Back at Eagle Creek

Lindsey came to visit.
I love visits from School friends because I always end up on wonderful photo shoots. We went back to Eagle Creek trail for a short hike. Hiking with photographers is fun, we take our time watching the light on the trail and finding secret passageways for the next shot. We can't have hiked more than 2 miles, and yet it was one of the most productive photo trips I've had in a while.

I can't wait to see what Lindsey and Kailey shot during the hike. Check for Lindsey's work at http://www.lindseybaumsteiger.com. 

Love,

Rachel Deehan

My house!

Over the Christmas break I took some pictures of my Parent's house. This is the house I grew up in and it was a lot of fun to shoot. Especially drinking the wine after. :)

Santa Cruz #2

This time I went to the beach. I got some pretty typical boardwalk shots. But it was a fun day and a beautiful sunset.

Santa Cruz

I went for a walk in Santa Cruz today. It's nice to have time alone, especially with my camera. Luckily the sunset was amazing during the walk back. 

 Sean's house looked awesome when I got back there and his neighborhood has some really cute houses too. I guess I've been shooting a lot of exteriors, maybe one day I'll work up the confidence to knock on the door and get some interiors.

Wherever I am the neighborhoods have a similar feel, some of these places could have been in Portland or Santa Barbara. The sky is my best clue to where I am. All I have to do is look up.

Thank you,

Rachel Deehan

Portland Neighborhoods

I have been itching to do some more "Houses at night" inspired by Todd Hido's series.
I took a few last year in Ventura California which can be found here. I haven't worked up the confidence yet to face the cold Portland night but I do have some street shots from a sunset.

I played around with the black and white filter for contrast and came up with some almost HDR looking shots, they are not HDRs which you can tell from the lack of "crunchy" artifacts.

Hope you enjoy,

Rachel Deehan

Van Dykes and the end of Brooks

Last month I finished my last session at the Brooks Institute of Photography. I now have Bachelors in Professional Photography! For my final portfolio at Brooks I made a series of Van Dykes, a form of contact printing which you can read more about here: http://unblinkingeye.com/Articles/Vandyke/vandyke.html.

The Process was really fun and it allowed me to print some of my Digital photographs in my darkroom class. I am in love with this collection of images, so I decided to get them up on my blog as soon as possible.