My Eclectic Thoughts: photographs

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Sep 18, 2013

About the Art: Patiently Waiting

I shot all these photos in Portland, Oregon then used photomanipulation to combine the main elements into this art.

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Jul 14, 2013

Oregon Countryside... Lots of Barns, Farms and Sunsets...from car window

Mar 31, 2013

Discovering Portland through my iPhone

For the last 3 weeks, I've had the pleasure to walk around Portland with my iPhone in hand, snapping pictures left and right of just about everything I saw. There is something liberating about the freedom of always having my camera at finger's reach and for that camera to weigh about as much as a piece of cardboard. I'm also amazed that cameras have evolved to having a decent level of quality derived from a near-microscopic dot as a lens. Not to mention that it's also a lot more fun when I can post some of my favorite pictures on to Facebook, just seconds after experiencing them, in almost real-time.

One of the most fascinating facets of Portland's culture is the food cart phenomena. There are hundreds of food carts, mostly situated into food cart pods, which are located throughout the entire city and are successfully proving that this kind of business model can indeed work...even in a big city.

This photo gallery shows a slice of the really cool food cart culture of Portland. There's also lots of very interesting buildings and some very unique and spectacular architecture, since many of the historical buildings have been preserved.

Portlanders, such as myself are proud of our city and we want to share it with the world... Now I am sharing my own discovery of the Rose City with the world. Please share it forward.

...more to come. :)

You can also scroll through the gallery in all 4 directions using your keyboard arrow buttons.

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Sep 13, 2012

My first 2 weeks in Portland

Well I've been in Portland, Oregon for 16 days and just starting to learn my way around a bit. I go for a lot of walks and this is where I often not only get very lost, but also learn my way too. It seems they go together.

This has been a very interesting experience so far which has included a whole lot of emotion, ranging from sadness, depression, feeling so scared... to elation, curiosity, wonderment and just being thrilled with the diverse beauty this area has to offer. Portland is also a more laid back, hip, modern, progressive small big city and I like the culture a lot...and all the coffee, and the abundance of vegetarian restaurants...and nice people.

So I've been applying for jobs and have a few promising prospects. Will be going by some more employment agencies too, which there seems to be a lot of in this town.

But everyone I have encountered has been really nice. This place seems to have very good vibes and I think that I finally found a city that is perfect for me. I've actually been really wanting to live here for at least 15 years and have made some weak attempts, but never committed to just coming out here, which I finally did.

Here are a few photos of the area that I shot....actually it's a lot of photos. You can view them in full size when clicking on them.