Unexpected Trouble is the fourteenth installment of Finding My Way Home. To view the previous installment, click here. If you wish to start from the beginning, click here. This is the ongoing story of the six years I spent as a vagabond...
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Finding My Way Home – The Columbia Gorge
The Columbia Gorge is the fourth installment of Finding My Way Home. To view the previous installment, click here. If you wish to start from the beginning, click here. This is the ongoing story of the six years I spent as a vagabond photographer....
Best of 2020 and and The Challenges Ahead
As I considered this year's "best of" post, it almost seemed like an oxymoron. How could 2020, which I've deemed the "lost year," have a best of? But then, as I looked through the photographs I've taken in 2020, I realized that the year was not lost at all. Yet, I...
Preserving the Joy
Lately, I've been asking myself why. There are so many things in this world that need to be done, why is it that I chose nature photography. What is the reason this obsession cannot be denied? After much reflection and introspection, this is what came to...
Water Therapy
When I first went on the road in 2014, Proxy Falls was on my list of possible waterfalls to visit. That autumn, I chose a different route and ended up in the Columbia River Gorge. With my appetite for waterfall photography thoroughly satiated, I put Proxy Falls on the...
America’s Public Lands – Takhlakh Lake
The journey to Takhlakh Lake began unexpectedly, about a month earlier, standing on a dike above the Columbia River in Kennewick, Washington. There to photograph the rise of the full moon over the Cable Bridge, I met another photographer who was there to capture the...
A disturbing development for nature lovers
-UPDATE- Good news today! (12/17/2015) The LWCF has been authorized for three more years. This is a good start. Hopefully, permanent authorization and funding will follow. I normally avoid political topics on this blog because we all have our own beliefs and...
What a year it’s been!
The one year anniversary of my vagabond life was September 17th. I spent it photographing wildlife in the rain in Grand Teton National Park. It's hard to believe it's already been a year since that bittersweet day I left most of my possessions behind and began an...
I need your help.
After spending the last month back in my home town with family and friends, and doing a lot of work on my motor home, I'm beginning to realize I've taken some things for granted. When I set out on this journey, almost a year ago, I was very diligent about making sure...