nature – Melinda Ruby Photography

Summer’s Last Adventure (2023)

I took my daughter and one of our dogs camping for one night at Fort Stevens State Park for one […]

I love owls. So much. In the Spring, there are flowers to photograph, in the Summer bodies of water and […]

I am moving in a different direction with my photography, or perhaps it is a return to a previous path. […]

There is something really special about photographing senior pictures especially those with whom I have known their whole life. This […]

Every once in a while I take out my infrared camera: Full spectrum converted Nikon d3200 with IR 720nm filter. […]

I have loaded some of my images to Redbubble for sale. I created two 2018 calendars. You can also purchase […]

Ok, I am very far behind in my blogging. This was several months ago now, but a very memorable weekend. […]

This is my dear friend/past co-worker friend’s family. She trained me at my program therapist job fifteen years ago. […]

Hayley and I planned for two months for this photo shoot. Finding a location proved to be much harder than […]

We had an all around good day this year which is a rare day when things go well the whole […]

My twelve year old daughter joins me sometimes on my adventures. We have decided it would be our tradition to […]

A couple of weekends ago, we had a getaway coinciding with my son’s fourteenth birthday and Mother’s Day. I love […]

I almost didn’t go. The forecast was clear and I knew it was going to be a brilliant sunrise, but […]

For fun, I met with some very talented models and photographers at dawn at the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival. The […]

One thing that inspires me to shoot is curiosity. “I wonder what this will look life if I try?” I […]

Snow hit Portland, Oregon this winter and crescendo-ed with a storm snow accumulation of 8-12 inches and it is still […]