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I’m pleased to announce that I will be in downtown Bend, Oregon for the First Friday Art Walk from approximately 5-9PM this Friday, March 5th. I will start the evening at the Volcano Vineyards Tasting Room located at 126 NW Minnesota St I’ll be there from approximately 5-7PM.

The walls of the Volcano Vineyards Tasting Room festooned with beautiful Photography!
At 7Pm I’ll move to Pandora’s Backpack which is located just around the corner at 920 NW Bond St where I’ll reside from approximately 7-9pm.

Patagonia by Pandora's Backpack located at 920 NW Bond St. in Bend, Or
I’ll have some of my best work displayed at these locations so please stop by.
Volcano will have their always stellar wines available for a very fair price and the Pandora’s Backpack will have their always awful wine available for free! It should be noted that while Rod Bien’s(owner of Pandora’s Backpack) taste in wine has been know to make winos gag, they do have a beautiful collection of Patagonia clothing that will make any outdoor enthusiast giddy with excitement.

smiling and helpful staff members, like Whitney, seen above, will be available to serve you some semi-toxic wine tomorrow(3/5/10) at Pandora's Backpack
Please stop by for good or bad wine and hopefully great Photography! Below is a small sampling of the work I will have available.

Mt. Washington at sunrise.

Photograph of Shevlin Park in Autumn.

Photo of a beautiful sunrise from one of Oregon's most photogenic locations, Central Oregon's Sparks Lake.

Sunrise on Central Oregon's Broken Top Mountain with a wildflower filled foreground.
Please stop by as it should be a great evening!
All the Best,
Mike Putnam
Mar 04, 2010 | Categories: Central Oregon Fine Art Landscape Photography, Exhibits, First Friday Fine Art Shows, Oregon photo blog entries | Tags: bend art gallery, bend art walk, bend downtown, bend first friday, bend oregon art, broken top, mt washington, pandora's backpack, shevlin park, sparks lake, volcano vineyards | Leave A Comment »

The First First Friday Art Walk for February 2010 is almost upon us and I’d like to officially invite everyone to the Volcano Vineyards Tasting room located at 126 NW Minnesota St(between Bond St and Wall St.) in Downtown Bend. I’ll be there Friday February 5th between 5PM and 9PM and my Fine Art Photographs [...]
Feb 04, 2010 | Categories: Central Oregon Fine Art Landscape Photography, Exhibits, First Friday Fine Art Shows, Oregon photo blog entries | Tags: bend art gallery, bend art walk, bend gallerydowntown bend art gallery, bend oregon art, bend oregon art gallery, bend oregon art hop, bend oregon photography, bend oregon photos, bend tasting room, bend winery, downtown bend photos, fine art photographs, first friday, first friday art walk, first friday bend oregon, galleries, great oregon photos, liz ratcliff, mike putnam, oregon fine art, oregon landscape pictures, scott ratcliff, the quons, volcano tasting room, volcano vineyards | 1 Comment »

I have hung my fine art photographs at Sage Cafe in Bend, Oregon’s Northwest Crossing a couple of times in the past and it has always been rewarding in terms of the results and the experience. For those of you who live in Northwest Crossing, you are probably already with the great food, great coffee, [...]
Feb 03, 2010 | Categories: Central Oregon Fine Art Landscape Photography, Exhibits, Oregon photo blog entries | Tags: bend art, bend art gallery, bend coffee shop, bend deli, bend landscape photography, bend oregon art, bend oregon pictures, bend photography, central oregon pictures, fine art photographs, northwest art, northwest crossing, northwest crossing art gallery, northwest crossing bend oregon, oregon landscape photography, oregon northwest crossing, sage cafe, sage cafe art, sage cafe bend oregon | Leave A Comment »

Because I often field questions about what Kind of camera I use, my camera is a good place to start when discussing my camera gear. Most people want to know how I can create such large vibrant prints and what kind of digital camera I use. They are always surprised to learn that I use [...]
Jan 31, 2010 | Categories: Central Oregon Fine Art Landscape Photography, My Photography Gear, Oregon photo blog entries | Tags: 4x5 camera, bend oregon photographer, big rig, gitzo 1228, gitzo ball head, gitzo carbon fiber tripod, high quality lenses, landscape prints, large format camera, large format lenses, large format photographer, large format photography, oregon fine art prints, oregon photography gear, pentax spotmeter, photography gear, the big rig, wista 4x5 camera, wooden camera | Leave A Comment »

Because I have fielded lots of questions regarding the framing That I select for my Fine Art Landscape Photographs, I’ve finally decided to write an informative piece about this very subject, and here it is! Many people have noticed that when my fine art prints are seen in shows or exhibits, they are all framed [...]
Jan 30, 2010 | Categories: Oregon photo blog entries, Picture Framing | Tags: art on the go, bend framing, bend oregon artist, bend oregon photographer, bend oregon pictures, bend picture framing, biscuit joner, biscuit slot, blue collar bliss, central oregon photographer, cherry hardwood, dark cherry, fine art framing, fine art landscape photographs, grizzly 1023, grizzly table saw, hardwood, hardwood industries, large format photographs, large format photography, lava lands wood shop, oregon fine art pictures, oregon framing, oregon landscape photographer, oregon landscape pictures, oregon picture framing, oregon woodworking, stronger joint, wood rabbit, wood working rabbit | Leave A Comment »

I’m excited to announce that I recently hung some of my new Oregon Landscape Photography at the Volcano Vineyards Tasting room in Downtown Bend. Their address is 126 NW Minnesota St., which is located between Bond St. and Wall St. Through some mutual friends, Mark Merrick and Susan Ruzzo, we have gotten to know Scott [...]
Jan 06, 2010 | Categories: Central Oregon Fine Art Landscape Photography, Exhibits, Oregon photo blog entries | Tags: 3finger jack, alpine stream, bend art show, bend fine art, bend or, bend or art, bend or photos, bend or pics, bend or pictures, bend oregon wine, bend waterfall, benham falls, benham falls photo, benham falls picture, benham waterfall, canyon creek meadow, canyon creek photo, downtown bend, downtown bend art show, fall color photos, mount washington picture, mt. washington photo, oregon autumn color, oregon fall color, oregon fine art, oregon landscape photography, oregon lupines, oregon mount washington, oregon mountain photos, oregon mt washington photo, oregon mt. washington, oregon photos, oregon vine maple, sparks lake, sparks lake photo, sparks lake picture, three fingered jack, vine maple, vine maple photo, volcano syrah, volcano vineyards, volcano wine | Leave A Comment »

Bigger isn’t always better! I have to keep telling myself this as I make my newer, smaller sized 11×14 inch prints and the frames that go with them. I’ve always prided myself in being able to capture and create impeccably detailed large fine art prints, up to 40×50 inches. Because I love the look and [...]
Dec 20, 2009 | Categories: Central Oregon Fine Art Landscape Photography, Oregon photo blog entries | Tags: 11x14, 11x14 fine art print, 11x14 print, 4x5 camera, bend happy holidays, bend oregon art, bend oregon christmas gifts, bend oregon gifts, bend oregon holiday, bend oregon landscape photography, bend oregon photograph, bend oregon photos, bend oregon pics, bend oregon pictures, bend park photo, bend photos, bend prints, cherry wood frames, christmas gifts, fine art framing, framed 11x14 prints, holiday gifts, oregon fine art landscape, oregon holiday gifts, oregon landscape photographs, oregon landscape photography, oregon large format, shevlin park photo, shevlin park picture, tumalo creek photo | Leave A Comment »

Last summer, My wife ,Debbie, My Daughter, Emma and I made what has become an annual overnight pilgrimage to one of my favorite camping locations, Canyon Creek Meadows, at the base of Central Oregon’s Three Fingered Jack Mountain. I visit this location at least once per summer because it is beautiful, relatively easy to access, [...]
Dec 13, 2009 | Categories: Central Oregon Fine Art Landscape Photography, First Friday Fine Art Shows | Tags: 3 finger jack, 4x5 camera, beautiful sunrise, bend minnesota st, bend oregon art, bend oregon photographer, bend oregon photography, canyon creek meadow, central oregon cascades, central oregon photography, central oregon pictures, debbie putnam, downtown bend, large format camera, lupine field, lupine meadows, oregon camping, oregon cascades picture, oregon landscape photography, oregon landscape photos, oregon lupine, oregon mountain sunrise, oregon photographer, oregon photography blog, oregon sunrise, oregon syrah, oregon volcano picture, oregon wildflowers, oregon wildflowers picture, s, three fingered jack photo, volcano vineyards, volcano vineyards tasting room | Leave A Comment »

Despite what you might think, I often find more difficulty with macro photography than I do with the big sweeping western landscapes for which I’m more well known. Frankly, finding and capturing very small yet attractive scenes is very challenging for me. What small scene is interesting enough to merit the expense and time commitment [...]
Nov 27, 2009 | Categories: Oregon photo blog entries | Tags: 4x5 camera, art photography, bend art gallery, central oregon art gallery, dussin pinot noir, fine art print, large format camera, large format photography, macro photography, oregon art gallery, oregon autumn photograph, oregon landscape picture, oregon macro photography, penner ash, penner ash 2007 pinot noir, penner ash dussin vineyard, penner ash pinot noir, photography terroir, pinot noir terroir, swirling autumn groundcover | 2 Comments »

The next of my soon to be released fine art prints is one that I’ve been trying to capture for two years now. It is a location that I have to thank Troy McMullin for. He scouted this image quite some time ago and I’ve searched for the appropriate conditions to make this shot work [...]
Nov 25, 2009 | Categories: Oregon photo blog entries | Tags: 4x5 camera, large format camera, mount washington photo, mount washington print, mountain fall color, mountain sunrise, mt. washington photo, oregon 4x5 photographer, oregon beauty, oregon cascade pics, oregon cascades photograph, oregon fine art, oregon fine art photograph, oregon fine art photos, oregon large format photographs, oregon limited edition prints, oregon mount washington, oregon mountain pics, oregon mountain pictures oregon cascades pictures, oregon mt. washington, oregon natural beauty, oregon photo location, oregon photography collectors, oregon scenic photoss, oregon scenic pics | 2 Comments »