by Mike Putnam | Feb 4, 2015 | bend oregon artist, bend oregon photographer, Bend Oregon Photography Blog
Friends and family of mine are well aware that my wonderful daughter, Emma, attended the Highland Magnet School at Kenwood, located just blocks away from our home in Bend, Oregon. Highland is a K-5th grade school that incorporates the Scottish Storyline method of...
by Mike Putnam | Dec 28, 2014 | abiqua falls, bend oregon artist, bend oregon hiking, bend oregon photographer, Bend Oregon Photography Blog, Bend Oregon Photos/Images, best oregon photos, camp sherman, cleome platycarpa, Deschutes River Landscape photography, fine art landscape photography, fine art landscape prints, fine art photographer, fine art photography, gifts for fly fishermen, golden bee plant, john day painted hills, large format camera, Lower Deschutes River, Metolius River, Middle Deschutes River, mt bachelor poster, Mt. Bachelor Poster, Oregon, oregon fine art photography, oregon photos for sale, oregon three sisters, scott lake, steelhead river, tamolitch pool, three sisters, tumalo Falls
I’ve never done a year in review post before and frankly, the idea scared me. Not because I am not proud of my work, I am quite proud. My trepidation stemmed from the fact that, in most years, I don’t put out a lot of new work. Please don’t...
by Mike Putnam | Sep 12, 2014 | Bend Oregon Photos/Images, fine art landscape photographs, fine art landscape prints, Mt. Jefferson Wilderness, Oregon, Oregon Mountain Photos, Oregon Photography, Oregon Photos, oregon photos for sale
Oregon’s Mt. Jefferson is quite possibly my favorite mountain in the world. Mt. Jefferson is stunning, rugged and remote. It holds lots of snow in summer which tends to make it more photogenic than some other Oregon volcanoes. Also, it is loaded with...
by Mike Putnam | Apr 18, 2014 | Bend Oregon Photography Blog, Bend Oregon Photos/Images, broken top trail, Central Oregon Fine Art Landscape Photography, Mt Jefferson wilderness Area, Oregon, Oregon Photos, oregon photos for sale, smith rock state park, three sisters wilderness area
Let me start this seasonal update by noting that I Love wildflowers. I mean I really love them. I seek them out every year and I do extensive planning around the timing of the peak blooms of different wildflower locations in the Bend, Oregon area. Yesterday, I...
by Mike Putnam | Nov 11, 2012 | Bend Oregon Photography Blog, Bend Oregon Photos/Images, visit bend
Let me start by saying that I love my hometown of Bend, Oregon. I’ve lived in Bend for nearly 15 years and have loved every minute of it. Because of my passion for my hometown of Bend, I would like to proudly announce that One of my landscape photographs...
by Mike Putnam | Jul 7, 2009 | Bend Oregon Photography Blog, Central Oregon Cascade Mountains Greeting Cards
I’ve finally got all the details ironed out and my small initial line of Central Oregon Greeting Cards are now available. I’ve tried out the paypal online payment system and it is working great. I’ve even had a few advanced sales prior to this...
by Mike Putnam | May 3, 2009 | Bend Oregon Photography Blog, Central Oregon Cascade Mountains Greeting Cards
One of my favorite Central Oregon Landscape photos is pictured below on the last of my new line of art cards to be introduced. This mountain image was captured from the summit of Central Oregon’s South Sister Mountain at sunrise. The Pink alpenglow experienced...
by Mike Putnam | Apr 26, 2009 | Bend Oregon Photography Blog, Central Oregon Cascade Mountains Greeting Cards
This beautiful Mt. Jefferson Greeting Card is part of my line of Central Oregon Cascades greeting cards. The cards have allegedly been printed and are in route to Bend but the shipping will take several more days. I’m in the process of setting up e-commerce...
by Mike Putnam | Apr 11, 2009 | Bend Oregon Photography Blog, Central Oregon Cascade Mountains Greeting Cards
For those of you who are regular readers of my updates, hold on to your hats as I’m branching into something entirely different. I’m about to launch a small but super high quality line of art cards, greeting cards, note cards, or whatever you want to call...
by Mike Putnam | Mar 12, 2009 | Bend Oregon Photography Blog, First Friday Art Hop/ Art Walk in Bend, Oregon
I’d like to officially thank Rod Bien of Pandora’s backpack in downtown Bend for hosting my photography show last Friday(3/6/09) The store is great, Rod has always been generous in allowing my huge fine art prints and cumbersome easels to clutter up his...