The Pacific Northwest is easily one of the most beautiful places in the United States, and it's natural diversity and splendor create a unique aura that can only be felt here. I can't explain it all in words, and even pictures fail to relate the power of this place, but it's what I've got so it's what I will share with you.
These are the pictures I have taken over the course of these last few weeks while enjoying my summer vacation. A lot of the photos are black and white or sepia, the reasons for that are twofold; first of all I am colorblind, it's tough for me to feel the same connection to color that other people might feel, and my colorblindness makes it difficult for me to get color right in my photos; the second reason is that I see photography as a way of preserving the emotional underpinnings of a moment and presenting them in a unique way that lets the viewer connect to those emotions without having to actually be at the location, sometimes color is integral to the translation of a moment but often times moments are best captured in simplicity and where the lighting and environment and faces can speak for themselves. Anyway, thats my rant about why I take so many colorless photos, the images are my attempt to share a little bit of the magic of this region, and I hope to keep posting them throughout the rest of the summer.
There are some really stunning photos in this album. I love that some of the are even familiar. Hope the water was just as cold as the time we were there! Can't decide in some of them which is more beautiful... the landscape or Apo's silhouette :)
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