Archive for September 2009

Day 3 - North Cascades NP

Three weeks will certainly be too short a time to do this place justice. I spent a couple of hours on one of the shortest trails trying to get the right shot. I also met a couple of couples originally from MN but now living in Vancouver. Met another couple from FL. Then went [...]

Day 2 - N Cascades NP

The end of Day 2.
I have been much busier than I assumed for the Residency. Shortly after meeting up w Cindy, I realized there were 3 Artists in Residence present. Greg, a geologist and sculptor, was literally finishing a 3 yr project. Becky had returned from her Spring Residency to hang 3 large paintings on [...]

1st Day - Cool and Clear

I finally arrived for my a
Official First Day on my assignment. Stopped several times along Hwy 20 coming in to shoot the Skagit River and fog banks as they were burning off. Hard to get a unique perspective that others probably have shot thousands of times. But thats the nature and challenge of the [...]

First Images In the Can

After driving way too many hours all of it with spectacular weather, it finally rained about 60 miles east of North Cascades NP.  Driving through the Park on the Hwy 20, I couldn’t miss taking an image of Diablo Lake - as everyone else does: “Reflections of an Overcast Sky.”  The dark areas are breaks [...]

And so the Adventure Begins

The car is packed, and the trunk is too full.   Those who know I can pack for a 3 week biz trip in 1 suitcase would find my packing list totally out of character.  Indeed, it is.  But why not use the space if it is available.
The last little detail, that being autographed DVDs by [...]