With a car, Lake Sylvia State Park in Montesano, Wash., is basically the backyard of my apartment in Hoquiam, Wash.: it would take about a half hour to drive from my front door to the lake. By bus, it's

I went searching for clouds. I was working on a short Liketu post (Clouds on the Bay), which would be a selection of 10 cloud photos taken along the Grays Harbor bay in Hoquiam, Wash. Most of the photos

Sunday at dawn in Dog Marsh. Hoquiam, Wash. Across the grass and wetlands, the port's loading facility on the Grays Harbor bay is still alight, and a mist just kisses the hills of nearby Aberdeen. Dog

A couple weekends ago in Hoquiaum, Wash., I took a nice evening photowalk in Dog Marsh along the Grays Harbor bay. Hoquiam is located about 25 miles off the Pacific coast. Our Mediterranean climate has

Saturday evening in Hoquiam, Wash., I visited my haunt beneath Simpson Avenue Bridge. I've been there quite frequently over the past few weeks, as the weather has been turning nice, and shared a couple

This week's photo outing in Hoquiam, Wash., took me to the tidal inlet bordering Dog Marsh, Hoquiam's unofficial dog park. It was a blustery, mostly overcast day, but the sun came through the clouds on

In last week's post, The Family, I shared photos of a family of Canada geese with two goslings on the river in Hoquiam, Wash. The photos came from my first photography outing in many months. This week

You know it's spring in my hometown Hoquiam, Wash., when you see goslings on the river. The geese have been paired up and squabbling over spots on the river for about a month now, but I just started seeing

Dog Marsh. In January's cold, blue predawn. The Port of Grays Harbor loading facility brightens low hanging clouds. Cackling geese, the louder, short-necked cousins of Canada geese, whorl over the marsh.

HOQUIAM, Wash. -- Late Thursday afternoon. Playing with my 75-300mm zoom on the riverbank next to Simpson Avenue Bridge, exploring the new perspectives offered by the forced closeup range, I was perfectly

Early Friday morning I went down to the river in Hoquiam, Wash., for coffee. Lately I've been practicing the habit of taking the camera along whenever I go to the river; there's always something happening

Morning on the Hoquiam River. In one of the first bursts of spring for our region, near the Pacific coast in Washington state, I took my camera (and my coffee) to the riverbank to bask in the sun just

HOQUIAM, Wash. I've been in a funk for months now, creatively, but this spring weather has got my juices flowing again. Last week, I walked out to the Grays Harbor bay for a brief, late afternoon photoshoot.

Industrial Dawn Port of Grays Harbor, Hoquiam, Wash. Yesterday morning we had perfect weather for an early morning photoshoot, with temps near 50 degrees and no rain. Fifty degrees is somewhat normal for

Introductory Note: The day these photos were taken began overcast and cleared as I was shooting; some photos appear out of sequence, according to the needs of the text. Along Airport Way in Hoquiam, Wash.,

The Hoquiam River seen from just off the Hoquiam River Loop. The loop is a combination of walking path and city sidewalk running around the river between our two bridges; it's 5-6 blocks long on each side

Wildlife Photography In this stunning shot I've captured the essence of transformation and resilience through the lens of a caterpillar. Amidst the lush foliage the caterpillar symbolizes the incredible

On a harsh light day at the beginning of July, I ventured out for a photowalk on the northeast side of Hoquiam, Wash., my hometown. My destination was the soccer pitch and baseball field behind Immanuel

In Bird watching on the bay, my most recent post for the Photography Lovers community, I mentioned the osprey nest on Paulson Road in my hometown of Hoquiam, Wash. I've been visting and photographing the

One evening this spring in Hoquiam, Wash., on a quest for some wildlife photos, I found cover on the banks of a tidal inlet on the Grays Harbor bay. A great blue heron perched on one of the dock pilings,