July 2009 archives

Delicate

July 21, 2009 by Younes
In lieu of the “why and the how” feature, I will rather go simpler this time as the subject matter of this photograph calls for just that. It is very tempting as a photographer to always go for the big, bold, dramatic and all inclusive scenery. However, when one stops to look around, beauty can [...]

Milkin’ it all the Way

July 20, 2009 by Younes
It was about 11pm when we arrived back at our car on the way down from Eunice lake (see yesterday’s post here). After a long day, all we were thinking of was the comfort of a bed, yet, when Jay suggested we stop for some star trail shots, I immediately acquiesced! My excitement only grew [...]

Younes at Eunice

July 19, 2009 by Younes
On Thursday, Jay Goodrich and I headed out of Seattle for a little hike around mighty Mount Rainier. Art set us out with directions to Eunice lake and off we went. What was supposed to be an easy, breezy 2.5 mile hike turned out to be more of an adventure than expected. Not only were [...]

Ridges

July 16, 2009 by Younes
As promised yesterday, here is a new image I made on the way to Hurricane Ridge. The light that morning wasn’t really suitable to photograph the beautiful wildflowers (lupins, indian paintbrushes, avalanche lillies and others), so we turned to an alternative subject. The mountain ridges were nicely silhouetted by the rising sun making the perfect [...]

More Palouse

July 15, 2009 by Younes
Bad weather has forced us to change our plans…no coast yet again (I am really beginning to believe that I am cursed!). So after an improvised camping night up at Obstruction Point at Olympic National Park, Art, Jay and myself headed back into town (that’s a total of about 15h of driving in the last [...]
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