Oregon Day 3 – Multnomah, Wahclella, and Abiqua
Wahclella Falls – Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area, Oregon (Kyle Jones)
Sunday was the last day of our waterfall hunting trip and we had three falls on the agenda. Our plan was to get up early, stop by Multnomah Falls before the crowds arrived, and then hike out to Wahclella Falls. After that we would take Matt to the airport and Alejandro and I would drive to Abiqua Falls for one last adventure before we went home.Continue reading
Sleeklens Lightroom Workflows
I had some time this weekend to try out the “Through the Woods” landscape workflow created by Sleeklens. This is a set of Lightroom presets and brushes (they have solutions for Photoshop as well) that can help simplify image editing. They also provide a set of video tutorials explaining how to install the tools and use them as an image processing workflow.Continue reading
Oregon Day 2 – Washington
Spirit Falls – Cook, Washington (Kyle Jones)
Day 2 of our Oregon trip brought us across the Columbia River into Washington. My goal was Spirit Falls. I had never visited this one before but I had been captivated by its turquoise waters in pictures I had seen online. Access to Spirit Falls is somewhat sketchy. As I understand it (because the internet says so) the falls themselves are public. However, access to the falls may be across private property and the owner has been known at times to make that clear (as is his right). So we decided to leave early in the morning to minimize the likelihood of running into anyone and arrived at the “trailhead” just after sunrise. The trail is mostly just a scramble down some loose rocks, eventually reaching a wet, wooded area and the Salmon River.Continue reading
Oregon Day 1 – Oneonta and Punchbowl
It has been a few months since I posted anything, both because work has been keeping me busy and because I’ve been taking some new pictures. The good news is that I have plenty of things to share! I’ll be starting off with some photos that I took in Oregon in late May, a three day trip to the Columbia Gorge with my friends Alejandro Velarde and Matt Olivar.Continue reading