Portland After Dark [3]
Tonight is the final evening in my ‘Portland After Dark’ course, and here are the photographs from last weeks course in Downtown Portland. One of the hardest pieces of these courses is selecting which photographs to present for review, I find that my judgement of whether a shot is good comes as much from what I intended as how the shot worked out. Using the other photographers as a touch stone really helps.
| [ ](/u/2007/03/12/raymond_kaskey_portlandia_1.jpg) | **Portlandia** Portlandia is a sculpture by Raymond Kaskey above the entrance of the Portland Building downtown Portland, Oregon, based on the design of the city seal. It depicts a woman in classical clothes with a trident reaching down with right hand to greet visitors to the building. Portlandia is 36 feet high. If standing, she would be approximately over 50 feet high, making her the second largest copper repoussé statue in the United States after the Statue of Liberty. | [ ](/u/2007/03/12/raymond_kaskey_portlandia_2.jpg) | ||
| [ ](/u/2007/03/12/standard_plaza_portland.jpg) | **Standard Plaza** Standard Plaza, headquarters of the Standard Insurance Company, was originally designed for Georgia-Pacific by Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill. At the time of construction (1971), it was the tallest reinforced concrete building in the world. | |||
| [![Fountains at Standard Plaza, Portland [1]](/u/2007/03/12/standard_plaza_portland_fountain_1_thumbnail.jpg) ](/u/2007/03/12/standard_plaza_portland_fountain_1.jpg) | [![Fountains at Standard Plaza, Portland [2]](/u/2007/03/12/standard_plaza_portland_fountain_2_thumbnail.jpg) ](/u/2007/03/12/standard_plaza_portland_fountain_2.jpg) | **Fountain at Standard Plaza** The fountains on the north side of Standard Plaza are light at night, and provide a great subject for photography. Here we have a slow exposure which gives an effect much like an ice sculpure. At faster shutter speeds, the water in the fountain is caught in motion. Light from below, the water flowing across the stone has an almost glass like feel. | [![Fountains at Standard Plaza, Portland [3]](/u/2007/03/12/standard_plaza_portland_fountain_3_thumbnail.jpg) ](/u/2007/03/12/standard_plaza_portland_fountain_3.jpg) | [![Fountains at Standard Plaza, Portland [4]](/u/2007/03/12/standard_plaza_portland_fountain_4_thumbnail.jpg) ](/u/2007/03/12/standard_plaza_portland_fountain_4.jpg) |
| **Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall** | ||||
| [![Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland [1]](/u/2007/03/12/arlene_schnitzer_concert_hall_portland_1_thumbnail.jpg) ](/u/2007/03/12/arlene_schnitzer_concert_hall_portland_1.jpg) | [![Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland [2]](/u/2007/03/12/arlene_schnitzer_concert_hall_portland_2_thumbnail.jpg) ](/u/2007/03/12/arlene_schnitzer_concert_hall_portland_2.jpg) | [![Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland [3]](/u/2007/03/12/arlene_schnitzer_concert_hall_portland_3_thumbnail.jpg) ](/u/2007/03/12/arlene_schnitzer_concert_hall_portland_3.jpg) [![Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland [4]](/u/2007/03/12/arlene_schnitzer_concert_hall_portland_4_thumbnail.jpg) ](/u/2007/03/12/arlene_schnitzer_concert_hall_portland_4.jpg) [![Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland [5]](/u/2007/03/12/arlene_schnitzer_concert_hall_5_thumbnail.jpg) ](/u/2007/03/12/arlene_schnitzer_concert_hall_5.jpg) | [![Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland [6]](/u/2007/03/12/arlene_schnitzer_concert_hall_6_thumbnail.jpg) ](/u/2007/03/12/arlene_schnitzer_concert_hall_6.jpg) | [![Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland [7]](/u/2007/03/12/arlene_schnitzer_concert_hall_7_thumbnail.jpg) ](/u/2007/03/12/arlene_schnitzer_concert_hall_7.jpg) |
| **Neon Glow** [![Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland [7]](/u/2007/03/12/arlene_schnitzer_concert_hall_7_thumbnail.jpg) ](/u/2007/03/12/arlene_schnitzer_concert_hall_7.jpg) | **Reflections** [![Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall Reflections, Portland [1]](/u/2007/03/12/arlene_schnitzer_concert_hall_reflections_1_thumbnail.jpg) ](/u/2007/03/12/arlene_schnitzer_concert_hall_reflections_1.jpg) [![Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall Reflections, Portland [2]](/u/2007/03/12/arlene_schnitzer_concert_hall_reflections_2_thumbnail.jpg) ](/u/2007/03/12/arlene_schnitzer_concert_hall_reflections_2.jpg) | **Lovers** [ ](/u/2007/03/12/portland_lovers_after_dark.jpg) | ||
| [ ](/u/2007/03/12/portloand_first_congregational_united_church_of_christ.jpg) | **First Congregational United Church of Christ** The First Congregational United Church of Christ was established in 1851 was built in 1891, designed by Swiss architect Henry J. Hefty to resemble Old South Church in Boston. It includes stained glass windows designed by Povey Brothers of Portland, and the 175 foot bell tower shown. | |||
| **Portland Neon Glow** [ ](/u/2007/03/12/neon_glow_portland.jpg) | **Portland Neon Motel** [ ](/u/2007/03/12/portland_neon_motel.jpg) | |||