2018 was the first year I truly embraced Instagram for photography, and I’m so thankful to have the opportunity to share with you my love for Portland and northern Oregon. Happy New Year and may 2019 bring you much happiness!
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My favorite place on Earth! Check out my timelapse video and other awe-inspiring footage of downtown #portland. #oregonexplored #vlog
📺 Episode 5 of Essential Life
Theaters, urban parks, old churches, classic 19th and early 20th-century architecture — Portland’s Cultural Distract has it all.
Watch the video for this week’s essentialism challenge and let me how it’s going for you in the YouTube comments!
Oh I could sit here for hours.
In a world of leaves, be the one that stands out. #oregonexplored
As a former resident of California, I thought you’d have to travel to the east coast to see fall color like this. Now living in Oregon, the most incredible scenery is right outside my door. I seem to catch my breath at least once every day! #oregonexplored
📺 Episode 4 of Essential Life
Do you ever feel like a failure? Ever worry you’re not measuring up, that “they” are always more successful than you are? Maybe the issue isn’t that you’re actually a failure, but you’re struggling with the emotions of failure, and that is something we can work with!
Watch the video for this week’s essentialism challenge and let me how it’s going for you in the YouTube comments!
“To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature.” –Auguste Rodin
Some places that’s a challenging proposition, but here in Oregon it’s not hard to find beauty at every turn!
I will admit, I’m a sucker for water reflection shots. If they’re reflecting brilliant reds and oranges from the autumnal canopy, so much the better! 🧡
#oregonexplored #Hillsboro
📺 Episode 3 of Essential Life
One minute, I was strolling through the quaint neighborhoods and gentle parks of west Hillsboro…mere miles away from Portland, OR. Next thing you know, I’m totally LOST in the the woods! Do I ever make it out alive??? You’ll just have to watch this video to find out.
“Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible and achieves the impossible.”
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All the fall colors on the trees everywhere are simply breathtaking! I was talking with my wife in the car the other day and completely lost my train of thought looking at the view out the window. The natural beauty of Oregon continues to amaze me.
#portland #oregonexplored #Hillsboro
📺 Episode 2 of Essential Life
This week’s challenge is to practice the power of observation! Learn all about a fantastic awareness training technique I learned from Mindsight by Dr. Daniel Siegel. And of course more Portland awesomeness, more trains, and more coffee!
Rose blooming season by and large is coming to a close, but there are still some amazing 🌹 flowers to be seen. Have I told you how much I love roses? Could photograph them all day every day! 😍
#oregonexplored #hillsboro
Ta da! 🎉 The first video in the brand new Essential Life series of vlog episodes I’m filming in and around #portland. #oregonexplored #minimalism #vlog
“Those who live by the sea can hardly form a single thought of which the sea would not be part.” –Hermann Broch
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We’re approaching the end of the main season for rose blossoms, so I was thrilled that the Rose Garden up in Washington Park in Portland, OR still has some exquisite roses blooming. Check it out if you’re in the area…one of my favorite spots in the city!
#portland #oregonexplored
“I dream my painting and I paint my dream.” –Vincent Van Gogh
#oregonexplored #Beaverton #quote
Been going through my photos at Cannon Beach this summer and picking out the cream of the crop. This is one of those places that gets hyped up as a big tourist destination, but it’s absolutely justified. One of the best oceanside experiences I’ve ever had my life. #oregonexplored
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