Typespace, Portland, Oregon
Beckoning to a lost mechanical era of superb American and European engineering, Typespace is one of the handful of remaining mechanical typewriter sales and service businesses in the United States. The owner was kind enough to allow me to shoot in his repair room - a labyrinth of springs, chemicals, tooling, and parts stacked ceiling high. The entire experience had not a single digital computer insight. The other customer had a 35mm with him, and even the checkout register was a mechanical calculator. And of course, I couldn't visit an actual living typewriter repairman without finding a beautiful Remington 5 that the owner Nickel plated himself. Absolutely splendid.
Ilford Delta Pro 400, Carl Zeiss T* 80mm, f/2.4
Beckoning to a lost mechanical era of superb American and European engineering, Typespace is one of the handful of remaining mechanical typewriter sales and service businesses in the United States. The owner was kind enough to allow me to shoot in his repair room - a labyrinth of springs, chemicals, tooling, and parts stacked ceiling high. The entire experience had not a single digital computer insight. The other customer had a 35mm with him, and even the checkout register was a mechanical calculator. And of course, I couldn't visit an actual living typewriter repairman without finding a beautiful Remington 5 that the owner Nickel plated himself. Absolutely splendid.
Ilford Delta Pro 400, Carl Zeiss T* 80mm, f/2.4
The Benson Hotel
The Benson is a historical landmark in Portland history, and architectural design. Built around 1912, it was finished only a few decades after settlers fought death from disease, famine, and battle, to travel to Portland on the Oregon trail. It was a groundbreaking advancement for the city to bring European architectural design and posh to a city that was still, in many ways, a frontier town.
While we didn't stay here, we enjoyed a Sunday breakfast in it's restaurant, where we met the restaurant manager on duty, Bobby. He has worked at the Benson for 41 years, and gave us a half hour of his time to open some doors to interesting rooms for us to shoot. Thank you, again, Bobby.
Ilford Delta Pro 400, Carl Zeiss T* 80mm, f/2.4
The Benson is a historical landmark in Portland history, and architectural design. Built around 1912, it was finished only a few decades after settlers fought death from disease, famine, and battle, to travel to Portland on the Oregon trail. It was a groundbreaking advancement for the city to bring European architectural design and posh to a city that was still, in many ways, a frontier town.
While we didn't stay here, we enjoyed a Sunday breakfast in it's restaurant, where we met the restaurant manager on duty, Bobby. He has worked at the Benson for 41 years, and gave us a half hour of his time to open some doors to interesting rooms for us to shoot. Thank you, again, Bobby.
Ilford Delta Pro 400, Carl Zeiss T* 80mm, f/2.4
Raven's Manor, a Cocktail bar
On our last night in Portland, we knew we had to top it off with an extra hip bar. We chose to visit Raven's Manor, and it most certainly delivered spooks and libations. Chloe, our bartender, made us several drinks, and even took us on a tour of the basement. We will most certainly return, perhaps with a tripod - the darkness of the environment certainly put Ilford Delta 3200 to the test.
Ilford Delta Pro 3200, Carl Zeiss T* 80mm f/2.4, T* 150mm f/4
Keep Climbing
Its no secret what our favorite airline is. We lucked out on this trip to book a long leg from MCO to SEA on some of Delta's newest equipment, the Airbus A321neo. This airplane, besides being awesome for aerospace and fuel economy reasons, also sports Delta's newest Domestic First Class. These have got to be the nicest first class seats I've ever flown in half a million miles. Yes, Delta, if you see this, please put this on every airplane. Kay, thanks!
And of course, as usual, the crew on this flight was top notch. The Cabin lead even noticed my Hasselblad, turns out, she used to shoot film. Always fun how these vintage machines brings out the photographers to chat with.
Ilford Delta Pro 3200, Carl Zeiss T* 80mm f/2.4, T* 150mm f/4
Its no secret what our favorite airline is. We lucked out on this trip to book a long leg from MCO to SEA on some of Delta's newest equipment, the Airbus A321neo. This airplane, besides being awesome for aerospace and fuel economy reasons, also sports Delta's newest Domestic First Class. These have got to be the nicest first class seats I've ever flown in half a million miles. Yes, Delta, if you see this, please put this on every airplane. Kay, thanks!
And of course, as usual, the crew on this flight was top notch. The Cabin lead even noticed my Hasselblad, turns out, she used to shoot film. Always fun how these vintage machines brings out the photographers to chat with.
Ilford Delta Pro 3200, Carl Zeiss T* 80mm f/2.4, T* 150mm f/4
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The new SkyClub at KSEA
