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The power of intention is a really interesting thing. Have you heard of it? It kind of goes like this: What you want, wants you. I know that sounds overly simple, but it’s really the best way to explain it. If there’s something you really want, and you truly focus your intention on it, things …

Finally! After months of gray days up in the Pacific Northwest, I caught a glimpse of some color. More than a glimpse, actually. A whole field of color! I went to the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival, which is held every year at the Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm in Woodburn, Oregon (about an hour south of …

Happy Holidays everyone! Here we are, yet again facing the end of another year. The holidays always make me feel warm and fuzzy inside because it’s always such a great family time. This monthly desktop calendar wallpaper is an image I shot at Longwood Gardens during Christmas time a few years back. Longwood Gardens is …

Photography, classes, old friends and new friends. That’s what this past week was all about. We just wrapped things up at the California Photo Festival, which is a week-long conference for photographers and photography enthusiasts.  With over 20 instructors and hundreds of classes covering a wide range of photography topics, the event was definitely right …

The Columbia Gorge is the waterway that divides Washington and Oregon, just east of Portland. The whole area is really beautiful, and the main attraction for us was the waterfalls. There are LOADS of them, and even though Ben and I spent several days exploring, we only hit a fraction of the falls in the …

North Cascades One of the travel goals Ben and I set for ourselves was to visit every national park. It’s a hefty goal, because there’s a LOT of them, but we’re getting there… slowly. After leaving Seattle, we headed northeast a bit to visit North Cascades National Park. Ben and I at the park entrance. …

There are only a few major U.S. cities I have yet to visit, and up until last month, Seattle was one of them. This is actually my first trip to the northwest part of the country (not counting Alaska… I’ve been there) and so far, I’m loving it. Now, mind you, I’ve been visiting during …

***Note: At the bottom of this post is a map of Crater Lake. I numbered the photo captions as well as points on the map so that you can see where each shot was taken.*** I’ve seen a good amount of the United States so far, but one area I had yet to visit was …

That’s right. As the title of this post suggests, we only got a little taste of Rocky Mountain National Park instead of the heaping serving I would have liked. After an amazing trip to Iceland, we returned to the bus, which was parked in Golden, Colorado. From there, we headed north to Estes Park, which …

Day 6: Icebergs on the beach, a lagoon boat tour and a grass-roof church In my last blog post, we wrapped up day 5 of the Iceland workshop around 3 in the morning with a beautiful sunrise shoot. We then crashed pretty hard when we arrived back at our hotel. In order to recover from …