[photojournal] #2 - Orycon 2004
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libertangoLike I said, I want to keep these posts to 2-3 pictures each. I have lots. But the idea is that it enforces a kind of discipline. Somewhat like ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
athenais and her ten-point lists.
So, we went down to Orycon on 5-7 November -- the weekend before last. This is a science fiction convention in Portland, Oregon (since I know some of you aren't fannish).
The hotel is on Hayden Island, which is just across the Columbia River from Vancouver, Washington. Portland is actually about 10 miles farther south on I-5, and against the banks of the Willamette... I'll bet because the Willamette was better behaved to the original Anglo settlers in the 1840s-1850s or so.
Here's the bridge across the Columbia:
As in many fannish events, much of the socializing revolved around food. There was one bunch of us who went to BJ's, a pizza and brewpub place that's on Hayden Island, but is an old favorite of ours from when we used to go their original location at Balboa Beach, in Orange County.
I took a number of shots of just random people crowded in the vestibule, waiting for a table. I like this one of a scout best:
We also hung out in the Fan Room, where many of we older types usually hang out during an Orycon. This is Jenna Faulkner:
Even though I think my Kodak DC4800 digicam does reasonably well under low light conditions (and I hate flash), I'm still fighting for every photon both in that photo, and others of people in the fan lounge. It's a less well lit space than one would think, which only goes to show the ability of the human eye to adjust. I guess I'm saying, yeah, I know that pic is a bit grainy, but I still like it.
athenais and her ten-point lists.So, we went down to Orycon on 5-7 November -- the weekend before last. This is a science fiction convention in Portland, Oregon (since I know some of you aren't fannish).
The hotel is on Hayden Island, which is just across the Columbia River from Vancouver, Washington. Portland is actually about 10 miles farther south on I-5, and against the banks of the Willamette... I'll bet because the Willamette was better behaved to the original Anglo settlers in the 1840s-1850s or so.
Here's the bridge across the Columbia:
As in many fannish events, much of the socializing revolved around food. There was one bunch of us who went to BJ's, a pizza and brewpub place that's on Hayden Island, but is an old favorite of ours from when we used to go their original location at Balboa Beach, in Orange County.
I took a number of shots of just random people crowded in the vestibule, waiting for a table. I like this one of a scout best:
We also hung out in the Fan Room, where many of we older types usually hang out during an Orycon. This is Jenna Faulkner:
Even though I think my Kodak DC4800 digicam does reasonably well under low light conditions (and I hate flash), I'm still fighting for every photon both in that photo, and others of people in the fan lounge. It's a less well lit space than one would think, which only goes to show the ability of the human eye to adjust. I guess I'm saying, yeah, I know that pic is a bit grainy, but I still like it.
