Went to a meeting this morning, but I also took a brief walk back in time

I had the opportunity to go into what is incorrectly referred to as the Old Union Station building down on Saint John Street this morning for a meeting, what a neat old building. I would have loved to have seen it as a train station. I want to go back just to photograph, but here is one Photograph that I did get after my meeting.

The building at 222 Saint John Street was not the station itself, but it was the Maine Central Railroad General Office Building.  The station was next door (where Maine hardware is now) and it was torn down in 1961 so a lame strip mall (that now sits half empty) could be built.  The demolition of the station irked some Portlanders, and that is what started the preservation movement in Portland, and the creation of Greater Portland Landmarks.

Rainy nights in Portland, a last minute show and more . . .

This past week has been a busy one, with getting ready for a last minute show which is now hanging at Gauchos Brazilian Steakhouse 100 Commercial St. Portland, ME, for more information you on my show you can go here. Also with the past few days of rainy weather I have been really inspired, so I have been photographing a lot especially at night, you can see some photographs over on my website, and there are more below as well. This week I have been trying my hand at some digital pinhole photography with my DSLR after I came across this blog post earlier in the week. It has been very neat experimenting with it and getting the pinhole “just right”, not too big/small, getting a perfectly round hole etc. The whole digital thing is great because I am not wasting a bunch of film, though this digital pinhole work has showed me just how dirty my sensor is with what looks like a water mark or ring, and a bunch of other crap. So this week I am going to pick up a sensor cleaning kit and try cleaning it myself, but I am not looking forward to doing this task.

 Show at Gauchos Brazilian Steakhouse

go check it out

Rainy Nights in Portland

Portland

 To see a night 3 shot panoramic of Portland from Stand pipe Park in the East End, and more photographs click here

Novare Res

Bicycles

Spring and Park Street

Stars & orbs

Regency Hotel

MacWorth Island

Tideline

Ducksoup

 Fall Dance # 2

Fishing

Some digital pinhole work 

(with a very dirty sensor, though cleaned up the shots a bit in photoshop)