“Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.”
John Ruskin
Reading this quote validates my happiness while we are here in Portland! It has rained every day since we arrived almost 2 weeks ago. I am trying to blend in with all of the complaints around the theater, but to be honest, I LOVE IT! It IS refreshing to me, besides my hair does this really fun curl thing, that only happens when it rains!
To add to my fun here, there is no sales tax, so I decided to take full advantage and buy myself a new camera lens I had been wanting for awhile. It is a creative lens that bends the focus, leaving only a small portion of your image in focus. It’s called a LensBaby- check out their website here! Kind of hard to explain, so I will just post a few pictures of what I have taken so far in and around the theater, Downtown Portland.
Cherry Blossoms!
Portland started the Food Trucks culture!
I love the movement you can get from this lens! Mitch and Jetson walking the line of Food trucks!
Jetson begging for…
SPAM! From the Hawaiian Food Truck!
Mossy Staircase!
Portland Trees!
Super Nanny and Mace having fun at the Theater!
These pictures are wonderful. I’m from Portland!
Thank you! It is so pretty here, I love it!
I’m so glad you’re enjoying it!
Loving your pics – thanks for sharing!
So very cool. Is it easy to focus on the point that you want to be clear in the pics? Or can you adjust it after the fact?
I am still trying to get the hang of it, but I just learned to open my aperture a bit to get more in focus…it is hard to find the focus when the lens is tilted too…I need more practice!
This is so aMACEing! loved the Cherry Blossoms. Can you share the trick of the 2nd picture?
First you have to spend time on the lensbaby website..it’s kind of addicting! For the second picture I used the composer pro lens with the sweet 35 optic, then tilted the lens all the way to the right! It’s soooo fun!!!!
Wow! OK, I’m sooooooooooo jealous and need to not only get a new camera, but this lens too! It’s (pardon the 70′s expression)…FAR OUT! Thank you so much for posting this! Great great great photography!
Great shots! Did you know that Lensbaby is headquartered in Portland and your Lensbaby was assembled right here in town? You should stop by!
I had no idea! Thanks for telling me, I love it!