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Wallen Arts & Photography

Ramblings Of A Colorblind Photographer

About Me

Wallen Arts & Photography Business Website http://www.wallenarts.com
Artistic Portfolio
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goondockjeff/sets/
Serving Portland Oregon and surrounding areas


Photography is at the very center of my life. It has been since I got my first camera at age 9. I shoot for my own artistic expression as well as shoots for weddings and events. I have worked for various couples in the Portland area and with the Astoria Warrenton Chamber of commerce.


I work both in black and white hand developed hand printed and sometimes hand colored 35mm and 120mm films as well as digital slr.



Most of my artistic photography draws from personal experience and inner feelings, but then I think most photographers are the same way.

I currantly have several different sets in process for my first show. The sets draw from childhood memories of horror and sci-fi imagery as well as actuall life happenings that seem to leave that familiar yet all to uncomfortable feeling one gets as a child at various times. I hope to re-stir those memories and feelings in my viewers and my first show, while probubly strange to many, will be a sort proof positive if I have succeeded in doing so, or not.


If you live in the PDX area and are available to do some modeling for me, I will give you full credit for your appearance in my work as well as copies of the final images you appear in. Please message me if you are interested.


Well, thats pretty much it, feel free to browse the few images I have here on myspace or drop into my flickr photo account by clicking on the badge below.



For event photography examples please visit my business website at http://www.wallenarts.com or my flickr account to view my art. Thank you!


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My Interests


The Ramblings of a Colorblind Photographer

Color


by Shel Silverstein

My skin is kind of sorta brownish
Pinkish Yellowish white.

My eyes are greyish blueish green,
But im told they look orange in the night.

My hair is reddish blondish brown,
But its silver when its wet.

And all the colors I am inside
Have not been invented yet

S.S.

Color, afterall, is in the eye of the beholder. We all see color, but it is subjective. Being able to "SEE" light? Now that's the challange!

J.W.

I'd like to meet:


POQbum.com

Music:

Anything new and inspiring. Peter Gabriel, The Killers, Linkin Park, White Stripes, Goldfrapp (which has one of the coolest websites I have ever seen, oh oh oh yeah, Finger Eleven, and Nickel Creek etc.

Movies:

Goonies, Stranger than fiction, Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (thanks to Chelle), All the Austin Powers Movies, Waynes World, Dogma, Duece Bigalo part one not two yikes, Band of Brothers.

Television:

MXC, Family Guy, two and a half men.... ohhhh so funny,

Books:

Kerouac, London, wolf, and anything and everything related to photography and artistic photographic works.

Heroes:

My dad.

Clarence John Laughlin

Imogene Cunningham

Smith Eliot for showing me there is a lot more to photography than just clever compositions. Thanks Smith, You RAWK!

My best friend Nate, just for being Nate.

My Mom, because without her, there is no me. For her giving of herself completely when it comes down to her kids. Unselfish and dedicated....

And Michelle Province, for showing me who I am and how to grow.

AND this kid.... Korean boy sings "Hey Jude"

My Blog

Tomorrow is a big day!

The show is tomorrow! YEAH! Im very much excited, nervous, depressed, and contemplative all at the same time. I think that the show will be fun, regardless of turnout or anything else for that matter....
Posted by Wallen Arts & Photography on Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:17:00 PST

2:00 A.M. rambling on.

Drunks and kidsfolks on the skidnoise, noise everywhere....Privacy non-existent peering eyes every instantlonging for a home of my own.....Tied to my fateby ropes of moneychains of past datesand locks...
Posted by Wallen Arts & Photography on Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:55:00 PST

Second class love

I am not who you think you see, in a line of one I am still second. Even If you spend time with me, it is only later that you beckon. It's going to take all I've got, and I am prepared to finish alon...
Posted by Wallen Arts & Photography on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:04:00 PST

Take one part dog, add two parts being left alone, pile on three parts nilla waffers

Nope thats not a recipe for puppy parfait......Yup, lil stinker, I was only gone for 12 minutes! 12! And he got the box of Nilla wafers down from the end table onto the floor. He then proceeded to ope...
Posted by Wallen Arts & Photography on Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:51:00 PST

Fire and Rain

Excerpt:Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend But I always thought that I'd see you again Been...
Posted by Wallen Arts & Photography on Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:40:00 PST

Love on the street car.

I see the two of them kissing, sharing love on the street car. Holding on instead of missing, It caught me somewhat off guard. Stop after stop after stop after stop, closer and closer and closer they ...
Posted by Wallen Arts & Photography on Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:13:00 PST

Eagle Vs. Shark

Okay so if you walk a slightly different line than most, laugh at the truer side of thing in life, and just in general want to experience a walk on the nerdy side....I LOVE THIS geek love story. Its b...
Posted by Wallen Arts & Photography on Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:24:00 PST

Have you Tried, Hoped, Lost?

Have you tried to be me?Have you tried..........to laugh through tears?Have you tried..........to drown in fears?Have you tried to be me?Have you hoped..........for inspiration?Have you hoped............
Posted by Wallen Arts & Photography on Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:16:00 PST

Never seem to care.

Clouds hover over distant hills, rivers, tress, homes, churches, businesses, people and yet, until rain is shed, they never seem to care. A bear eats its wounded kill and while the prey may shutter, c...
Posted by Wallen Arts & Photography on Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:47:00 PST

Do you?

Do I truly deserve love?Does anyone?Have I tried hard enough.Have I learned the proper measures.Does anyone?Do I give enough of myself?Do I speak the truth?Does anyone?Have I followed the customs and ...
Posted by Wallen Arts & Photography on Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:56:00 PST