Well this is a bit overdue. Life happens. You know how it goes. Anyways, I wanted to tell you a bit about an experience I had this fall. It involved photography. And airplanes. If you haven’t read it, you may want to roll back a few blogs and read “Up, Up, and Away“. It’s about the my first journey in my brothers plane with a … Continue reading Up, Up, and Away Pt 2
It was Monday, and without even looking at the forecast I told my wife I was thinking about heading to the coast on Tuesday to shoot sunset. I hadn’t been in a while and didn’t really care about the conditions. I’ve just been shooting as much as I can lately. There was a beach I really enjoy, Indian Beach, and the last few times I … Continue reading The Struggle of Indian Beach
We got totally ripped off in Portland as far as snow goes. Schools were closed, and started late several days. In North Portland where I live we never got more than a 1/2″. This happened twice within a couple weeks of each other. I waited in anticipation. Let down. My friends Dean and Becky live in between Warm Springs and Madras. They have 800 acres … Continue reading A Cold Central Place
Some may relate to this. Some may think I’m out of line. I’m trying to decide whether or not I care. Theres more of us than I can count. People who have picked up cameras over the years and found a passion. Friends and family tell us “You have such a great eye, you should pursue photography!”. We get a little attention, and decide we … Continue reading Do Social Media Algorithms Destroy Your Art Or Just Your Attitude?
I love shooting in the snow. I love playing in the snow, basically doing anything in the snow, for short periods. One of the perks of living in Portland is I usually have the choice. Its an hour away, but I don’t have to deal with it in the city. This year we had a decent storm. But my home in North Portland only got … Continue reading Tamanawas Falls
The only thing I like about flying is it forces me to be bored, which sometimes I need. Something about sharing the inside of a giant metal tube with 200 strangers going 500 miles per hour 30,000 feet in the air just isn’t right in my mind. But sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do. It didn’t bother me as a kid, maybe … Continue reading Up, Up, and Away
Monday December 31, 2018, was forecast not only to have an amazing sunrise, but an equally amazing sunset. At least this was the case according to Skyfire, an app that forecasts colorful sunsets and sunrises. I haven’t shot much landscape photography in the last few months, so I decided I was going to go out with a bang and shoot both. My wife had to … Continue reading New Years Day
I hadn’t really taken a photo excursion since my daughter Olive was born in February. I was breaking a very important promise I had made to myself about focusing on a photo career, and had been working far too much in the film industry. While I made the promise once again, I decided to do one more film starting in late October. So the week … Continue reading A Quick Mess & A Waterfall
As a musician for over 25 years, music was a large part of my life as I started dabbling in photography. To a certain extent, photography pushed music aside as my form of artistic expression. It was a bit odd, going from late nights in dark, loud, drunken rock clubs, to early mornings in serene, completely silent, peaceful landscapes. When I first started shooting, … Continue reading Rock ‘n Roll
I had a vacation planned for January of 2018 to travel to Maui to spend some time with friends. Kind of my last hoorah before the arrival of my daughter in March. There were some complications, and I realized that I wouldn’t really be able to relax with a seven and a half month pregnant wife at home. So I decided to cancel a week before the trip. In substitute, I decided to take a much shorter trip, to Central Oregon, staying much closer to home. Continue reading “Crater Lake 2018- A Battle With My Mind”
Jarred Decker Photography 