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Stephen Belovarich
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Random thoughts from random synapses firing in my brain. Sometimes I’m a radio DJ, other times software engineer, photographer or electronic artist.

Purchase fine art prints of my photography at https://stephen-belovarich.framer.art/
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Autumnal #photograph I took several years ago in Upstate New York.

Autumn in the Cemetary

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December 3, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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What a pleasant surprise perusing the Sub Pop offerings for Cyber Monday. John Waters sure knows how to deliver. #indiemusic
The cover of an album titles John Waters covers "Little Cindy" with the subtitle Happy Birthday Jesus.
December 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Decorate your home this holiday season with fine art photography prints of scenes around Portland, OR and other Americana.

20% off sale is through #cybermonday! This is your last chance to save big and directly support an artist.

Use code BLACKPRINT at stephen-belovarich.framer.art
December 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Just a few hours left to save 20% on fine art prints, framed or unframed of my #photography at stephen-belovarich.framer.art using the code BLACKPRINT at checkout.
Half Dome at sunset. Abstract light painting made with camera using forest colors. Max Train pulling into Clinton Street stop at sunset in Portland, OR. Vasquez Rocks in Southern California at sunset.
December 1, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Photographs from this evening on the Oregon Coast.

Fine art prints available at stephen-belovarich.framer.art 20% off through the weekend with code BLACKPRINT at checkout.

Have a good one folks!

#photography #pnw #fujifilm
The silhouette of a person as they walk at sunset on Sunset Beach on the Oregon Coast. A party queues up to order at Custard King in Astoria, OR, while another party eats at an outdoor table at twilight in late November. Custard King not only serves frozen custard but also burgers, fish fry, clam chowder, and more. The once-drive-in is adorned with holiday lights for Christmas. The neon sign, partially lit, displays "Custard King" with the icon of an ice cream cone unlit.
November 30, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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Browsing 4K Blu-ray online is so bad of an experience I wrote my own script to seed a DB with a directory of 4K releases and the front end to search the DB.

I once tried to host it and direct traffic to Amazon to make a little scratch, but for some reason Amazon kept denying my application.
November 29, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Use code BLACKPRINT at stephen-belovarich.framer.art and get 20% off fine art prints of my photography through the weekend.

Give someone you love wall art from a Portland, OR based photographer for the holidays starting at $11.14 for a 4x6. #blackfriday #pdx #photography
Framed print of Haystack Rock at sunset over a couch. Framed print of a guitarist playing on the Waterfront while cherry blossoms are in full bloom. Framed print of the Hunter's Moon over Portland, OR at dusk. Framed print of Portlandia, the statue on The Portland Building.
November 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Good day for a Winterhawks game. #pdx
Still from the Winterhawks game versus the Regina Pats. Hawks up 4 to 0 in the second period.
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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Use code BLACKPRINT over at stephen-belovarich.framer.art and get 20% off fine art prints of my photography through the weekend.

Give someone you love wall art from a Portland, OR based photographer. Many prints to choose from including street, landscape, abstract. #blackfriday #pdx #photography
Samples of photographs by Stephen Belovarich including a scene of a field, hardware store, the Columbia River Gorge, and St John’s Bridge.
November 28, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Photographs from a tryptophan and wine-induced 5K today in Portland, OR.

Hope you had a good Thanksgiving. 

#photography #fujifilm #pdx
Murder of crows flying above the steeple of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in SE Portland. Man holding items in a black plastic bag bicycles to Milwaukie Market in SE Portland. Dim yellow light above a red doorway to a building filled with artist studios in SE Portland. A mural with geometric 3D shapes is pained adjacent to the door. The entrance to Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge. A path lined with trees leads downhill into the refuge.
November 28, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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Hot take: Oyster stuffing is the best stuffing.

Happy Thanksgiving y’all.
Oyster dressing made with two day old Ken’s Artisan Bakery Blonde Loaf, fresh oysters, sea water, chicken broth, egg, pepper, fresh thyme, rosemary, sage, parsley, savory, leek, chanterelle mushrooms.
November 27, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Jack White is the perfect choice for a Thanksgiving Day Half Time Show. He sure is making Detroit proud. #indiemusic
November 27, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Anyone else prepping for Thanksgiving right now? Whatcha working on?

I’ve got collard greens on the stove and making a crust for pumpkin pie. Cranberry sauce is done, chicken stock made, turkey is drying in the fridge after a dry brine. Saving mashed potatoes and stuffing for tomorrow.
Cranberry sauce simmers in a sauce pan on the stove. Chicken stock gurgles in a large pot.
November 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Today marks the 43rd trip around the sun for me. It was chill, just the way I like it. Hope you had a good one too.
Max Train pulling into SE Clinton stop at sunset in Portland, OR.
November 26, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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The new farm.

Photographs from Hillsboro, OR where corporate interests trump the interests of long-time local farms and residents.

#photography #fujifilm #pdx
Data center in Hillsboro, OR that borders a protected area for restoration. Data centers are located in Hillsboro due to a combination of factors including favorable tax incentives like no sales tax and property tax exemptions and a robust high-capacity fiber network. Hillsboro is the end of the line for a high speed internet cable that runs on the floor of the Pacific Ocean to Oregon. Patch of land adjacent to corporate data centers reserved for restoration. What appears to be a man-made creek flows through the property. Waterways like these are usually on farmland where farm run off can at times damage local fresh water. In this picture, a fence denotes the property line of a local data center which most likely replaced a farm or farm-adjacent residential properties which were pushed out in favor of installing corporate data centers in Hillsboro, OR.
November 22, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Portland Art Museum had a Grand Opening on Thursday and through the weekend admission is free. If they are under capacity you don't need advance tickets. Highly recommended.

The work of Rick Bartow really stood out to me.

#photography #fujifilm #pdx
A man sits in a large red chair in the new Mark Rothko Pavilion, a new structure that links both the North and South wings of the museum through the fourth floor. Others enjoy an outdoor seating area overlooking the park. Impressionist painting of the Santiam River from around 1910 by Charles C. McKim. Oil on canvas. A painting by Rick Bartow. Sing Crow, 2014. Acrylic on canvas. A figure in a contorted position transforms from a crow into a human. An immersive video art piece by Pipilotti Rist named 4th Floor to Mildness. Participants lay in beds and look up at video projections displayed in "two biomorphic shaped screens".
November 21, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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A photograph from the Buckman neighborhood in Portland, Oregon, for your Friday viewing pleasure.

Have a good one folks!

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Man sits and works on a laptop while waiting for the bus on SE Morrison St in Portland, OR. Another man dressed in black paces about the bus stop. Behind them, a mural label Buckman Community depicts an overhead view of the neighborhood.
November 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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"Belmont Community Fridge," photographed by Stephen Belovarich

#photography #fotografia #PhotographersUnited #artistsofbluesky #art #supportartists

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Man reaches into the Belmont Community Fridge looking for something to eat. The light from the fridge illuminates his torso and legs. The rest of his body is obscured by the refrigerator door.
November 20, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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Portland ephemera for your Monday.

Have a good one folks!

#photography #fujifilm #pdx
"YOU HAVE FIVE DAYS" spray painted on a pillar supporting the freeway in SE Portland. Above the graffiti, a sign from ODOT warning trespassers not to enter. Cars are parked on the street beside the pillar. Abstract red roses painted on the road outside of Voodoo Donuts in SW Portland. Autumn leaves are scattered the ground. Fallen leaves in an inoperable bubbler in SW Portland. Notice from ODOT that personal property was taken from a homeless encampment in SE Portland with instructions on how to recover.
November 17, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Magical moment at the Portland Farmer's Market this morning.

#photography #fujifilm #pdx
The trumpeter at the Portland Farmers Market kneels down to the ground and allows a child to push on the valves of the trumpet as he plays. The child's family smiles and enjoys the encounter.
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Photographs from a walk in Portland, OR.

Have a Saturday, why don't ya?

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People wait at the Yamhill District Max stop in SW Portland. A person farther away at the nearest intersection crosses the street. The next Max Train scheduled to arrive can be seen in the distance; the front light is on in the afternoon due to rainy conditions. Lisa walked out of the Portland Rescue Mission Burnside Shelter and asked "Would you like to take my portrait?" so I obliged. She looks lovely here, prepared for inclement weather. Portland Art Museum post-construction. A couple walks into the main entrance of the new Mark Rothko Pavilion. The Grand Opening is Thursday, November 20th. Prior to this the two wings of the art museum were only connected underground. Steel Bridge in Portland, OR. A lone Max train crosses on a rainy afternoon. The reflection of the bridge is cast in the Willamette River.
November 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Close-ups of the Hawthorne Bridge in Portland, OR for your Friday.

Have a good one folks.

#photography #fujifilm #pdx
Cyclist rides eastbound on the Hawthorne Bridge in Portland, OR. Crow perched on the tip of the raised gate used to obstruct traffic when the Hawthorne Bridge raises it's mid-section. The grow spreads its wings and caws toward the Willamette River.
November 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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SW Waterfront in Portland, OR at sunset this evening.

Sweet dreams Portland.

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Apartment buildings in SW Waterfront in Portland, OR at sunset after a rainy autumn day.
November 14, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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Portland ephemera for your Thursday.

Have a good one folks!

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Two crows perched on top of a street light in Portland, OR. In autumn, murders of crows descend on the city causing territorial skirmishes between the neighborhood crows that call Portland home and migrating crows. Person waits for the walk sign at a crosswalk in Downtown Portland on SW Harvey Milk near two United States Post Office drop boxes that appear quite old, both are covered in graffiti. Black Subaru Impreza 2.5RS, the first rally inspired Subaru, parked in Portland, OR. Creative Office Space For Lease in Portland, OR, in SE Portland. The building, having been for lease for several months, is starting to show signs of graffiti. The address of the building, 1700, is lit in bright white with three fluorescent lights running horizontally behind the number in neon.
November 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Photographs from a walk in Portland, OR for your Tuesday.

Have a good one folks!

#photography #fujifilm #pdx
A man walks under the White Stag sign on Burnside in Portland, OR. The large neon sign lit up just after sunset. The building the sign rests on in Old Town has a "For Sale" sign on it. Cloudy skies are in the background. Small boat on the Willamette River in Portland, OR. The Eastbank Esplanade can be seen in the distance, along with I-5 and buildings in Central Eastside. Homeless encampment under the stairs leading from the Burnside Bridge to the Eastbank Esplanade. A shopping cart is cloaked with a burgundy blanket. Belongings are strewn across the pavement. A large pentagram is painted on the pavement, in white. A door in downtown Portland is covered in graffiti. Bits of trash litter the sidewalk. On the wall next to the door, four large instances of the same design are wheat-pasted on the side of the building. The signs say "DON'T OBEY" with a cartoon of a frog in the style of Shepard Fairey’s famous designs.
November 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM