Blatherskite

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I am a Children’s Librarian living in the Portland, Oregon area. When I am not Children’s Librianing I like to play with cameras and film. I also like playing the ukulele, knitting, sketching, and hiking.

Category: Photography

This might also be what this blog is mostly about.

  • A pinhole view of Seattle’s Gum Wall

    The iconic Gum Wall of Seattle is being cleaned today so I thought, in it’s honor, I would re-post a blog I wrote at Pinhole Obscura a couple of years ago. Enjoy! The Gum Wall of Seattle. This is, at once   disgusting and captivating. According to Wikipedia it started in the early nineties when…

  • Trillium Lake Trees

    Here is another large format pinhole photo taken last summer up on Mt. Hood. I can’t remember where this was taken! I think it might be Trillium Lake, but I can’t be entirely sure. I am guessing by the trees. ————————————- Geeky Bits: Camera: Zero 45 (25mm configuration) Film: illford Delta 100 Exposure time: ???

  • unknown waterfall

    I have to admit that I don’t know where this was taken or what it is even a picture of. Well, it appears it is a waterfall but the chicken wire is throwing me off a little. Ok, while I was typing that last sentence it hit me. I know where this was taken. It…

  • The Ghost of the Yaquina Bay Light – Oregon Coast

    The Ghost of the Yaquina Bay Light – Oregon Coast

    Originally posted on Pinhole Obscura: Last Summer when I was in Newport, OR I visited the Yaquina Bay Lighthouse. It’s a beautiful old house. As I wandered through with my pinhole camera I happened to hear the story of the ghost of the lighthouse. The story went something like this: The house had been abandoned…

  • Post Canyon Trees

    I have a series of large format pinhole photographs that I took last summer up on Mt Hood that I am going to post over the next few weeks. (I am hoping it will inspire me to dust of the Zero 4×5 and get outside with it!) This was taken up on Mt. Hood near…