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Tugboat Jobs

Deon

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I'm happily retired from commercial photography. I love being outdoors so other than creating nature stock photography content (when that was a thing), I did industrial location photography. I never advertised what I did, it just happened word of mouth. When I lived in the Pacific Northwest I had several Tugboat companies hire me for projects from California to Alaska. When we moved to the Great Basin Desert I mostly worked for the mining industry, transitioning into the renewable energy sector. It was really fun to go behind the scenes (still rather go camping). Now that I'm retired and living in New Mexico I'm concentrating on art.

Tidewater Tug, Columbia River Gorge, two day trip from Portland, Oregon to the Tri-Cities, Washington. Hasselblad 500C/M w/100mm C T* lens - Fuji Provia film
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Tidewater tug in the Locks of the Dalles Dam, Columbia River - Hasselblad SWC/M - Fuji Provia film
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That's me working... Hasselblad 500C/M and SWC/M The Dalles Dam
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One of the biggest tugboat jobs I had was to photograph every one of Crowley Marine's tugboats (at the time Crowley was the second largest tugboat company in the world). Here are some outtakes.

San Francisco Bay - Hasselblad SWC/M - Fuji Provia film
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San Francisco Bay - Hasselblad SWC/M - Fuji Provia film
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San Francisco Bay - Hasselblad SWC/M - Fuji Provia film
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