Pigeons perch on the I-205 bridge crossing over the Clackamas River in Gladstone, Oregon. View Larger Image

What was with the zombies, the aliens, and the sinister hearses convening at the Double Tree hotel in Portland on the night of January 15?  The West Coast Haunter Convention was filming a promotional video for their upcoming convention in Portland from June 1 to June 3, 2012.  Fans will gather to check out the [...]

I head out to Goodnoe Hills, an area about 15 miles east of Goldendale, Washington. Like many areas east of the Cascade Mountains, the land is mostly grassland with very few trees. It also has many wind turbines spinning when the breeze blows. The road I am traveling on is Hoctor Road, a two-lane paved [...]

Five years ago on this day, the Portland Aerial Tram opened to the public. The $57 million, 3,300-foot long aerial tram has been shuttling passengers between the South Waterfront terminal and the Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) almost daily for the past five years. The tram cars also have names: Walt and Jean, n

What does Clackamette Park in Oregon City look like 48 hours later? I headed out to Clackamette Park today to shoot some follow-up photographs of the park flooded by the Willamette and Clackamas rivers. The scene at the park looks vastly different than it did 48 hours ago when I posted the flood photos in [...]

Every Tuesday, The Oregonian’s ThisWeek/Food Day complimentary newspaper (I did not subscribe to) wrapped in a plastic bag lies on my driveway. Unless the weather is dry, the newspaper usually ends up soggy no matter how light it rains and it becomes unreadable. The pages tear when flipping through the soaking wet pag

Today’s photographs features Cape Horn, Columbia River near Wishram, the Stonehenge replica, and a small rural town named Kent, Oregon. Fog filling the Columbia River Gorge blankets the hillside and Hwy. 14 at Cape Horn. The fog also reduced the visibility to about 200 feet on some stretches of the highway. Despite th

Last Wednesday, a strong warm weather system dumped heavy rain in the Willamette Valley, causing major flooding, extensive damage, and a few fatalities. Most of the floodwater is draining into the Willamette River and flowing downstream northward to Portland. There is some flooding along the banks of the Willamette River. C