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This was one of those days when nothing seemed to go right. I had driven up the mountain and into the forest in search of interesting things to take pictures of. If you are naturally a little bit creative,

This is another one of those images that happened almost as an after thought. I had risen early (that would be around 3am - yes, such a time does exist) and headed for Crown Point to capture images of

I love to write about the images I produce. Sometimes they are just about how I processed the image, while some images have a story behind their capture which is just begging to be told. Other images lend

Somewhere high up in the mountainous forest is a small unnamed stream of unimaginable power. Every year when the snow melts this stream turns into a raging torrent of white water trying to escape from

Punch Bowl Falls is located on a short spur trail off of the Eagle Creek trail in the Columbia River Gorge. Its a beautiful falls with a nice cool swimming hole for those so inclined. It is also commonly

Back in the Columbia River Gorge, this is Tanner Creek, which is just to the South of Bonneville Dam. The trail runs for about a mile up into the canyon before ending at a beautiful waterfall with a

Of all the waterfalls in the Columbia River Gorge, Fairy Falls is my all time favorite. It's not very tall at just 30ft, and is dwarfed by its big Sister Multnomah Falls which is just a couple of miles

Latourell Falls in the Columbia River Gorge is one of my favorite waterfalls, partly because it's the one closest to home, being just fifteen minutes away by car. But also because it is not as popular

Sometimes it is amazing what we miss when we are out and about. I have lived in this town for more years than I am willing to admit to, and spent much time exploring its nooks and crannies. On this particular

So one morning back in the summer of 2019 I rose before the crack of dawn as photographers sometimes do, so that I could go to a venue I had discovered in Portland to get (hopefully) some images of the

Hi everyone, my name is Colin, and I am a photographer. Not a professional photographer, more of the enthusiastic amateur photographer type. I have a pen name, or stage name, or whatever you would like