Photography at Double Mountain Brewery in Hood River, Oregon!
Hood River, Oregon has long been one of my favorite cities in the world. We have some wonderful friends who live in Hood River, so we have become familiar with the Hood River Valley over the last decade and a half. As a landscape photographer, the Hood River Valley may be as beautiful as anywhere in the state of Oregon. Like my hometown of Bend, Oregon, Hood River is not only attractive, but it has great beer. A relative newcomer on the Hood River beer scene, Double Mountain Brewery was established approximately 4 years ago and they are already my favorite Hood River Brewery. With Beers such as Hop Lava, IRA, Vaporizer, and my personal favorite, Fa,La,La,La, Double Mountain Brewery has been tremendously successful in their first four years. The environment at Double mountain is an excellent hybrid of cozy and funky, just the way I like brewpubs to be! As you might have suspected, My Oregon landscape Photography is currently hanging at Double Mountain and will be there until the end of July. I think my photos look great there and I hope that they are being well received by the Double Mountain patrons. Below is one of the six landscape photos I currently have displayed at Hood River’s favorite brewpub.
Mount Jefferson
I debated which of my oregon photographs to hang at Double mountain for quite some time. The primary issue was should I share photos from the Hood River/ Columbia River Gorge area or should I hang images from my home area near Bend, Oregon. In the end I decided that the good folks of Hood River had probably seen enough Hood River Valley Photos and that photographs from Central Oregon might be a nice change of pace.
Balsamroot and Basalt Columns
It is also my understanding that a fair number of Hood River residents enjoy periodic visits to Bend and perhaps they would enjoy a reminder of the Central Oregon vacation. While I think my landscape photography looks great at Double Mountain, I’m very open to feedback regarding the appropriateness of displaying Central Oregon Photographs in the heart of the Columbia River Gorge. Does anyone think I should switch out my photo at mid month and include more from the Hood River/ Columbia River Gorge area? If you do think I should make a change, please leave me a note in the comment section at the end of this blog entry. If I do decide to change up the images at Double Mountain, the first update will most likely come from my Facebook Page, so please check there for updates.
Bend Oregon's Sparks Lake
I’d like to extend a special thanks to the kind staff at Double Mountain. They were very accommodating while I was hanging my art in there awesome brewpub. Thanks Double Mountain! If any of you readers happen to live in the Hood River area, pleas stop by Double Mountain sometime this month and tell them that their landscape photography looks great!
Cheers,
Mike Putnam
The Art of Photography partners with the Art of Brewing! First Friday Art Walk at the Bend Brewing Company!
I’ve had lots of different Landscape photography exhibits at the Bend Brewing Company, but this one is a little different! First of all, this will be part of downtown Bend’s First Friday Art Walk. Art will will take place between 5-9PM Friady May 6th 2011. For those poor hopless(sorry!) souls, that have never been to the Bend Brewing Company, it is located at 1019 Northwest Brooks Street in Downtown Bend. Finally you can have some great beer with your art filled Friday night stroll. I’ll unveil following four brand new prints at the Bend Brewing Company Friday night.
Columbia River Gorge
Patriarch Juniper Tree
Deschutes River Trail
Mariposa Lilies
All these new fine art Landscape Photographs and that isn’t even the exciting part of the evening. One of my images, will grace the label of a new Bottled beer, Outback X made by the BBC. Pretty Awesome for a beer drinking photographer like myself! Both Me and Superstar brewmaster, Tonya Cornet will be on hand to sign beer bottles, and perhaps drink beer! Stop by and enjoy the fun!
Cheers,
Mike Putnam
Oregon’s Columbia River Gorge and Crown Point.
I recently got some transparencies back from processing and I think my next Fine Art Landscape print is amongst those bright beautiful chromes! Below is one of the images I took on the way back from a late summer trip I took to Mt. Rainier National Park. To see some of the photos I shot at Mt. Rainier, visit the following link to our Oregon Stock Photography site, Pacific Crest Stock. Mt. Rainier Stock Photos. The Photo seen below was actually a wonderful bonus from that trip.
Oregon's beautiful Columbia River Gorge with Crown Point and the famed Vista House.
I was returning from Mt. Rainier and nearing Oregon’s Columbia River Gorge and I saw some great clouds forming over the east end of the gorge. I high-tailed it up to the women’s forum and it’s stunning view of the amazing Columbia River Gorge below. The light played off of the clouds beautifully while warm sunset light bathed the cliffs below crown point and the vista house. I was fortunate enough to capture this dramatic scene with my large format camera which means it will allow me to make some stunning large format prints from this wonderful evening.
I’ve driven through the Columbia River Gorge dozens of times and I’ve always been floored by its beauty, but I’ve never gotten any great shots that include the Columbia River in them. One of the things that motivates me as a photographer is a desire to adequately represent a given location. I truly love the landscapes I get to experience as a landscape photographer, particularly those in my home state of Oregon. If I capture a stunning location( like the Columbia River Gorge) with my 4×5 camera and I’m able to share our Oregon landscapes as seen in wonderful natural light, then that is a great day at the office!
Part of the difficultyI’ve had with photos of the Columbia River Gorge is that there are few locations that accentuate the depth and textures of this national treasure. This view from the women’s forum is the best I’ve encountered. With the vertical volcanic wall below Crown Point, Oregon’s landmark Vista House,the sandy shores of the Columbia River, the layered points along the Washington side of the Columbia River, the distant Beacon Rock, Oregon’s ubiquitous evergreens, and finally and stunning light show presented against a phenomenal arrangement of sunset clouds, this photograph is exactly how I wanted to capture Oregon’s Iconic Columbia River Gorge.(Sorry about the run-on sentence, my past english professors are cringing!) If you’d like to view a framed print from this glorious evening, please contact me and I’ll let you know where one can be viewed.
Thanks for visiting,
Mike Putnam
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