There have been two birds that have eluded my lens. The large pileated woodpeckers are always teasing me from the trees with their jungle call. The second one, unbelievably, was the little native rufous hummingbird.
The Northern Lights have always fascinated me. When I was a little boy, I was curious about Alaska. I enjoyed reading Jack London books. White Fang and Klondike Tales, To Build a Fire was my favorite story.
2023 was quite a year with several epic adventures. The Columbia River Gorge, Oregon Coast, the San Juans in Colorado for Autumn colors and then I returned to Caddo Lake for more Autumn bayou adventures. Of course I still found time to photograph my home here near Mount Hood as well as another love of … Read more
I’ve been enjoying taking photos of the various birds that visit my yard. The most common have been the dark eyed junco, chestnut-backed chickadee, varied thrush, red-breasted nuthatch, and of course our crows and stellar jays, but my favorites are probably the cute little downy woodpeckers.
I’m looking forward to another awesome year in 2023 but thought that it would be appropriate for me to share a few of my favorite photos from 2022. Sometimes a favorite photo may not be the best photo, but when it’s coupled to the experience the resulting photo means more. The photo becomes more personal. And so while you’re looking at these photos please keep in mind that these are my personal favorites.
Every Autumn in the hills around Mount Hood the vine maple always put on a colorful show. They will turn a beautiful red and yellow in color
It’s Summertime in Oregon. We, and the beautiful Oregon Summer Wildflowers, have been fortunate to have had a prolonged Winter and a mild, wet Spring
I had a vision in my head of a photo with the couple in the foreground with Mount Hood looming large in the background. An effect that I could not achieve with a wide-angle lens.
Here’s my contribution to the wave of photos that photographers have been getting of this miraculous celestial event. This comet wasn’t even discovered until March of this year, 2020. Whenever there’s an event such as this, which involves the night sky, you will find leagues of photographers armed with their cameras and tripod searching for … Read more
New Limited Edition Oregon Landscape Photography Posters This is a beautiful set of limited edition posters of some of my favorite Oregon photographs. All are printed in full color on 100# Gloss paper.