I recently agreed to join the current round of the Portland Grid Project. I was a bit hesitant about the commitment but at the same time recognized the value in having some additional motivation to not just get out to make more photos, but to get outside of my usual routes in search of those photos. The first grid sent me off to the edge of Multnomah Village. I didn't quite know what to make of the area photographically, but that sort of exploration is also one of the reasons I figured this project might prove of value to me. So I took a couple of cameras with me but it was my Holga I ended up using the most. While other cameras I own may be more trusted, or more battle-worn, or have been with me longer, I don't know any other camera I would rather take into a situation where I don't know what I intend to do creatively speaking. Something about this camera lends itself well to exploration of various sorts, and encourages me to try different things. Anyway, at some point I was walking down one of the side streets noting the differences, but mostly the similarities, between the homes lined up one next to the other. So I spent an entire block stopping and overlapping a picture of one house over the next.

Holga 120N
Kodak Ektar 100 (but it is much better in b&w)

Tags:   Holga Kodak Ektar Portland Grid Project Portland Oregon film Medium Format Pacific Northwest multiple exposures homes houses impressions of a neighborhood front door Grid N7 - 11/21

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The only other image from the Portland Grid Project - Grid N7 that I thought was all that interesting. This was one of those moments where you see something that could, in the right circumstances, make an awesome image but you just cannot quite find the exact right spot to stand. My Holga and I did what we could though.

Holga 120FN
Kodak Ektar

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I "ended" my Bridgetown series while the older Sellwood Bridge was still in place. So when the recent grid for the Portland Grid Project sent me back to this area I had a lot of fun photographing the new Sellwood Bridge both for that project and for my bridge collection. Naturally, I took my Hasselblad and some Kodak Tri-X, my two old standbys for this series.

Hasselblad 500C
Kodak Tri-X

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I had no troubles hearing the bells with this one.

Another image from last month's grid. I really liked this grid and only ever got to about a quarter of it.

Hasselblad 500C
Kodak Tri-X

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The Portland Grid Project enters its third month for me. This month the grid is K13 which is roughly between NE 118th Ave, NE Glisan, NE 144th and NE Knott. Gonna say, not my favorite grid thus far but part of the reason I decided to take part in this project was to encourage some flexible thinking and approaches to some of my photography. And I have to admit it is achieving that. I don't count standing outside strip clubs with medium format cameras as one of my historically usual photographic hobbies.

Hasselblad 500C
Silberra Color 100

Tags:   Silberra Color 100 Hasselblad 500C Portland Grid Project Grid K13 - 1/22 NE Glisan Portland Oregon urban red blue strip club urban fragments PDX Pacific Northwest cityscape red light

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