Today I returned from my trip to Portland and I apologize for not getting some updates on here while I was gone but time was well spent with family and behind my camera. The trip was sparked by the event of moms first tattoo and something that was said around 20 years ago. We have a family named Big Island Mike Castillo that is a tattoo artist and she told him when she was ready he would give her her first tattoo. For around a year or two she has been ready to commit but just needed the time when the both of them would be in the same place and that time came when Big Island had a trip planned to Portland where my mom and her husband live. The three of us spent a day getting tattoo'd by Big Island and my mom woke up the next morning with two more planned. Big thanks to Matthew Mattison at "The Little Tattoo Shoppe" in Portland for hosting us. She's pretty funny. Filling the rest of the trip was beautiful Oregon countryside and one nocturnal mission through part of the city. I dropped a roll of film off at Austin Camera with more landscape shots which I look forward to sharing on my Instagram page after I get them scanned until then enjoy these from my digital piece.
