Punchbowl Green

The Lonely Mountain

Sunset Bay

Moulton Green

The Stillness of Sparks Lake

An Olympic Spring

Steptoe Spring

Trillium Blue Minute

McKenzie River Blue & Green

High Desert Homestead

Umpqua's Tears

Toketee Falls on the North Umpqua River, in the Cascade Range upstream from Roseburg, Oregon. My heart goes out to all the people who live in this remarkable, normally peaceful corner of the world in their current time of grief. May your wounds heal as best they can. May you be spared such struggles in the future. And if good can ever be said to come from evil, may this recent tragedy help bring about the changes necessary to end our ongoing national cycle of violence and death.

The Lighthouse and the Cascades

The Mountain in the Mirror

Mt. Rainier (14,411 ft – 4,392 m) reflecting in the waters of the appropriately named Reflection Lakes nearly ten thousand feet below its summit.

Falling Water in Southern Washington

Thunder Amongst the Green

The powerful flow of Falls Creek, pouring 335 feet (102 m) over the multi-tiered falls of the same name, deep in the forests of southwest Washington. This was always one of my favorite day hikes growing up in the gorge, and I get back as often as I possibly can.

An Olympic Forest Trail

Hiking through the Buckhorn Wilderness, along the Upper Dungeness River, on the Olympic Peninsula south of Sequim, Washington. The green here is indescribable. Almost overwhelming.

Three Sisters in the Desert

A White Horse in a Green Forest

Klickitat Over Takhlakh

A Secluded Stream in the Olympics

My Hometown

The Light of Wahclella

Powerful Sisters

Looking south across massive lava flows towards the forested and glaciated slopes of North and Middle Sister, near McKenzie Pass in the Cascade Range of central Oregon.

Sunset at Kala Point

A summer sunset on the forested shores of Port Townsend Bay, just off Puget Sound and the Straits of Juan de Fuca, on Washington's Olympic Peninsula.

Looking Down on Lower Lewis

Rainier Blue

Bachelor Blue & Green

Crater Lake Blue

Summertime above the incomparably blue waters of Oregon's Crater Lake, at 1,949 feet (594 m) the deepest lake in the United States. The lake fills the bottom of a caldera, formed some 7,700 years ago when the Mount Mazama volcano collapsed. The island in this shot, the Phantom Ship, is one of two in the lake, the waters of which derive entirely from rainwater and snowmelt. And yes, it really, really is that blue.

Falling Water in Eastern Washington

Blue Skies Over Lower Lewis

Lower Punchbowl

Bridal Veil Creek in Spring

The lush temperate rain forest of Oregon's Columbia River Gorge, in springtime. This is Bridal Veil Creek, just downstream from the waterfall of the same name.

The Peaks of Olympus

Sixty Seconds of Deception

Clearwater Green

Baker Blue

Triple Falls Green

The lush landscape of Oregon's Columbia River Gorge stays a brilliant green year-round. Here is Triple Falls, a 64-foot, three-channel waterfall along Oneonta Creek, one of the many tiny tributaries of the massive Columbia that has helped carve out the dramatic landscape of this rugged area. As with my previous upload, I took this on July 4th this year – for me, this is way better than barbeques and fireworks.

A Quick Snack at Crater Lake

Golden-mantled ground squirrel

Lightning Rod of the Cascades

Hood River Valley Wildflower Vista

All Lines Lead to Lava Lake

Soaring Over Oregon

The air is thin high up on the southern slopes of Oregon's tallest peak, Mt. Hood – which, at 11,241 ft. and with 11 named glaciers boasts beautiful views and skiing year-round.

Falling Water on the Olympic Peninsula

Trillium Sunset

The last light of sunset hits the peak of Mt Hood and the clouds in the western part of the sky as shadows fall across the rest of the land, in a quiet moment on the shores of Trillium Lake in midsummer. I grew up swimming in, hiking around, and camping alongside this lake. As often as it gets photographed by others, it always keeps that sense of authenticity and wonder for me, and it never looks the same way twice. I love Oregon.

Bridal Veil Green

A view of Bridal Veil Creek, just downstream of the falls of the same name. In the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Oregon.

Fire & Color Over American Lake

I was driving north along Interstate 5 in western Washington on my way from the Columbia River Gorge to the Olympic Peninsula when I saw that the late afternoon sky was starting to get interesting. I didn't know the immediate area well and I had to get to my destination before it got too late, so I thought that I would just enjoy the show from my car window if it developed into something special. But the sunset ended up being so absolutely breathtaking – almost apocalyptic – that I just pulled off at the nearest exit and headed towards the closest water I could find on my GPS. It led me to this spot – about the only sliver of public access along the lake I could find – where I watched in breathless wonder as the colors moved from fiery red and orange, through pink, then blue, and finally faded. One of the best detours I have ever taken.

Goldenmirror at Sparks Lake

This one was completely unplanned. But now I know precisely how long Bailey's "stay" command will last when he is right in front of a big, beautiful body of water. He gave me about three minutes of uninterrupted shooting before he decided he couldn't take it anymore and he had to wade in. I didn't even notice until he walked right into my shot. Needless to say, my reaction upon seeing this turned pretty quickly from "No, Bailey, no!" to "Yes, good boy!"

Sister in the Mirror

A summer morning high in the central Cascade Range of Oregon. South Sister volcano reflected in the clear waters of Sparks Lake.

Proxy Falls From Below

Looking up towards the very top of Proxy Falls – which is normally left out of most shots of this impressive waterfall in the central Oregon Cascade Range. As the Northwest Waterfall Survey notes, Proxy Falls is "one of the most frequently photographed waterfalls in Oregon and is certainly among the most photogenic waterfalls in the entire country. Anybody who as had a waterfall calendar has undoubtedly seen pictures of this gorgeous cascade. Fed by springs on the shoulder of North Sister, Proxy Creek breaks over a wall of columnar basalt liberally marinated in mosses, veiling 226 feet in two streams." On this day, it was bright and sunny above the forest canopy, which made shadows and contrast a real concern for shooting this fall. So I shot it in segments, with the aim of doing some exposure blending and stitching to put it all together into a full-fall panorama. And I have. But in the process, this particular frame jumped out at me as a particularly unique perspective of this oft-photographed fall, and one that captures just how massive it feels when you are standing right at its base, looking up through the mist.

The Painted Hills of Oregon

Blue skies open up with a break in the clouds over the Painted Hills in central Oregon's John Day Fossil Beds National Monument.