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Washed Ashore Project - Bandon, Oregon

I usually use this blog to showcase my clients and my favorite images from their sessions - and while I will continue to do that (hopefully more often!) I also want to start using this space to showcase my awesome home town as well. In case you don't know - I live in beautiful "Bandon By the Sea" on the Southern Oregon Coast. While I shoot all over the United States - the majority of my weddings and portrait sessions are in Oregon. As I have told many brides and grooms - "I am a 'Destination Photographer;' your wedding is my destination." I crack myself up. ;)

Between sessions the other day, I was able to sit at my favorite local coffee shop and relax for a few minutes. Outside of the Bandon Coffee cafe were these amazing pieces of art, and I wanted to share them with you.

 

The Washed Ashore Project was started in Bandon Oregon. From their Facebook page:

The Artula Institute for Arts and Environmental Education's Washed Ashore Project works to increase awareness of the global tragedy of plastics pollution in the ocean. We accomplish this by collecting marine debris through organized beach clean- ups. The collected trash is used to create large scale sculptures of sea life threatened by the debris. The sculptures are created by volunteers in our workshops held twice a week. The finished sculptures become part of a traveling educational exhibit that tours the country. A curriculum has been developed to accompany the exhibit through an action/activity book targeting grades k-12. Other activities associated with these efforts include outreach programs that educate and encourage community members to become part of the solution to a serious pollution problem. We partner with schools, 4-H, scout programs, youth centers, local businesses, city athletic organizations and many more to spread the word about plastics pollution and to teach citizens to become better stewards of our lands and seascapes.

 

The Washed ashore project is now in the Harbortown Event center in Old Town Bandon. If you want to see these amazing pieces of art up close and in person, please visit them there.

Go Big - Update!

The fabulous Amber sent me a pic of her big pic hanging in her living room!  Love it!

Thanks so much for sharing Amber! 

I am going to be swimming in albums over the next few weeks - so watch for those before Thanksgiving! Today I am second shooting for Sean Morrison in downtown Portland - have a great week everyone!

GO BIG!!

Want to know the fastest way to turn your photos into "art"?  GO BIG!! 

I was SO thrilled when Amber and Jared decided to get a BIG print (24" x 36") of one of their wedding pictures. I waited until I delivered it to them to show these pictures because I wanted them to see it first. They plan on hanging it above their couch (I would love a pic of it hanging once you have it up Amber!).

This is above the mantel in my living room so you can get a feel for how it looks!

 

Thanks so much you guys - I hope you love it!

My First "Art" Show

It took a lot of work - but I have my first art show hanging in downtown Albany at Wyatts Eatery and Brewhouse.  Big thanks to manager Melissa Koons for letting me hang the prints and helping me as well!

Also - I have to thank Mona Lisa Framing in Albany for helping me get these all framed - it was a bear to find all of these cool barnwood frames - but they helped whip them all together in no time flat!!

On the rodeo subject - I will be in California so I don't get to go :(  But there is a big rodeo this weekend at the Linn County Fairgrounds.  Its the annual Valentines day rodeo - Cupids Cowboy challenge.  I heard the radio commercial the other day and it said that there were going to be all the typical rodeo events including Muttin' Bustin'.   Which, I must say is the cutest thing ever!!  If you have never seen 4-7 year olds hanging on to the backs of running sheep before - its seriously a must see event.

So - I will be out of town until the 15th - I will have daily internet access - and my cell phone - so call me if you need anything! :)