Wisdom Keepers

Moon Magic

The full moon fuses with river mist on a clear winter night. Absolutely my favorite kind of light: fleeting, unpredictable, cosmic...I could go on and on, but when It happens and I'm in a position to photograph it, it reinforces and reminds me why I was drawn to photography in the first place. Its easy to lose oneself in these moments and I'm always grateful for the experience. Silver Falls State Park, Oregon Additional Print Options: Museum Quality Fujiflex Supergloss Print: 8 x 12/$65 12 x 18/$125 16 x 24/$250 24 x 36/$500 To place an order, please email.

Mossy Backlight

A small maple tree covered in moss glows under misty backlight on Christmas Day, Silver Falls State Park, Oregon Additional Print Options: Museum Quality Fujiflex Supergloss Print: 8 x 12/$65 12 x 18/$125 16 x 24/$250 24 x 36/$500 To place an order, please email.

Maple Moonlight

The silhouetted form of a large maple tree fringed with moss backlit by the full moon. Silver Falls State Park, Oregon Additional Print Options: Museum Quality Fujiflex Supergloss Print: 8 x 12/$65 12 x 18/$125 16 x 24/$250 24 x 36/$500 To place an order, please email.

Shining Light

Sunlight works its magic in the winter coolness of Silver Creek Canyon as it filters through moss and waterfall mist. Silver Falls State Park, Oregon Additional Print Options: Museum Quality Fujiflex Supergloss Print: 8 x 12/$65 12 x 18/$125 16 x 24/$250 24 x 36/$500 To place an order, please email.

Winter Sleep

I spent 30 minutes shooting this white oak through my car window while my 18 month old son snoozed in the back seat. The condensation from inside and the drizzly rain outside allowed for a rendering I found pretty interesting. Willamette Valley, Oregon Additional Print Options: Museum Quality Fujiflex Supergloss Print: 8 x 12/$65 12 x 18/$125 16 x 24/$250 24 x 36/$500 To place an order, please email.

Twilight Juniper

An ancient juniper soaks up the blue and magenta hues of twilight from a rocky perch near Sutton Mountain. Sutton Mountain proposed wilderness, Oregon Additional Print Options: Museum Quality Fujiflex Supergloss Print: 8 x 12/$65 12 x 18/$125 16 x 24/$250 24 x 36/$500 To place an order, please email.

Misty Juniper

Sutton Mountain proposed wilderness, Oregon Additional Print Options: Museum Quality Fujiflex Supergloss Print: 8 x 12/$65 12 x 18/$125 16 x 24/$250 24 x 36/$500 To place an order, please email.

Blue Hour

Sutton Mountain proposed wilderness, Oregon Additional Print Options: Museum Quality Fujiflex Supergloss Print: 8 x 12/$65 12 x 18/$125 16 x 24/$250 24 x 36/$500 To place an order, please email.

Through the Looking Glass

I was huddled under a tree waiting out the rain and hoping for some better light when my dog ran up to this juniper. She only struck this pose for a second, and in my haste I forgot to take my camera off braketing mode. The result is an overexposed, high key, almost dreamy take on our day hiking through the spring rain, Sutton Mountain, Oregon Additional Print Options: Museum Quality Fujiflex Supergloss Print: 8 x 12/$65 12 x 18/$125 16 x 24/$250 24 x 36/$500 To place an order, please email.

Renewal

Wildfires also present photo opportunities, as seen here showing the aftermath of a very hot wildfire from the previous year. The junipers that burned most intensely left behind circular islands of sterilized soil underneath, Horse Heaven proposed wilderness, Oregon Additional Print Options: Museum Quality Fujiflex Supergloss Print: 8 x 12/$65 12 x 18/$125 16 x 24/$250 24 x 36/$500 To place an order, please email.

Juniper and Wolf Lichen

Sutton Mountain proposed wilderness, Oregon Additional Print Options: Museum Quality Fujiflex Supergloss Print: 8 x 12/$65 12 x 18/$125 16 x 24/$250 24 x 36/$500 To place an order, please email.

Elias' Tree

Afternoon light gives this small maple a brilliant glow juxtaposed against the deep shadows of Silver Creek Canyon, Silver Falls State Park Additional Print Options: Museum Quality Fujiflex Supergloss Print: 8 x 12/$65 12 x 18/$125 16 x 24/$250 24 x 36/$500 To place an order, please email.

Bonsai

A small maple grows out of a lush hillside carpeted with succulents and wildflowers. The wind from a nearby waterfall created a lot of movement in the nearby trees but spared the smaller and more distant maple. I thought the lack of scale in this scene gave the maple the look of a bonsai tree, Silver Falls State Park, Oregon Additional Print Options: Museum Quality Fujiflex Supergloss Print: 8 x 12/$65 12 x 18/$125 16 x 24/$250 24 x 36/$500 To place an order, please email.

Encircling Life

Budding vine maples hold onto the last remaining leaves from the previous year, giving the damp forest a touch of contrasting color, Silver Falls State Park, Oregon Additional Print Options: Museum Quality Fujiflex Supergloss Print: 8 x 12/$65 12 x 18/$125 16 x 24/$250 24 x 36/$500 To place an order, please email.

Forest Guardians

A low-angled view showcasing the large backlit leaves and spiny stems of a Devil's Club colony in the Silver Falls backcountry. Silver Falls State Park, Oregon Additional Print Options: Museum Quality Fujiflex Supergloss Print: 8 x 12/$65 12 x 18/$125 16 x 24/$250 24 x 36/$500 To place an order, please email.

Shine a Light

Clouds trapped in Silver Creek Canyon filter the winter sun as it dips behind the far side of the canyon. Silver Falls State Park, Oregon Additional Print Options: Museum Quality Fujiflex Supergloss Print: 8 x 12/$65 12 x 18/$125 16 x 24/$250 24 x 36/$500 To place an order, please email.

Beginning Again

While descending from the summit of Washington's, Mount Adams, we passed though an area of forest burned during the 2012 Cascade Creek Fire. I was drawn to the curled up bark peeling off the tree and the way the orange/red colors complemented the distant Beargrass, Cascade Mountains, Oregon Additional Print Options: Museum Quality Fujiflex Supergloss Print: 8 x 12/$65 12 x 18/$125 16 x 24/$250 24 x 36/$500 To place an order, please email.

Winters Veil

Soft evening light and low clouds accentuate the snow covered treetops of a stand of alders. Forest Park, Portland, Oregon Additional Print Options: Museum Quality Fujiflex Supergloss Print: 8 x 12/$65 12 x 18/$125 16 x 24/$250 24 x 36/$500 To place an order, please email.

Annapurna Sunstar

While hiking the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal, this tree alongside the trail caught my attention. The sunstar effect in combination with the silhouetted form of the tree provided an interesting foreground element set against the massive backdrop of the Annapurna Himal Additional Print Options: Museum Quality Fujiflex Supergloss Print: 8 x 12/$65 12 x 18/$125 16 x 24/$250 24 x 36/$500 To place an order, please email.

Ancil's Tree

Vine maple illuminated by headlamp as the forest fades into darkness, Silver Falls State Park, Oregon Additional Print Options: Museum Quality Fujiflex Supergloss Print: 8 x 12/$65 12 x 18/$125 16 x 24/$250 24 x 36/$500 To place an order, please email.

Ancient One

An ancient white pine amidst a garden of lava rocks and indian paintbrush. I photographed the tree from up close using my wide angle lens to emphasize the lined trunk and exposed roots. Cascade Mountains, Oregon Additional Print Options: Museum Quality Fujiflex Supergloss Print: 8 x 12/$65 12 x 18/$125 16 x 24/$250 24 x 36/$500 To place an order, please email.

Misty Sunset

During a 3 week backpacking trip along the Oregon Coast, I was very fortunate to witness this amazing display of atmospheric light as the sun sank into a blanket of ocean mist rising up and over this grassy headland. Additional Print Options: Museum Quality Fujiflex Supergloss Print: 8 x 12/$65 12 x 18/$125 16 x 24/$250 24 x 36/$500 To place an order, please email.

Lone Oak

The moon rises over the silhouetted form of a large oak while a thunderstorm approaches from the west. Several years later this oak finally succumbed to the elements when a bolt of lightning toppled it. Willamette Valley, Oregon Additional Print Options: Museum Quality Fujiflex Supergloss Print: 8 x 12/$65 12 x 18/$125 16 x 24/$250 24 x 36/$500 To place an order, please email.

Autumn Splendor

Huckleberry bushes create a colorful blanket of pastels as autumn graces the high country in the Mount Jefferson Wilderness, Cascade Mountains, Oregon Additional Print Options: Museum Quality Fujiflex Supergloss Print: 8 x 12/$65 12 x 18/$125 16 x 24/$250 24 x 36/$500 To place an order, please email.

Western Red Ceder in Fog

When fog settles into the forest an amazing transformation happens. Through the enveloping mist, trees begin to display their own personality. Their forms, no longer blending into the complexities of the forest, become a study in outline and texture. I had walked and ran past this scene many times, not once seeing the slightest potential for a photograph. While on a walk one particularly foggy morning, the curved branches of this dead Western Red Ceder really caught my eye. Using my medium telephoto to further isolate and compress the scene, I juxtaposed the twisting ceder with the contrasting verticals of trees directly behind, Forest Park, Portland, Oregon Additional Print Options: Museum Quality Fujiflex Supergloss Print: 8 x 12/$65 12 x 18/$125 16 x 24/$250 24 x 36/$500 To place an order, please email.

Ice clings to the charred remains of a forest burned during the B and B Complex Fires of 2003, Cascade Mountains, Oregon Additional Print Options: Museum Quality Fujiflex Supergloss Print: 8 x 12/$65 12 x 18/$125 16 x 24/$250 24 x 36/$500 To place an order, please email.

Land of Mist

The setting sun breaks though the clouds after a stong autumn storm, creating an atmospheric show of sunlight and swirling mist, Silver Falls State Park, Oregon Additional Print Options: Museum Quality Fujiflex Supergloss Print: 8 x 12/$65 12 x 18/$125 16 x 24/$250 24 x 36/$500 To place an order, please email.