I photograph the Pacific Northwest in black and white because it helps me see the landscape more clearly. Without color, I pay closer attention to light, weather, texture, and the relationships between water, stone, forest, and sky.
This collection brings together my Pacific Northwest fine art landscape photography from Washington and Oregon. It includes quiet forests, coastal landscapes, rivers, waterfalls, volcanic terrain, and the peaks of the Cascades. Each photograph begins with time spent in the landscape, watching conditions change and responding to what the place offers rather than working from a fixed plan.
The Northwest is shaped by water, geology, elevation, and weather. Those forces give the region much of its character. Through black-and-white photography, I use form, tone, and texture to explore that character and my own response to it.
These posts and my Visual Essays form an ongoing record of that exploration.
A black and white photograph of the early morning autumn sun shining on a closeup view of the summit of Mt Rainier. Viewed from the Sunrise area at Mount Rainier National Park, Washington.
A black and white photograph of the first snowfall of autumn covering a tree lined meadow on a ridge near the Sunrise area at Mt Rainier National Park, Washington. This photo is one of a series of images from my black and white landscape photography project titled Sunrise, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, 2007 Purchase…
A black and white photograph of Burroughs Mountain after an early Autumn snow near Sunrise at Mount, Rainier National Park, Washington. This photo is one of a series of images from my black and white landscape photography project titled Sunrise, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, 2007 Purchase Print
A black and white photograph of Frozen Lake after an early Autumn snow fall. Near Sunrise at Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. This photo is one of a series of images from my black and white landscape photography project titled Sunrise, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, 2007 Purchase Print
A black and white landscape photograph of alpine trees after an early autumn snowfall at Sunrise, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington.
A black and white photograph of textures in fresh fallen Autumn snow near Sunrise at Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. This photo is one of a series of images from my black and white landscape photography project titled Sunrise, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, 2007 Purchase Print
The Autumn sunrise shining on Mount Rainier and Little Tahoma after the first snowfall of the season as viewed from the Sunrise area of Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. This photo is one of a series of images from my black and white landscape photography project titled Sunrise, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, 2007 Purchase…
A black and white photograph of an old alpine log after an early autumn snowfall at Sunrise, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington.
A black and white photograph of the rising sun shining on Mount Rainier as viewed from the Sunrise area of Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. This photo is one of a series of images from my black and white landscape photography project titled Sunrise, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Purchase Print