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Pacific Northwest SUbforum???

Any others interested?
At this point, response extremely light. If no greater interest, we'll drop the project.
Most respondents had a preference for the Seattle region, with Portland coming in second.
 

1) I'd be interested in attending.

2) Meet and greet and show work.

3) Seattle, Portland, Olympia in that order.

4) August, September, October - no preference.

5) Evening, single day, or overnight in a hotel/motel - no preference.
 
1) I'd be interested in attending.

2) Meet and greet and show work.

3) Vancouver B.C., Seattle, Olympia in that order.

4) August, September, October - no preference.

5) Evening or single day.

Thanks,

Matt
 
Don12x20 said:
Any others interested?
At this point, response extremely light. If no greater interest, we'll drop the project.
Most respondents had a preference for the Seattle region, with Portland coming in second.
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I'm definitely interested. I'm in Newport, OR, so my location vote would be for Portland (or second choice: Newport, OR!). An aside I'll throw in: Kirk Keyes and I are hosting a dry plate/silver gelatin emulsion shindig August 9 in Portland and August 10 in Newport. We're seeing a good interest level, so I think it's a very good chance a PNW APUG group would fly.

Denise Ross
 
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I already have sent in my vote. Maybe Denise and Kirks workshop would be a great draw. Portland or Newport works for me.
Maybe the PNW group should divide into sections as well?
 
Robert Brummitt said:
I already have sent in my vote. Maybe Denise and Kirks workshop would be a great draw. Portland or Newport works for me.
Maybe the PNW group should divide into sections as well?
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Maybe we are looking at too big of deal. If 5 or 6 people meet in Seattle, 5 or 6 meet in Portland, 5 or 6 meet in Vancouver, BC, then we can go from there. We don't need a convention of 100 people do we? Start small and see what happens.
 
I just found this. Sounds like fun.

Although I live in Anacortes, WA, I like Ashland and like to shoot around there. I've heard there might be some trout, too, maybe. My favorite Mexican Restaurant is in Grant's Pass ("We don't have a chef, we have a grandma"). If time worked out right, it is possible I'd make my way from there to Eastern Oregon afterward.

Seriously, though, I really think that Portland makes the most sense, and not just because I go there a lot, have friends and relatives there, went to school there. It is pretty much central, has lots of great things to do and see, and is the historic center of NW photography at least as far as I'm concerned due to Minor White's presence from the 1930's to the early '70's. Also, it is a unique art environment, really, so much more friendly and interesting than say, Seattle. My wife and I were just discussing the difference. We'd rather be in Portland, more human, less art "clici", less pretension. I'm pretty hard on my home town I guess, but hey, I have been there more than once. She said "it's true in poetry just as much as in visual art" -- I was going to say "it's true in visual art, just as much as in poetry". Portland has been a wonderful art community since the last decades of the nineteenth century.

Vancouver, except for the fact that it is at the frontier of the region for most Cascadians or Jeffersonians, has those same wonderful features, plus the best damn food on the planet and one of the world's most beautiful settings for a city. Too bad about the rate of exchange! I love Vancouver, it is nearby, we go there frequently, or used to when we could afford it. But it is a heck of a drive from say, Arcata CA.

Tacoma? No Way. I'm From Tacoma. Amocat spelled backwards (Richard Brautigan). Finally got out of there. The only reason I'm ever going to go there is to see my grand-daughter.

I'm a non joiner trying to come out from under my rug collection. I think that is what happens when you realize you are getting sort of oldish and could possibly even die someday if you aren't careful. I have a time window from mid August through about Mid September, but you know, plans change, things come up, and people drop out of the sky. I'm expecting at least one visitor I can't miss who is a bit unpredictable. He hangs out with native americans and they don't use calendars like we do - at least the ones he knows. So, I don't know about that yet. Hard to plan around something like that.
 
msage said:
Maybe we are looking at too big of deal. If 5 or 6 people meet in Seattle, 5 or 6 meet in Portland, 5 or 6 meet in Vancouver, BC, then we can go from there. We don't need a convention of 100 people do we? Start small and see what happens.
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I'm fine with this. The Oregon group meets in Portland or some other area. The Seattle group meets where they wish and The Vancouver group the same and maybe once in awhile we can all meet or not. I think it would be great to meet others who are into photography and shares the same love of the PNW.

Again, I would suggest for the Oregon groups to meet at Denise and Kirk's workshop. I believe its free and Kirk has informed me that it has three people in either the Portland and the Oregon coast site.
 
bowzart said:
I just found this. Sounds like fun.


Tacoma? No Way. I'm From Tacoma. Amocat spelled backwards (Richard Brautigan). Finally got out of there. The only reason I'm ever going to go there is to see my grand-daughter.
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What a minute, I am from Tacoma and love it .
 
OK, looks like a split into
BC/Vancouver
Seattle
Portland
Northern California
Maybe we stick together and try to get a forum going. I'm interested in meeting the others, depending upon venue and timing with work.

Anyone out there interested in arranging BC? Seattle? Northern California?
I'm still looking at Portland. Checked the coast for rooms -- fully booked through the summer. Everything....from high end rooms to cheapest quarters... From Long Beach Washington down through Florence. Didn't check campgrounds, but I am expecting same. We'll do something inland....
 
There is another group looking to have a gathering. www.nwphotoforum.com look into Todays post/ Portland meet up. . They are meeting on August 12th. They are more portrait photographers but maybe the more the merrier?
I also saw this posting on Craigslist about a possible meeting site. http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/ats/734791906.html
Looks interesting. Maybe for a meet and greet and possible showing of work.
 

I just finish reading "Undaunted Courage" by Stephen E. Ambrose. Its about the trials and adventures of Lewis and Clark and of President Jefferson. Lewis and Clark didn't much care for PNW, its weather and its people.
I believe to each his own. I love it here as I'm sure many of you do as well.
 
Tacoma? No Way. I'm From Tacoma. Amocat spelled backwards (Richard Brautigan). Finally got out of there. The only reason I'm ever going to go there is to see my grand-daughter
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"the aroma of Tacoma"

At least pick some place that's got some scenery.
 
 
Mo Taco Ma

Curt said:
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"the aroma of Tacoma"

At least pick some place that's got some scenery.
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I have to say, even with my prior refusal, that Tacoma has one of the most wonderful physical settings of all the cities in the world with Commencement Bay and Mt. Rainier, Pt. Defiance, and Vashon Island. If only, prior to the railroad's abandonment of the City of Destiny, the Olmstead city plan had been implemented! It would be the purest gem in the pantheon of the world's cities! But it didn't happen.

You probably have NO IDEA what was meant by the "Tacoma Aroma". I grew up there in the 1950's. Asarco spewed out SO2, the Kraft plant H2S. It depended on which way the wind blew. Tacoma is pristine, compared to what it was.

Now, I only object to it for two reasons: 1) personal ghosts, and 2) Dale Chihuly.

Otherwise, Tacoma's ok. Alright. I'll come if it's in Tacoma. But I'll stay at my daughter's in Puyallup. (That's "Pew Allup" for those who don't know).

The attached image is Stadium High School in Tacoma. That's right!
 

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Sounds like they are somewhat equipment focused. Equipment is (I guess) important, but I ain't coming to talk about Equipment! I'll just bring pinhoids if that is the program.

The thing I like best about this organization is that there is room for more than just Flakin' Equipment!

This attachment is one of Tacoma's finest restaurants.
 

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I live in North West part of the Sate of Washington. I would like to be involved.

Leo
 

Why do I LOVE night photos like this so much? I don't know... If it is a slide can I make a couple of Ilfochrome prints from it? (One for me one for you)
 
I worked at Frisco Freeze when I was in high school. I've been all over the country and all around the World and I can say that the best burger is from Frisco Freeze. The grill, and layout has not changed in decades, only a paint job on the outside every decade. There is a drive-in in Forks Washington that comes in second. Sorry I don't know the name.
 

OK, we've got the first suggestion for a place to meet

Matt
 
Did Perry still own it when you worked there? He hung out in his office and placed bets on horses at the track. That's all he did. He became a millionaire off of that place.

If we met there, we'd be just standing out in the parking lot.
 


Yea, Mark was manager and my best friends Mike and Bruce worked there too. Perry Smith and he loved the ponies.
 
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