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Charisa Martin Cairn
@charisa.bsky.social
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Portrait Photographer, dog nut, Queer AF
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ICM shots (intentional camera movement) -this technique creates interesting abstracts.

Photos 1&2 are the same subject, just shot and processed differently.

Shot with iPhone 13 Pro Max

#streetphotography
#ICMphotography
#PDXphotography
November 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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I took a photo of this still life, then used AI sleight-of-hand to create a digital painting.
October 5, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Walkabout, Portland, OR; Tilikum Crossing area; March 2023
#StreetPhotography
#PortlandOregon
#Photography
August 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Walkabout, Portland, OR; Tilikum Crossing area; March 2023
#BlackandWhiteStreetPhotography
#StreetPhotography
#PortlandOregon
#TilikumCrossing
August 28, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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A reminder to always photograph what you love. I took these snapshots of my children with a film Canon AE-1 30+ years ago; I then printed these precious photos on fiber paper and hand tinted them in the 1990's.
#NationalPhotographyDay
#FilmPhotography
#PortraitPhotography
Photo of a toddler in denim overalls and wearing an adult Stetson cowboy hat. Photo taken by Charisa Martin Cairn in the '80s, hand printed on fiber paper and hand tinted color in the 1990's. Photo of a young girl, a redhead, wearing a denim jacket, sitting on a rough-hewn log swing. Photo taken by Charisa Martin Cairn in the '90s, hand printed on fiber paper and hand tinted color in the 1990's.
August 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Interested in sitting for a portrait? Are you 60+ and in SW WA or willing to travel here? Send me a DM and tell me something about yourself.
May 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Knitting is meditation in a world of noise. Finished the first of my hat series based on palettes from photos I have taken.

#knittingforsanity
#knitting
#strandedknitting
#twocolorknitting
April 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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A walk in the woods is always a good thing.
#landscapephotography
#mothernatureknowsbest
Close up of leaf debris on forest floor. Colors are brown with pops of yellow lichen and green moss.
March 15, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Perpetual feels lately:
March 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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American Hero, Judge Beryl A. Howell. She stood between us and the corrupt administration and held her constitutional ground. Thank you Judge Howell.
March 14, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Constant drumbeat—adding to the din.
March 10, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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It is so lovely to see Mother Nature not giving a hoot about the commotion in politics and just being her glorious self. Lacamas park, WA
#landscapephotography
#mothernatureportraits
March 9, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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Drove over to take photos of the newest grand pup. Axel is his name (name meaning: “father of peace”).

#portraitphotography
#puppiesofbluesky
March 3, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Happy Anniversary to my Sweetheart of 21 years! We will take joy where we can. Carol is my harbor in a rough storm.
February 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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From yesterday’s protest in Vancouver WA

#resist #anti-fascism
February 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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February 16, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Passed by three times before I decided to turn around and take the shots. Old buildings are one of my favorite subjects.
February 16, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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What’s Claude’s Take?

Read one AI’s analysis of one Trump EO from 29 Jan 2025 concerning Education.
February 4, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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Th city looks so magical at night. Portland, OR; 19 JAN 2025

#CityscapePhotography
#LandscapePhotography
#NightPhotography
January 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Something beautiful and calming this January day.

I would love to be a beta tester on an alternative to TikTok! Please and thank you.

@skylight.social
January 20, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Under the Milky Way, the stars went on forever. The scale of it all made one thing clear: we’re probably not alone. I felt small but connected, just one piece of something infinite. August 2021, Mount St. Helens, SW Washington
#astrophotography #landscapephotography
December 25, 2024 at 10:52 PM
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One more!
An intriguing photograph of tree limbs against a blue sky. The leaves have fallen from the outer branches, but are still clinging to the trunk. The yellow leaves that grow on thin branches straight out from the thick trunk look like spangled jewelry. Shot at Lake Sacajawea in October 2024, in Longview, Washington.
December 9, 2024 at 3:30 PM
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Another!
A sweeping view of Lake Sacajawea in full color in October 2024. A few shows a lake surrounded by trees that are in various fall colors of red yellow, orange and green. Lake Sacajawea is located in Longview Washington.
December 9, 2024 at 3:30 PM
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More from this walk in October.
A color photo of two large tree trunks, framing several trees in full autumn color of reds and yellows. Photographed at Lake Sacajawea in Longview, Washington, October 2024.
December 9, 2024 at 3:30 PM
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One of my favorite walks in the area is Lake Sacajawea in Longview Washington. It’s a well documented Arboretum with a variety of gorgeous big deciduous trees. It’s always wonderful to walk there in every season.
A color photograph of trees in Autumn. The dominant color is yellow. Ling shadows of the trees are cast in the lawn of fallen leaves . The photograph almost looks like an oil painting. The location is Longview, Washington and the walk is around Lake Sacajawea.
December 9, 2024 at 3:30 PM