A round up of fall color trips to Silver Falls State Park in Oregon and the Palouse in Washington State
What a great autumn


A round up of fall color trips to Silver Falls State Park in Oregon and the Palouse in Washington State

Oregon’s Silver Falls State Park near Salem, OR is a gem of a park that, acre for acre, rivals any national park I’ve visited. Everything is close and easily accessible and for waterfall lovers, hikers, and nature photographers, this combination is unbeatable. This park is spectacular any time of year, but autumn is something special. […]

Yet another great aurora photo tour under the belt. This year we actually saw auroras on all but one night of our stay in Yellowknife, and that night was completely overcast. The first night of shooting featured an aurora storm overhead. It either lasted about 15 minutes or forever. Not sure which. It was amazing […]

I just returned from the first of two planned trips to the Palouse for this year. This one was a private Palouse photo tour, just three people, and we saw a lot of great stuff (alas, no Palouse Moose). The weather was just about perfect: puffy white clouds, dark grey scary clouds, a bit of […]

I recently held my first May workshop in Olympic National Park. I usually go in July for the wildflowers, the deer up on Hurricane Ridge, and the lavender farms in Sequim. But this year I chose May. And May is a wonderful time to visit because the forests are looking great, the waterfalls and streams […]

I may have mentioned this before, but Zion National Park is my second favorite national park. Gotta give my number one spot to Olympic, partly because I live so close, but mostly because I’ve spent time deep in the park. I couldn’t say how many times I’ve been up the Zion Canyon Drive, either driving […]

Yet another great trip to photograph auroras near Yellowknife in Canada’s Northwest Territories. We saw a couple of nice aurora storms, three foxes, and ate really well.