I wandered along in the fresh snow trying to make out the trail in my search for Proxy Falls. Everything I had read said it should be easy to get to, but since I was the first one on the trail, I was having to really work at it. I managed to find Upper Proxy […]

A steady light rain continued to fall as I arrived at the parking area above Koosah Falls. I was already drenched after stopping at Sahalie Falls just up the road, so it didn’t really matter. There wasn’t any way I could get any more soaked so I packed up my gear and headed towards the […]

One of the highlights of any trip to shoot waterfalls in Oregon is a stop by Silver Falls State Park east of Salem. I did just that this morning. But this isn’t a picture of any of the falls in the park. Nope, this is one of a couple of falls on Butte Creek not […]

A trip to Oregon to shoot waterfalls wouldn’t be complete without a visit to Proxy Falls outside of Sisters, Oregon. I had planned the day to hit Sahalie Falls and Koosah Falls along Highway 126 in the morning and then follow Highway 242 to Proxy Falls and then on over to Sisters where I would […]

A little rain always makes shooting waterfalls a lot easier. It eliminates the extreme contrast from bright daylight shining on white water, intensifies the colors in the scene, and allows for longer exposure times to add a silky effect to the flow. I was very fortunate to have many rainy or overcast days on my […]

The skies were clear when I packed up and left Bend, Oregon this morning and headed south. It made me wonder if my chances of shooting any waterfalls that day were going to be slim to none. I was working my way down to the Willamette Pass area and had scoped out a couple of […]

A few miles west of Willamette Pass on Highway 58 is the parking area for Salt Creek Falls. A short walk leads to a guarded viewing area along the edge of the sheer basalt wall that the falls plunge over. The view is quite remarkable. I had seen pictures of this area and was always […]

It was a bit of a trek to get to Diamond Falls, especially in a steady rain. With temps in the thirties, it made for a chilly hike as well! Not that I didn’t try to get out of having to hike a little over a mile each way mind you. The directions I followed […]

The journey to get to Rough Rider Falls turned out to be a bit of an adventure. I had read from a couple of different sources that the quickest way to get there was to bushwhack through the woods rather than hike for a little more than five miles along the Rogue River Trail. Made […]

The morning started with clearing a good six inches of heavy wet snow off the windshield of the Jeep in the parking lot of Crater Lake Lodge. The night spent there was relatively unproductive for photography to say the least. The ranger at the park entrance told us that we wouldn’t be able to see […]