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I forgot to mention some things in my post about getting out to Wildwood and why it was such a trek. I was kinda beat by the time I got back.
Wildwood, like most Oregon wilderness sites, didn't have much information up online. So, I called to ask about anything I needed to know as someone hiking in rather than driving in and if there was drinking water at the site. I kept being sent to a full voicemail box claiming the employees were furloughed from the Government Shutdown. I was like ... I am pretty sure that is over.
I got out to Sandy and there was an Info Center. The Info Center had a sign saying to ask for Wildwood info. I did. They knew less than me. They told me it was likely closed for the summer. I told them it was a site closed in winter, but open in summer. They were all 'oh'.
So I was just flinging myself at a wilderness area not being sure what the deal would be when I got there. Oregon is just like that. It's both a bad and good thing. It gives Oregon that feeling of exploring, like not everything is stamped and indexed, adventurey feel. It's also annoying, super hard on people with limited time and somewhat dangerous. People love wanderlust and exploring and hidden things, but it's so much better in theory and marketing than in practice.
I was going to ask what the dealio was when I got there. But there was no park attendant. The park host living area was vacant. As far as I could tell, there are no employees at this ecological monitoring site and area of wetlands.
There is another really nice section of public land out that way which is not indexed on google at all, last I checked. Even on google maps it's just a blank area. I need to go back and reshoot that area soon, it's lovely. It's nice to know about a 'secret' trail system that a lot of people don't know about. I only know about it from how much I've explored the area. I know it's public land from the signs on the site. ... either that or it's a super elaborate trap. On the other hand, it's public land and should be more accessible than it is.
As a local with lots of local area knowledge, I basically have privileged access to public land. And that is shit. Public land is public land. But, I am still not going to tag locations of my shoots on Insta or high profile sites because I put in work to find these places. My shooting locations notebook represents a truly ridiculous amount of time doing research and amount of miles walked. Due to various experiences I've had over the past 10 years, my shooting location research is one form of labor that I will not give away for free.
I need to reshoot there so badly. It's lovely, but my few shots are not composed well at all. I really need to take my time there and at Wildwood and get the shots I am after.
Wildwood, like most Oregon wilderness sites, didn't have much information up online. So, I called to ask about anything I needed to know as someone hiking in rather than driving in and if there was drinking water at the site. I kept being sent to a full voicemail box claiming the employees were furloughed from the Government Shutdown. I was like ... I am pretty sure that is over.
I got out to Sandy and there was an Info Center. The Info Center had a sign saying to ask for Wildwood info. I did. They knew less than me. They told me it was likely closed for the summer. I told them it was a site closed in winter, but open in summer. They were all 'oh'.
So I was just flinging myself at a wilderness area not being sure what the deal would be when I got there. Oregon is just like that. It's both a bad and good thing. It gives Oregon that feeling of exploring, like not everything is stamped and indexed, adventurey feel. It's also annoying, super hard on people with limited time and somewhat dangerous. People love wanderlust and exploring and hidden things, but it's so much better in theory and marketing than in practice.
I was going to ask what the dealio was when I got there. But there was no park attendant. The park host living area was vacant. As far as I could tell, there are no employees at this ecological monitoring site and area of wetlands.
There is another really nice section of public land out that way which is not indexed on google at all, last I checked. Even on google maps it's just a blank area. I need to go back and reshoot that area soon, it's lovely. It's nice to know about a 'secret' trail system that a lot of people don't know about. I only know about it from how much I've explored the area. I know it's public land from the signs on the site. ... either that or it's a super elaborate trap. On the other hand, it's public land and should be more accessible than it is.
As a local with lots of local area knowledge, I basically have privileged access to public land. And that is shit. Public land is public land. But, I am still not going to tag locations of my shoots on Insta or high profile sites because I put in work to find these places. My shooting locations notebook represents a truly ridiculous amount of time doing research and amount of miles walked. Due to various experiences I've had over the past 10 years, my shooting location research is one form of labor that I will not give away for free.
I need to reshoot there so badly. It's lovely, but my few shots are not composed well at all. I really need to take my time there and at Wildwood and get the shots I am after.
