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It snowed like crazy in my neighborhood and since I was off I took a walk to Glendoveer Gold Course, stopped by Von Ebert Brewing, and walked around. I decided to do color and black and white and a bunch of photos.
Read MoreThis is nothing. The following is barely a slice of the stuff that retail, customer service, and others deal with in the real world. This doesn’t cover the hundreds of thieves, assholes, horrible managers and customers, or the stress of dealing with covid, rioters, protestors, and bad teammates.
Here are just a few photos to demonstrate some of the madness that occurs in the stores that you shop in every day. When you open your doors to the masses you see what society has to offer.
Read MoreShot with Canon 80D
Canon 100mm Macro
Portland, Or
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Shot with Canon 80D
Tamron 70-300 and Canon 100mm Macro
Blue Lake
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With our Covid vaccination cards, Travel.Hawaii.Gov QR codes, and a detailed itinerary provided by Audley Travel my mom and I flew out of PDX around 11 am to Kauai, with a brief layover in Seattle. We had been planning this trip for 18 months and we had originally planned a trip to Nepal. But, with travel to the area opening and closing from week to week and the added stress of traveling to such a remote place we decided to make it easier and changed our destination to Hawaii. I had never been, and she had only been once before.
I had always thought of Hawaii as an over-rated place for rich tourists who didn’t want any adventure and that it was too expensive and not worth the hype. I am very glad I did not continue to have this bias as we planned our trip and made our way to the Hawaiian Islands. Hawaii was very expensive and I am lucky to have someone that was willing to bring me along on a trip that would have had to go into debt to afford. It was a beautiful place and there were plenty of adventures to be had. It was an amazing place to photograph and document visually with video.
Thank you to my mom, Karen, for inviting me and allowing me to experience such a beautiful place with you.
The following is an account of our trip via photos, video, and written exposition.
Read MoreShot with Canon G7X MKII
Glendoveer Walking Path
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