Oregon, June 2021.
From the video The gift of photography.
Direction
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Alone on the beach
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Washington, November 2016.
I can't believe it's been almost 7 years. An oldie but still a favorite of mine, of a moment I will treasure forever.
Semiahmoo
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A beautiful morning in Washington. October 2020.
Cascade peak
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Mt Shuksan, October 2020.
The gift of photography ~ from Bandon, Oregon
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A few weeks ago, I celebrated my birthday by giving myself the gift of photography in one of the most beautiful locations I've been to: Bandon, Oregon. The west coast is filled with little gems, but this one is in my opinion one of the best. Incredibly beautiful rock formations, perfect weather, wildlife, and far enough from everything so it doesn't get as crowded as other locations.
It was, indeed, the perfect gift.
Life update: road trip across the Southwest is over, back "home"
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Hello from Vancouver, Washington.
I'm back in the PNW and it feels amazing. This place was home for more than 5 years, it was here where I fell in love with nature and photography, and I couldn't be more excited about getting to spend the next few weeks in this very special place.
This means that the road trip across the Southwest is over, though. These are some of the numbers:
- 23 days on the road
- more than 4,000 miles
- 7 states
- 4 hotel, 3 AirBnBs, 1 car
- ~2,500 photos
- dozens of hours of footage
You never know how things will turn out when you are on the road for so long. We had everything booked ahead of time which could mean that a problem with one of the hotels or AirBnBs, or even worse, a mechanical issue with the car, could ruin the whole trip. A chain reaction of sorts.
Luckily, everything was near perfect and I couldn't ask for more. I had an amazing time and I believe I made some of my best images on this trip.
Now it's time to rest for a few days before starting to photograph the amazing places of the PNW. I will be using this time to reflect on the work produced in the last few weeks, and of course to share it. Not only images and videos but also some thoughts I've had and lessons learned in the field.
Photography doesn't start with a camera
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While it's totally possible to get a camera and then find a subject to photograph, it's definitely much easier to find something you are passionate about and then start capturing it.
If you gave me a camera 10 years ago, I wouldn't have known what to do with it.
Instead, photography came naturally to me when I discovered my passion for the outdoors after moving to the Pacific Northwest.
A camera is a tool to capture what we see. I didn't see anything 10 years ago. I do now.