Notes from the Field
Autumn Colors in Snoqualmie Pass
One of the most striking places in the Pacific Northwest to look for autumn colors is Snoqualmie Pass in the Cascade Mountains. Reflections on Golden Creek Pond After photographing this beautiful alpine lake at the top of Snoqualmie Pass from all directions on a very...
Profiles in Nature #1 – Eaton’s Ladies’-Tresses Orchid (Spiranthes eatonii)
Welcome to the first part of my new series, "Profiles in Nature". Over the years I've amassed a great deal of information about natural history as a result of a lot of reading and being a natural outdoorsman. I grew up fascinated with the plants and animals around me...
Looking Back at Summer: Twelve New Images!
As summer begins to slip into fall, and the days of sunshine in the Pacific Northwest will soon turn into weeks and weeks of rain, this year I am positive that I will have more than enough material to keep me working through all the upcoming rainy days. At the risk of...
Mount Rainier
It's not everyday I come in from a shooting venture and return so excited that I pick the shot, clean it up, and blog about it immediately. Ok - that never happens. But this time it did, and for good reason. I've fallen in love with Mount Rainier. It's replaced the...
Orchid Hunting in the Florida Everglades
Orchids. Just the very word brings to mind a vision of exotic color, delightful texture and fantastic shapes, and the scent of consummate and delicious fragrances. Often it evokes feelings of peaceful reflection, caring, and a love for nature's most wondrous flowers....
The Sooty Grouse, Formerly the Blue Grouse
One of the most bewildering sounds I've been hearing in the mountain forests sounded like air being blown over the neck of a big glass jug, only deeper and louder. It always seemed to resound of the rocky outcrops and insinuate its way through the trees like...
Native Orchids of the Pacific Northwest
What a busy month so far! So many projects underway that I have had a hard time trying to get any of the new images out and on the website. I wanted to at least get some new orchid photos posted as many of you have been asking where the new ones are - so here you are!...
West Tiger Mountain
Greetings everyone! I've been working on a couple of big posts lately and been out shooting nearly every free minute, so I've fallen a week behind. That said, I'm going to share a few of my latest images of West Tiger Mountain (which is about twenty minutes from my...
The Wildlife and Nature of Washington
I’ve passed the nine-month mark as a Washington resident, and I thought it was time for me to plant my flag and give myself the hesitant yet inevitable title as a Washington nature photographer. Seems so strange after all those years of being known as “that crazy...
Foxy!
Sometimes a photograph speaks more than words. Photographed this Cascade red fox on Mount Rainier a few days ago. I was completely fascinated by the golden ring of fur encircling its face, and the dark hairs around the eyes and neck plus the rich color of the...
Rattlesnake Mountain – Under a Great Big Sky
Spring has arrived in Washington, and not a minute is wasted when the skies are clear and it’s not raining. Since yesterday was such a beautiful Easter morning and deciding to mix a workday with a family day, I took my wife and kids up to check out Rattlesnake...
A Phantom Familiarity – Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge
Today I visited a new place as I continue exploring Washington State and move farther and farther from my home to look for native wildlife to study, photograph, and eventually hope to write about with some degree of authority as I become more familiar with my...