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Biweekly Wow: Sunset at Smith Rock
Smith Rock State Park is a fun playground for hikers, campers, and especially rock climbers. As photographers, we also like to visit as there’s lots to shoot. With the river, lofty vantages, plentiful wildlife, and the rock climbers, themselves, we wouldn’t be bored. Smith Rock was easy to include in our recent winter trip to Central Oregon, though the day didn’t turn out the way we planned.
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Biweekly Wow: A Trip to Narnia at June Lake
Winter is a great time to play outdoors in this region, especially when you can find some fresh snow. We anticipated a waterfall and lots of white stuff when we ventured to June Lake, but we didn’t think we’d walk into a scene out of Narnia. Washington is full of surprises!
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Biweekly Wow: Icicles
There’s just something magical about winter. While I’m not a big fan of cold weather, I’m certainly a fan of what it does to the landscapes with which I’m so familiar – and even those with which I’m not. It’s no secret that I love snow, but I also happen to like ice.
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Biweekly Wow: Chilly Falls
Winter is not always the best time of year to photograph in the Pacific Northwest. We so seldom get the beautiful snow I love so much; instead, it’s a lot of rain and drab cloud cover. However, when we can find a reasonably dry day, we love to use this time of year to escape into the mountains. There, we can find some snow – and often ice – and the landscape is much more photo worthy.
This fortnight’s Biweekly Wow hails from such a trip.
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Biweekly Wow: Foggy City
Aaron recently took me up to Seattle for my birthday (a surprise trip, because you know I love those). Fortunately, he knows me quite well, because the weekend involved good food, cats, and photographic opportunities. Though it’s painful every time, we made a point to get up early for sunrise on our last day there, and it was totally worth it.
However, this image has a somewhat tragic story behind it.
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However, this image has a somewhat tragic story behind it.
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Biweekly Wow: Mt. Adams in Fall
Guess what, folks?? It’s autumn! Have I mentioned before that this is my favorite season? I love the colors and the coolness in the air, the smells and the squash. Of course, this is the prime time to get outside for some hikes in the gorgeous weather and to let loose the shutter to capture all of the fiery beauty of nature. It was the promise of this very season that guided our decision to visit Japan in the fall. Tokyo was a bit early (at the beginning of November), but we were just in time in Kyoto!
We ventured out this past weekend in search of fall color, and I’m thrilled to report we found some.
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Biweekly Wow: Pacific Northwest Sunset
I only have one more post planned for Norway, but I’m taking a break this week to share something a bit closer to home. We went backpacking this summer in the spectacularly beautiful Olympic National Park, one of our closest national parks. (Fun fact: from Portland, Olympic National Park and Crater Lake National Park are almost exactly equidistant (ONP is barely closer – by a mile). Mount Rainier National Park is closer than both of them.. but we’ve surprisingly never been!) Ever since my epic adventure to Alaska last year, I’ve really taken a liking to backpacking, though I still haven’t quite figured out how to bring my bag weight down with all my imperative camera gear!
This particular sunset has a story behind it (don’t most photos?).
Biweekly Wow: Scenes of Norway
This is going to be a quick post this week. As mentioned on Monday, I’m working on some big things for my site behind the scenes, so I’m taking it easy on the blogging. Instead, I’ll leave you with just a few images from Norway.
I couldn’t quite decide on which “wow” picture to share this week, so you get two scenes.
Biweekly Wow: Norwegian Ice Tunnels
Exploring Norway is a new scenic wonder around every corner. Just when we thought we had been wow’d enough for one day, something else fell across our path that renewed the amazement. This particular day, we had already visited an adorable church and hiked a spectacular glacier (that story’s coming soon!). We were merely on our way to another beautiful campsite for the evening.
But the landscape wanted to hold us tight, to seduce us into staying out later to soak in the natural wonders. We were surrounded by eye candy; it’s a shock we ever slept. How could the inside of a familiar tent ever compare to Mother Nature’s endless artwork all around us for miles in every direction?
Biweekly Wow: Norway’s Pristine Beauty
There’s something truly stunning about places above the 60th parallel. It’s much cooler there (usually), and frozen landscapes make for some of my favorite photography. How could you not love the perfect white beautifully contrasting the deep blues and bright oranges? Besides, I’m something of a sucker for snow; it transforms a scene into a magical wonderland.
