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When visiting Europe, it is easy to get pulled in to wonderfully expensive destinations in the French/Swiss Alps, Greek islands, Norwegian Fjords, and others like this, but there are still some hidden gems. There still exists a less expensive side of places like the Mediterranean where you can still get sparkling seas and delicious food without the hefty bill.
Read MoreThe United States offers brilliant locations that landscape photographers around the world put on their bucket lists. It is for good reasons that these locations have become as popular as they are now, but with the increasing popularity comes some bottlenecking in locations not being able to handle the volume.
Read MoreI enjoy being in nature. It recharges the soul walking through the woods or along the coast. Looking at scenes that are untouched or that are in balance gives me a sense of inner peace.
Read MoreAs a landscape photographer I love to get out into nature and capture its beauty. I then enjoy editing the image once home to fit my vision of how it looked. Sharing those moments I capture is something that comes naturally to me as a third part to the creative process.
Read MoreShooting images doesn’t always result in success. I have been ‘skunked’ plenty of times when shooting. Sunrises and sunsets are never a sure thing. That is what makes getting something incredible all the more awesome when it happens!
Read MoreI don’t shoot nearly as many of the wide landscapes anymore. Part of this is probably because I bought more normal focal length lenses, but I believe it is also because Thomas Heaton’s work is inspiring me to simplify scenes and work at focal lengths that are more traditional.
Read MoreAs wild as National Parks may be here in the USA it is a common misconception that these are true wilderness. We look at these treasures of our natural lands, seeing them as icons attracting millions of visitors each year. They are really just that though, natural theme parks with iconic locations meant to amuse visitors.
Read MoreWhen starting out in photography I believed I needed to shoot something big, identifiable, and popular. I would travel vast distances to photograph something that had been shot hundreds of times before because it had a formula I could follow. A prescription for the prefect landscape photograph.
Read MoreI went on a trip in April to Falls Creek Falls on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge in the shadow of Mt. St Helens. It is an epic waterfall with 3 tiers and a massive amount of water cascading over it constantly.
Read MoreA rather dangerous hike down if you aren't paying attention, but absolutely worth the risk for the wondrous enveloping landscape you can descend into! A gem of the PNW and overlooked component piece of the Columbia River Gorge worthy of the excursion!
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