This country is amazing.
Seeing landscapes with a fresh blanket of snow while the Northern Lights danced for 6 nights in a row definitely helped Iceland earn some extra bonus points.
Someday I hope to return...
Photo: "Gullfoss Rosé"
A beautiful morning at Gullfoss, just before we headed towards Reykjavik.
Photo: "The Falls"
A dreamy day in Canada back in 2015.
Photo: "The Night Sky Of Gullfoss"
We spent our last night in the RV near Gullfoss. The winds that night reached about 40mph. We didn't shoot long because our fingertips and noses froze quickly, but we continued to shoot, while watching the aurora dance above us. This location was a bit of a challenge to photograph, but it was worth braving the temps.
Photo: "This Is Heaven"
Everyday
I close my eyes as I wake
and dream of a solitude
that this place creates.
With a single breath
in the back of my mind
you were there
a dancing flame
and the night was on fire.
Photo: "Brúarfoss"
This beautiful cerulean water seemed like a dream.
Photo: "Flowing"
We spent our last day in Alaska, during a trip last July, in the forest of Sitka.
I enjoyed hiking alongside the creek and discovering species of plants I had never seen.
Photo: "Marble Canyon"
I really loved the Marble Canyon area of Kootenay National Park, even though we got caught in a downpour in the middle of our hike.
Photo: "South Silver Falls"
A gorgeous, icy morning hiking around Silver Falls State Park in Oregon back in December 2014.
Photo: "Emerald Falls"
It's raining today and I'm trapped inside with the flu. This image is a nice memory of a good times with friends on a recent trip to the beautifully wet Emerald Falls in the Columbia River Gorge.
Photo: "Treacherous"
Trina the Triceratops braves the raging waters.
Photo: "Gorton Creek Falls"
The waterfalls in Oregon never cease to impress and this waterfall was no different. This was stop number one on my first day in Oregon and the rocks were particularly slippery due to the temps dipping below freezing. I returned home with 2 very large bruises from slipping during this hike, but I also managed to capture a few shots so it was definitely worth it.
Photo: "Ruckel Creek"
The Columbia River Gorge has hundreds if not thousands of waterfalls. I have yet to be disappointed by one I've seen and these falls were no different. The terrain, light and foliage varied so much here that I took dozens of images, all very different from one another.
Photo: Panther Creek Falls II
I had seen a dozen photos of these falls before I finally got to see them in person earlier this year, but even the best photos don't do these falls justice.
There's just something about the smell of the damp ground, the gorgeous blanket of water caressing the rocks and how the mist hits your face when you're standing here.
Photo: "Panther Creek Falls"
During my last trip to Oregon, I shot my first landscape pano with a 17mm tilt shift. The conditions were right for filters to be unnecessary, the only downside of this lens is the inability to use filters, so I snapped a horizontal image and shifted the lens upward to capture the second image. Stitching was done in Photoshop, using a single click. I then brought the image back into Lightroom for final editing.
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