Coho Photography

Finally back to the world of internet, procrastination, classes, and taking pictures! Photos from the past 9 months accessible in a gallery HERE.

A brief update on happenings in the photographic interests of Benny Boots-

Returning from Semester in the West I was scared into hiding in the coast range west of Portland by incredible amounts of snow! I was able to occupy myself pretty well by skiing in downtown Portland, shoveling snow, logging, shoveling snow, building a cedar strip canoe (work in progress), shoveling more snow, and getting vehicles stuck in the snow. Back to school in January and I somehow managed to ski a couple of times a week through most of the winter at Anthony Lakes, Bluewood and local backcountry secrets. Spring break rolled around and I headed down to Utah with the family for a float trip on the San Juan River. The drive back found us at 1 in the morning 200 miles north of Salt Lake in one of the worst snow storms I have every seen, a year of weird weather. I occupied my spring between more skiing and exploring some local paddling spots such as the Palouse and our backyard play spot on Mill Creek. School ended and I was off to the Umpqua for return guide training with Ouzel Outfitters. I split the summer between working some logging at the beginning for Hyla Woods and getting payed to float down rivers! The summer has sadly come to and end, but not without two Salmon trips (one private and one for Whitman), and a brief climbing adventure to Anthony Lakes where Jon Loeffler and I climbed 5.5 couloirs that we plan on skiing this winter. Not a bad summer, but now back to school and all the fun that comes with that.

In the meantime I am on the hunt for a new big photo project. Do you know some organization that wants pictures of a certain river, someone interested in a photo essay about dam removal?

Please, please, please email me if you have any ideas, thoughts, leads, etc. for a photo project of any persuasion.

In the meantime, enjoy the pictures and hopefully I’ll have more up soon!