Camping: Crater Lake

At the beginning of August I headed to Crater lake to go camping with my brother and cousin. Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the United States.

Portland Sunset

After two very hot days clouds made their way into Portland last Tuesday. By around 6pm I knew it was going to be a great sunset so I headed down to the Portland waterfront with my friend Lauren. I love nights like these in Portland.

Night Sky: Mt. Hood

My friend Ben Canales’ star photos have been really inspiring me lately so I decided it was time for me to get out there and take some of my own. I headed up to Mt. Hood with my brother Nathan yesterday afternoon. The plan was to head to Trillium lake and scout it out in the late afternoon for a future lifestyle shoot and then stick around to get some photos of the lake, mountain and stars all together. The photo I had in my mind didn’t come together because the conditions weren’t cooperating. The moon was out and fog had rolled in over the lake so the stars weren’t as visible so our plans had to change a bit. I was however able to get off a couple shots before the clouds completely came in.

We then headed up to Timberline lodge and hiked a little ways up the mountain so we could get some shots looking down into the valley.When the moon was about to set it became very orange and looked strangely similar to a sunset. This ended up creating a very surreal photo of a “sunset” with the stars and milky way in the sky. I’m pretty happy with how my photos turned out and I’m excited to get out there again.