Graduations 2025

Banks, Ore. HS Graduation

Some photos from the Banks, Oregon High School graduation and Portland Coummunity College’s 2025 Commencement ceremony. As with high school sports, it’s impossible for me to take pictures at one of these events without getting caught up in it. The huge meaning it has for so many people radiates so strongly the power is impossible to escape.

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Images of Hawaii

Magic Sands Beach, Kona Coast
A collection of images, mostly from the Big Island, from some of my trips there. After going the usual tourist route, starting with Waikiki and then Maui, we fell in love with the Big Island (the one named “Hawaii”). It felt more like we thought Hawaii should feel like. The people were wonderful and lot of them were actually born there.

Kona, where we mostly staid, has a comfortable, small-town feel to it. There aren’t many broad, white beaches there. Most are just lava boulders, but the ones that are there are fantastic. The island’s main city is Hilo on its eastern coast.

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