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Photographs: Architecture, Photographs: Pacific Northwest, Photographs: Structures and Objects

Beneath the St. Johns Bridge

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Beneath the St. Johns Bridge
Beneath the St. Johns Bridge

Beneath the St. Johns Bridge. Portland, Oregon. May 31, 2013. © Copyright 2013 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Beneath the St. Johns Bridge across the Willamette River, Portland Oregon

Near the end of May we spent a few days in Portland, Oregon on a non-business trip. Most of our time was in the downtown area of Portland, probably mostly in and around the Pearl District. Yes, we did the usual stuff – Stumptown Coffee, repeated trips to Powell’s Books, sampling Oregon beer…

On the final morning before our departure we found ourselves with a few extra hours before we had to get to the airport, so we got out of downtown Portland and visited the area near the St. Johns Bridge. It was a quiet and misty morning, so our walk in the park beneath the bridge was a wet one, but I had time to photograph the bridge and the blossoming dogwood trees nearby. (For those who keep track of such things, this photograph was done using the little Fujifilm X-E1 camera – which is turning out to be a wonderful travel camera.)

G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist whose subjects include the Pacific coast, redwood forests, central California oak/grasslands, the Sierra Nevada, California deserts, urban landscapes, night photography, and more.
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Photographs: Architecture, Photographs: Northern California, Photographs: San Francisco, Photographs: Structures and Objects, Photographs: Urban/Street

Railings, Rack, Sidewalk Shadows

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Railings, Rack, Sidewalk Shadows
Railings, Rack, Sidewalk Shadows

Railings, Rack, Sidewalk Shadows. San Francisco, California. May 31, 2013. © Copyright 2013 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

An accidental geometric abstraction of shapes formed by metal tubes of racks and railings and their shadows, San Francisco

On a late-Spring visit to San Francisco on the weekend when SFMOMA was last open before its two-year closing for remodeling and expansion, I arrived on the Caltrain from the South Bay very early in the morning and had time to wander the streets a bit before going to the museum. At one point I walked past a place close to the museum, a spot I have walked by many times before, and spotted this junction of lines, curves, shadows, and light and dark space.

G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist whose subjects include the Pacific coast, redwood forests, central California oak/grasslands, the Sierra Nevada, California deserts, urban landscapes, night photography, and more.
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Photographs: Pacific Northwest, Photographs: Urban/Street

Trance Entrance

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Trance Entrance
Trance Entrance

Trance Entrance. Seattle, Washington. August 14, 2013. © Copyright 2013 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

A sign with multiple potential meanings, Pike Place Market

There are so many possible bad puns that could be made about the sign in this photograph, especially considering the city in which it was made and other things that were going on in town at that time. I’ll refrain.

On a free day during a recent trip to Seattle we decided to wander around downtown Seattle and do mostly street photography. We started out near Pike Place Market, where there are abundant opportunities to find not only the coffee and food we were seeking, but also lots of interesting “Seattlish” photographic opportunities. As we walked past an entrancing entrance to the Market, I looked up to see some wildly colorful flowers (not that you can tell here!) growing along the edge of the roof and partially hanging over the sign.

G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist whose subjects include the Pacific coast, redwood forests, central California oak/grasslands, the Sierra Nevada, California deserts, urban landscapes, night photography, and more.
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Photographs: Architecture, Photographs: Germany, Photographs: Urban/Street

Antiquariat

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Antiquariat
Antiquariat

Antiquariat. Heidelberg, Germany. July 11, 2013. © Copyright 2013 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Doorway of a bookstore in Heidelberg, Germany

Once we got off the “main drag” (aka, the “hauptstrasse”) in Heidelberg, the streets became even narrower, the crowds diminished, the number of (mostly) young people riding bicycles increased, and there were more small shops that seemed quite unique. I think that this shop sells used or old books from the looks of it, but I’m afraid that I did not go inside to check – I don’t speak more than a few words of German, so a German bookstore was going to be more than a bit of a challenge!

Visually the store was still interesting, though. I’m fascinated by the interesting colors of paint on the walls and by the rather distressed quality of that paint on these old buildings, along with the odd and perhaps misaligned angles – you can see them clearly here if you take a close look at the door and its frame. There were a few small items sitting outside on the steps, but they hardly constituted a display that was guaranteed to grab the attention of passers-by. Inside you can see the inviting ambience of almost any old bookstore, with the warm glow of a lamp sitting on a desk or table.

G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist whose subjects include the Pacific coast, redwood forests, central California oak/grasslands, the Sierra Nevada, California deserts, urban landscapes, night photography, and more.
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Text, photographs, and other media are © Copyright G Dan Mitchell (or others when indicated) and are not in the public domain and may not be used on websites, blogs, or in other media without advance permission from G Dan Mitchell.