Week Five ! Environmental Portraits

Environmental Portraits!

Meet Sherry Spear at Spearit Bead Co. !

This is Shelly Spear, owner of Spearit Bead Company in Historic Downtown Albany near Monteith river park. I got the chance to chat with her about her shop and what's special and interesting about it! They opened their doors in October of 2005, in a different location down on 4th street near the Pix Theatre. Did you know that they are the largest bead store in the Willamette Valley and maybe even all of Oregon?! They have a wide selection of materials of beads, and jewelry making supply, such as antique ,glass, stone ,pearl, shell, coral and even bone beads! "If you can imagine it, we've got it!" Spear told me. There are many great options along with amazing prices over at Spearit Beads !

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Week Three !

Week Three ! a walk through the farmers market Getting fresh, local, Oregon honey! An array of lively plants at the Albany Farmers Market. Owner of Sunreach farms,

Photo Story! Midway Farms !

Welcome to Midway Farms ! Located midway between Albany and Corvallis along highway 20 is a small, but mighty farmers market! They opened in 1998 and have been going strong since. Their hours are 10am to 6pm seven days a week! When you walk up to the storefront, you are washed over with a welcoming tone as stroll by the arrangement of houseplants and herbs for sale outside. The store is a refurbished barn with a downstairs store and upstairs preparations area and storage. Close up of rows of growing plants! Here you can see poppies, kale cabbage and strawberries all big and strong! This may not look like much to the average person but Midway farms goes for sustainability and small-scale farming to ensure top quality crops! \Once inside of the store you will notice all the homemade goods the farm can offer: not only fresh fruits and veggies but also jams, sauces, salsa, pickled items and gluten free baked goodies! Did you know that they are Oregon's only dedicated gluten free farm?

Photographer Of The Week ! Ansel Adams

Ansel Adams Ansel Adams was born the 20th of February,1902 in San Francisco . He was a rebellious student, having to be pulled out of school at the age of only 12. He showed to be not only a talented, self taught musician and pianist but also a great photographer when he got his first camera in 1916. During his 20’s he worked at a Yosemite national parks Lodge as a custodian but also produced landscape photography of the surrounding area. During this time photography and music were both equally important to him. When he got into his 30’s he decided to devote the rest of his life to photography. He is now considered one of the most important landscape photographers of the 20th century. He was a strong conservationist and it showed through his photographs of the last untouched wilderness in the Western United States. He goes for a really crisp, clear, focused look in all of his pictures compared to other photography at the time that had a softer focus. Adams was the director the

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