The Most Peaceful Time at the Mall

Nordstrom, Washington Square

This is the most peaceful time at the mall to do last minute shopping, really! I have been coming here on Christmas Eve morning in the last three years. I wanted to see what it looks like on the last minute rush, but I was disappointed, it turned out to be the most peaceful time to shop for the last minute buying spree. See for yourself....

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The Spirit of Christmas 2015

Bridgeport Village 2015

Ho...Ho....Ho....

Merry Christmas for those who celebrate......

I am trying the mirror-less camera, this time no tripod, no big camera and no cable release that will attract the attention of the security guard. So, no security guard on my tail, it is priceless. The rain was on and off last night, luckily I was able to grab an umbrella and shield my camera. At times, it was windy, so we retreated in the center gazebo which has a heater in it. Enjoy the festivity and I think I am going to put this camera into hibernation until 2016.

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Holiday Cookies Exchange 2015

Chocolate - Candy Cane Cookies

Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. This is our final gathering for the year 2015. This time is a bit different; we bake our cookies and our own home and bring them for “Holidays Cookies Exchange”. This time we had more time to chat and enjoy the ambience of the holiday seasons. We want to wish you a very Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year. I would also like to say that the camera needs to go for hibernation, see you in early spring 2016, but if I have interesting subject, I will wake up my camera.

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House in Autumn

Autumn in Beaverton

The wind is howling but no rain yet as of this morning, so I raked as much leaves as I can, but it seems it is like a losing battle with the wind that always constantly blowing my piles of leaves, nonetheless I got my green trash bin full of leaves this morning. I also clean the drainage on both sides of the street. When I almost done I notice my one of my neighbors house “calling” me to take pictures, so I did, the result is a beautiful fall color. I enjoy it, it says the season of leaves.

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Autumn in the City Park

Portland City Park

I passed by this city park two days ago, but I did not have my small camera around my neck. So this morning, I brought the camera hoping that it is not raining and the sun is in hiding. I got my wish. I took a “short” break from work and walk a few blocks to retrace my previous route. Because of a warm October, most of the leaves are still on the trees with a few exceptions. The forecast for tomorrow is heavy rain, so I am glad that I captured these last leaves.

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Double Exposure - a reflection through window displays

Woodburn Outlet Mall

A friend at work suggested “double exposure” as an experiment, so when we went to Woodburn Outlet Mall, I brought my small camera as to not attract the security guard and ask me a whole bunch of questions as to why I was shooting the window displays. There is just one problem! Woodburn Outlet Mall is an outdoor mall, thus all the display windows are double panes, so most reflection images are double, sometimes it gives a strange effects. You might be totally dislike or on the other hand intrigue about these images. It is just an experiment, next time I try to take indoor mall during the holidays.

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Columbia Gorge in the rain

Storm as seen from the Vista House

On a blistery Sunday we brave ourselves to seek pictures of Columbia Gorge in the rainstorm, the lighting is almost perfect, sometimes it gets so dark so we have to compensate the exposure while trying to capture the essence of the rainy weather, most of the time we had a good break in between the storms, it is raining hard while we were driving, so be it. Here’s the result. It is November after all in the Northwest.

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