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| The yellow highlighted lines on the map above represent my car travels within the United States. A little about me: My name is Kimberly Crick and I'm addicted to beautiful places! I was born in Michigan (1981) where I Iived until 2005 when I moved to Portland, Oregon. I have gone back to Michigan a few times to visit family and friends, driving the 2,400 mile stretch three times. In addition to other road trips I've flown to Miami, FL once (which is why there is not a solid yellow line on the map for the travel to Florida... I don't count air space, even though I took lots of cloud pictures from the plane!) In 2004 I was diagnosed with stage four Hodgkins Lymphoma (cancer of the lymph nodes.) It has forever changed me for the better, as things that are important to you become clear when you think you'll never do/see them again. Once my chemotherapy and radiation treatment was completed I moved to Portland to start fresh, a city I truly love to live in. I started this website for my art, so that I could work from home while ill, selling rubber stamps, molds, digital images (for use as stock photography or digital scrapbooking) and other craft supplies. I've always been attracted to artwork as a way to bring happiness and a sense of beauty into life. Now that I am feeling more recovered from my illness, it is my goal to see as much of this country as possible in my lifetime. I'm not sure if anyone else has said these words, but parks are the gallery of nature. All the finest creations in a row for us to see. It's my favorite art. - (Note: I am limited to the USA for my travels. If you would like to recommend a travel location within the United States to me, please feel free to email me at enchantedgallery@gmail.com - thank you! ) I currently plan to visit Yellowstone National Park, WY. - (I photograph my favorite places as a personal hobby and am not interested in the expense of a dslr/or as a profession.) About my camera: Just in case anyone wonders what I've got, I used a Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ1 for most of my pictures throughout this website. While being decent for outdoor scenery pictures, i really love it for macro (close up) photography. I bought this camera for taking pictures of flowers and of craft projects about two to 10 inches from the lense. This camera was a 5 mega pixel camera with a 10 x optical zoom, which I used exclusively for a few years (until a few technological upgrades went by.) In 2009 I upgraded to the 9 mega pixel Panasonic Lumix TZ5 These cameras are in the $200 to $300 range of standard "point and shoot" digital cameras (easy to use for everyone!) This camera functions great in well-lighted situations, such as daylight outdoors or taking product photos in a light box. (Night shots are best when using a tripod and involve tweaking camera settings, more for the experienced photographer.) Like most p&s digital cameras, this one struggles in low light/indoor shots without flash (noise/grain.) For macro shots and outdoor zoom it is fantastic though! If you'd like to use my pictures on your website or blog, please include credit to: www.TheEnchantedGallery.com Store Index: pg.1: Rubber Stamps, pg. 2: Acrylic Shapes to decorate, pg.3: Mold Making Compound, pg.4 Face & Button Molds, pg.5: Nature Spirit Molds, pg. 6: Goddess & Mythology Molds, pg.7: Fairy & Mermaid Molds Gallery & Information Index: pg.1: Customer Art Gallery, Mold Info & Instructions, pg.2: Kimberly Crick's Art Gallery, pg.3: Artist Biography & F.A.Q., pg.4: Shipping & Store Policy Comments or Questions? Check Q&A before you Email: EnchantedGallery@gmail.com Browse trips by text link instead of photo links on map here: Oregon - Portland City and parks (includes Chinese and Japanese Gardens, Rose Garden, Zoo and city pictures.) Columbia River Gorge (featuring Multnomah falls.) Oregon Coastline (about an hour and a half west of Portland.) Silver Falls State Park and Oregon Garden (this is long, not good for dial up!) Washington- Mt. St. Helens and Mt. Rainier North Cascades National Park Ohme Gardens Utah- Arches National Park Michigan - Lake Michigan (and surrounding forest Frankfort area, MI) California - Redwood Forest and Pacific Ocean Coastline A new trip was added to this page in May 2009, check my blog for updates. |
| Welcome to the photo journal of Kimberly's travels. I hope you enjoy the pictures and get a sense of "getting away from it all" by viewing it. Pages contain many images, which may not be dial-up friendly. Check out my favorite scenes: Redwood Forest or Silver Falls & Oregon Garden. |
