For someone so focused (literally, using a 100 mm macro lens) on plants, it seems kind of strange that I’d be involved in the Portland Winter Light Festival. But really, it’s not that far of a stretch. My passion with the Willamette Light Brigade and then the Portland Winter Light Festival is to help people recognize the importance of the Willamette River to our city’s culture, economy and ecology. That value, at its heart, is at the root of the Winter Light Festival in which we come together…