The Smell of Wildflowers

Warm light is cast across endless wildflower meadows in Mt. Rainier National Park.

Foggy Atmosphere

Just after the sun sets, fog blanketing the Puget Sound begins creeping into the city.

Layers of Cold

Low clouds move through the valleys of snow-covered mountains in British Columbia.

Sea of Spectators

Viewed from the heart of the Olympic Mountain Range where endless carpets of avalanche lilies adorn meadows, a full moon descends into a bank of glowing clouds at sunrise.

Waves of Silk

As the colorful remnants of a spectacular sunset remain aglow distant on the horizon, low lying clouds gently roll over and weave through the hills and valleys of the Olympic Mountains’ eastern slopes. The dazzling natural beauty of the rugged Pacific Northwest landscape provides this unusually elegant backdrop as twilight falls over the Emerald City.

Elegant Dunes

Remote wind-sculpted sand dunes in Death Valley National Park.

Window to a Giant

Mt. Rainier stands in the distance as shadows extend across its meadows late one summer evening.

Floating in the Clouds

The Space Needle makes an appearance as the rest of the city below is shrouded in heavy pre-dawn fog.

Valley of Gold

As the sun rises, it shines through a rain storm directly down canyon and provides backlight to the larches of Headlight Basin in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness.

Glacial Rush

Fresh glacial melt rushes through this canyon hidden away in the woods of the Washington Cascade Mountain Range.

Stormy Mountain

A wild and stormy morning at Mt. Rainier National Park. During the hike to this location, there was wind, fog, lightning, lenticular clouds, and rainbows. The dramatic light and weather perfectly complemented the stunning wildflower meadows radiating from Washington State's tallest peak.

Happy Place

Rolling springtime hills covered in arrowleaf balsamroot.

Pastel Glow

The thick, moisture-laden air of the Olympic Coast is aglow with the pastel hues of dusk as the moon closes in on the horizon.

Fiery Reflection

Intense colors in the skies above Grand Teton National Park cast shades of purple over pristine snow along the banks of the Snake River.

Hidden Waterfall

Nestled in the back in the moss-covered walls of a slot canyon sits Lower Oneonta Falls.

Afternoon Treat

Clouds break in the late afternoon to reveal Mt. Rainier.

Nature's Paintbrush

Slopes covered in wildflowers serve as a foreground as the sun sets on this dramatic North Cascades scene.

Light Bomb

A display of crepuscular rays over the rural Palouse region of Washington.

Morning Sunshine

The sun's rays penetrate light fog on this cold December morning.

Punchbowl Morning

Warm sunlight breaks through the morning fog at Punchbowl Falls.

Ocean Rays

With the sun low on the horizon, its warm rays penetrate thick sea spray produced by the pounding surf at Olympic National Park's Point of Arches.

Twilight at Mt. Baker

Swaths of wildflowers cover the subalpine meadows of Skyline Divide. Photographed at twilight, Mt. Baker provides a backdrop to this expansive bouquet of lupine, daisies, mountain heliotrope and arnica.

Dancing to the Sun

The sun breaks through a small gap on the horizon, setting this scene in the Pasayten Wilderness ablaze in golden backlight.

Purple Haze

Fog rolls over the slopes of Hurricane Ridge at sunrise.