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The trail was just as steep and long as I remembered it to be. But this time two things were different. First, I was ascending wearing a 35 pound backpack filled with camera gear. And second, the trail was snow covered and I was using a headlamp to light the way. I was headed to the top of Black Butte, a 6,436 foot extinct stratovolcano in Central Oregon. The objective: capture a winter mountain sunrise.
Read MoreA steady rain was falling. This was not a reason to run for cover, quite the contrary. The gray overcast, foggy-rainy weather would be ideal for the deep, old growth forest photograph I intended to capture.
Read MoreIt was already raining when I strapped on the backpack and looked for the trailhead. It would be a long wet 3 mile hike to my destination. I had been there before. It would be worth every soggy wet step. Sol Duc here I come.
Read MoreI began the hike at 3pm. I had no intention of hiking the entire 17 mile trail but hoped that I would find stunning nature scenes as I had that morning. Two miles in I was underwhelmed. But I got a second artistic wind from the smallest of forest details.
Read MoreI spent the better part of 5 hours waiting. Waiting and hoping for the Central Oregon storm to produce dramatic sunset light for the perfect storm photo. I wasn’t to be denied.
Read MoreCamera pointed towards Mt. Washington I stood in snow shoes cold, alone and waiting for the light. As the sun began to set so too did the temperature. It was worth the wait.
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Read More“Smith Rock State Park (SRSP), Terrebonne, Oregon, USA is a world-class climbing venue. It is also a photographer's paradise!”
Read More“I walked out to the middle of the flat. In a semicircle from left to right Mount Bachelor, South Sister, Middle Sister, the tip of North Sister, and Broken Top Mountains were faintly visible in the predawn light. Clouds slowly moved in from the Southwest. At the same time ground fog began to appear all around me.”
Read MoreI reached the trail exit point and stopped to consider my off trail route. I wanted to be sure I didn’t create snowshoe prints in what could be my image foreground. So I headed uphill above my target setup area.
Read MoreI hadn’t been out to take a photograph in over a week. Instead I had spent the last 5 days shoveling snow from a winter storm that dump 35+ inches of snow in Central Oregon. I shoveled the driveway, then the roof, then the driveway, then the roof. The pattern repeated itself for several days. My arms were toast from heaving the snow higher and higher each day.
Read MoreI turned the car around, admitted my mistake and headed back towards town. The more promising the sky looked the more anxious I got. Had I blown our chance of capturing a stellar sunset?
Read MoreI’m just back from a 24-hour Mt. Jefferson Wilderness overnight camping trip. It was a whirlwind wow trip. The mountain scenery was stunning. It took more energy than I expected to get there and back but I’m happy with the results.
Read MoreArrived at Dee Wright Observatory atop McKenzie Pass. Skies looked very promising. North & Middle Sister mountains were prominent on the horizon. Both seemed ready for their 15 minutes of sunset fame!
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