are just before you get to the bridge over the upper pond. RickHamell2010

There isn’t much history behind Palmer Oregon. It’s about three miles up the hill from Bridal Veil. It was built at about the same time as Bridal Veil by the Bridal Veil Lumber Company. Before the saw mill was built, logs were sent down a log flume to Bridal Veil to be cut. After the [...]

Brownsmead was never a large important city like many other Oregon ghost towns such as Sumpter, Greenhorn or Shaniko. The area was first settled by Finnish immigrants in the 1870 to 1880 time frame and perhaps even earlier. An exact date is not known, but a town named Brody was created. The Finnish immigrants tended to [...

The Crooked River Petroglyph is located in The Cove Palisades State Park just outside of Madras Oregon. RickHamell2010

Modern day Idanha is little more then a collection of houses and a gas station and quick stop market in the middle of nowhere these days. Yet, if not for the political maneuverings of Portland railroad interests in the late 1800s, the town would have much more prominence then it does now. John Minto, in [...]

As best as I can tell, Geneva was a very short lived town. It sits south of Grandview and is just as isolated. Perhaps a building or two still exists behind trees or under brush. During the years of heavy rains before WWI, the area actually looked like it would support farms. Homesteaders still relied [...]

Grandview is yet another town that only remains in name. Remains of the town were visible up until about 1974, but everything except the cemetery seems to be long gone. But based on it’s location, it’s not hard to imagine why. Twenty miles or more north of Sisters, and about fifteen south west of Madras, [...]