by Alex Pullen | Sep 9, 2017 | Bellingham, Featured, Pacific Northwest, Time-lapse, Travel, Video, Washington
Picture Lake, Washington & Mt Shuksan – Sunset Timelapse from Alex Pullen on Vimeo. Driving up the Washington State Route 542 and looking out the windshield, I swore at the clouds condensing in the eastern sky. It’s been clear for days… Now, some...
by Alex Pullen | Jun 26, 2017 | Bellingham, Featured, Pacific Northwest, Photography, Time-lapse, Travel, Video, Washington
North Cascades Time-lapse from Alex Pullen on Vimeo. This is short video I created mostly to house a couple time-lapse videos I did last week in the North Cascades above Baker Lake Washington. The dash cam was a nice human element for sure and helped bring...
by Alex Pullen | Mar 11, 2017 | Featured, Time-lapse, Travel, Video
Chiang Mai Witness from Alex Pullen on Vimeo. Explore Northern Thailand in this colorful first-person travel film. See the Loi Krathong lantern festival, walk the markets, cruse through traffic on Huay Khao Road and visit the elaborate Buddhist temples in the Old...
by Alex Pullen | Jan 21, 2017 | Featured, Pacific Northwest, Photography, Portland, Travel, writing
Women’s March – Portland, Oregon Tens of thousands gathered to participate in the Woman’s March, Saturday January, 21st in Portland, OR. This day will be remembered as one of the largest mass political events in human history, with millions...
by Alex Pullen | Sep 15, 2016 | Featured, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, Photography, Portland, Travel
After a hectic couple weeks of still trying to get settled into big city life, we decided to take a long weekend up on the Washington coast. I really felt like the sea breeze and sleeping on the ground would be good for moral and allow us both to recoup and restore a...
by Alex Pullen | Aug 30, 2016 | Featured, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, Photography, Portland, Portraits, Travel, Wild Women
For the last two weekends, my partner and I have been scouting a new area for both fun adventures and photogenic backgrounds. We were tipped about this spot by a friend in the area. Lower Falls is no secret, and it is magnificent… So to avoid the late summer...
by Alex Pullen | Aug 8, 2016 | Featured, Photography, Time-lapse, Travel, Video
Chamonix-Mont Blanc – 4K Timelapse from Alex Pullen on Vimeo. 4K Timelapse video of a glaciated peak on Mont Blanc. Taken one afternoon on a hike outside of Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, France. I left my camera in a pasture on the way up to a Alp style restaurant...
by Alex Pullen | May 5, 2016 | Travel, Video
Le Vent Nous Portera (The Wind Will Carry) from Alex Pullen on Vimeo. On a windy spring day I went sailing with some friends and Captain Kais Kaddour in the Mediterranean Sea, near the French City of La Ciotat. It was my first time sailing, and it was amazing seeing...
by Alex Pullen | Apr 21, 2016 | arts, Arts and Entertainment, Featured, Savor the Moment, Travel, Writings by Alex Pullen
Earlier this month I attended the 40th annual Banff Mountain film festival at an intimate theater on the coast of Southern France. While listening to the excited young college students banter among the rows of soft seats, in a language I can understand bits and pieces...
by Alex Pullen | Sep 11, 2013 | India, Photography, The Grotto, Travel, writing
Melding together flavor, metal pot on the stove. Digging through the pantry, roots, seeds, bark and leaves. Cardamom, black peppercorns, star anise, ginger, cinnamon, clove, black tea. Brewing together the elements, pinches, dashes, splashes, stems, seeds, leaves....
by Alex Pullen | Jun 5, 2013 | India, Photography, The Grotto, The Kashmir Analogs, Travel
How to sum this up… I’ve been in the process of writing The Kashmir Analogs for almost a year now. But it feels like there is more to be said and gleaned from these experiences in India and the Middle-East… And here I am writing the concluding...
by Alex Pullen | May 15, 2013 | India, The Grotto, The Kashmir Analogs, Travel
Here we are at the Crux. The Crux being the move we take to make it all come together… all coalesce… It’s been seven weeks since I started posting The Kashmir Analogs. Traveling and working in Kashmir was a journey for sure. And so far, I’ve...
by Alex Pullen | May 2, 2013 | India, Photography, The Grotto, The Kashmir Analogs, Travel
– The People – Shoving a camera up to a strangers face requires a lot of nerve. It’s a trip walking up to someone on the street who speaks a different language than you, and saying, “can I take your picture” while using your hands and...
by Alex Pullen | Apr 11, 2013 | Photography, The Grotto, The Kashmir Analogs, Travel
-Introduction – Kashmir, Kashmir, Kashmir… In the blossoming age of global communication, media, and technology, the inaccuracy of information the average Westerner has access to, with regards to Kashmir is astounding… Kashmir and the surrounding region,...
by Alex Pullen | Apr 4, 2013 | India, Photography, The Grotto, The Kashmir Analogs, Travel
It has been six months since I returned to the U.S. from India, and I’m still feeling her irresistible and at times overwhelming pull… India never really leaves my mind. The experiences I accrued while traveling there, the people I got to meet and all the...
by Alex Pullen | Sep 3, 2012 | Colorado, Photography, The Grotto, Travel
It was just a month ago that I arrived back in the U.S., and in that short time I have had so much fun visiting with my friends and family. I’ve been on a few road trips and outdoor adventures, and had some time to pull my life together. I got to spend my first...
by Alex Pullen | Jun 3, 2012 | India, Photography, The Grotto, Travel
Tashi Delek! Hey everybody, I finally have some time to sit down in the internet cafe and give you all an update. Things have been going really well here. I’ve been trying to stay cool as it has been in the high 90’s here… That means trying to stay...
by Alex Pullen | May 21, 2012 | India, Photography, The Grotto, The Kashmir Analogs, Travel
It’s hard to believe that two weeks have gone by since my last post… so much has happend and yet not so much ha ha. Just been hangen’ out… Things have been good. I’ve been teaching English at Lha and exploring around town, making friends...
by Alex Pullen | May 6, 2012 | India, The Grotto, The Kashmir Analogs, Travel
Thought I would update some more photos… Things have been going well here. I finished my first week of teaching English and am excited to keep doing it. I teach the English Intermediate class and there is between 8 and 14 students everyday (Monday-Friday). The...
by Alex Pullen | Apr 27, 2012 | India, The Grotto, The Kashmir Analogs, Travel
Thought I would give you all an update on life in McLeod Ganj… McLeod is the uppermost section of a larger urban area called Dharamsala. It’s a haphazard network of rugged streets and allies that follow the steep terrain of the hill it sits on. From most...
by Alex Pullen | Apr 23, 2012 | India, The Grotto, Travel
Thought I would share this photo with you all… This is an image of the Ashoka Prayer Wheels in the Dalai Lama’s Temple. The prayer wheels are engraved with the om-ma-ni-pad-me-om mantra. Among many things mantra represents generosity, ethics, patients,...
by Alex Pullen | Apr 18, 2012 | India, The Grotto, The Kashmir Analogs, Travel
It feels like the dam has let loose…The potential has turned to kinetic…. the theoretical, is now actual, and the dream has now become a reality. After years of planning, researching, saving and aligning action with intention, I find myself sitting on the...
by Alex Pullen | Apr 11, 2012 | India, Photography, The Grotto, The Kashmir Analogs, Travel
The 12 hour countdown commences… It is a funny feeling not being able to fathom what the day after tomorrow will look like. Definitely exciting, a little hecktic, and slightly overwhelming. But, this is what it’s about and what I’ve been waiting for....
by Alex Pullen | Feb 12, 2012 | Photography, The Grotto, Travel
As my first (and experimental blog post) I wanted to share some photos that I spent some time revamping a few days ago. I have been playing with Photoshop for the last few months and have learning how to adjust and crop images. I recently went back and revisited some...
