Columbia Gorge Sternwheeler

I don’t know what it is but I find riverboats to be fascinating. From Disneyland’s Mark Twain Riverboat to the Belle of Louisville, I think they all look great and bring about a sense of nostalgia. I saw the Columbia Gorge Sternwheeler pull into the marina at Cascade Locks on a couple different days as [...]

Elowah Falls

The most overlooked aspect within landscape photography is including people within the scenes. There are probably a lot of photographers that have photographed waterfalls within the Columbia River Gorge but how many come away with “lifestylescapes”? Funny thing is that I thought my Elowah Falls landscape photos kind of sucked and this image is better [...]

Multnomah Falls

My grad school roommate, Brandon Hill, recently moved to Seattle from Kansas City so he came down the night before. We hadn’t seen each other in a few years so it was a fun time catching up with each others’ lives. He was a newlywed when I last saw him and wasn’t yet a photographer [...]

Vista House at Crown Point

Having seen this scenic view of the Crown Point Vista House on numerous travel advertisements and from my airplane on the flight into Portland, I couldn’t wait for an opportunity to see it up close in person. Surprisingly, there is only one area from which you can actually see the Vista House from here due [...]

Munras Falls

Munras Falls was a pleasant surprise. We set out for Wahclella Falls and encountered Munras Falls, which is located right alongside the trail not too far from the trailhead. There aren’t too many waterfalls that you can get this close to without getting drenched so it was cool to be able to shoot upward at [...]

Punchbowl Falls

Punchbowl Falls is surrounded by some stunning scenery. Since the waterfall is set back within the mossy canyon, I had to boulder hop into the middle of the creek in order to get a decent look at the falls. It amazes me how few tourists actually go onto the trails and hike to the most [...]

Metlako Falls

Metlako Falls is an interesting waterfall in that it is located within a narrow canyon in Eagle Creek and that a patch of fog kept hanging around the falls. Metlako Falls is rather hard to see though unless you go over the retaining rail near the edge of the cliff. A little bit spooky for [...]

Wildflowers in Columbia River Gorge

Most of the forested trails within the Columbia River Gorge were lined with wildflowers. The flowers aren’t as big as they are in California, most were quite small in-fact, but they are equally as pretty. While hiking the Eagle Creek Trail, this patch of purple wildflowers caught my eye so I worked the scene to [...]

Ponytail Falls

After the Portland Japanese Garden, I met up with Seattle photographer, Rob Tilley, for several days of photography. Neither of us had been to the Columbia River Gorge before so after mulling over a bunch of websites, I decided that we would hike the Horsetail Falls Loop hike since there were several waterfalls to be [...]

Portland Japanese Garden

Apparently this maple tree is the local “icon” trophy photo. The tree itself is actually rather small so it’s easy to miss if you aren’t paying attention. There were quite a bit of people here on this day even by regular opening time, so I think the best time to photograph is probably on a [...]

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