Photo Archive

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It's the NBTSC photo album!

I (Grace) had a heap of fun pulling all these photos together. I've created this album with 2 goals in mind:

1) Knowing that a picture is worth 1000 words, I wanted to convey as broad a sense as possible of what camp is like, to help prospective campers and their parents make an educated guess as to whether NBTSC is a good fit for them.

2) I thought it would be fun for camper and staff alums to see some of the photos that we've accumulated over the years. Hence, many are organized, or at least labeled, by year (and in some cases, by session). If you catch a missing or erroneous year label and want to educate me, great.

notes

Impressionistic
I know everybody doesn't have high speed internet access, and I didn't want these pages to take forever to load. I may have, therefore, erred a little too far in some cases in the direction of low resolution. I hope the somewhat impressionistic style is OK... and I'm interested in your feedback. Do the photos look OK to you, in general? And, are there particular images you'd like to see at a higher resolution?

Other photos
For links to many photos taken by campers, see the NBTSC PhotoPages.

Credits
Most of these photos are the work of campers who wielded a camera for an hour or so in lieu of regular chores, and we didn't keep track of who took what. We've attempted to credit other photographers, but over the years we've probably mixed up some of our own photos with some that staffers and campers have kindly shared. So, if you see a photo that you know you sent us, let us know and we'll credit you!

imbalance
If you have a good photo that you think would add something missing to our portrayal of camp, feel free to send us a paper copy (we'll return it if you include a SASE) or an email attachment (jpg format), and good chance we'll use it. As you'll see, some years and sessions and aspects of camp are better represented here than others. In particular, we have very few pictures of organized evening events, some staff people, sporty and athletic behavior, Jake (silly boy, always on the wrong side of the camera), and the 1996 campout/beach experience (as in, the first 2 days ever of NBTSC). Oh, and I thought it would be cool if we had one good photo of somebody in a T-shirt from every year. Except 1996, because I designed that one and it embarrasses me. And whatever else y'all think important or representative.

directory
Click on a description and you'll be beamed up to the relevant page. A few thumbnails here give you an idea, but there are more images on the actual photo pages. In some cases, you'll also find a wee bit o' commentary by me.

Sol's photos
Sol is a photographer who works for the Oregonian (largest Oregon newspaper), and we all think he's really nice and really fun. He took some gorgeous shots of us in 2001 and 2002. One won a national award, and a few others got printed in the paper.