Coastal Forest Size:30x45 and airglow often paints the

and airglow often paints the horizon in subtle greens and blues

are one of them

allowing its scale to read clearly even from a distance

sharp ridgelines

This photograph marks the moment I stopped wondering if I could do this and started believing that I might

Coastal Forest Size:30x45 and airglow often paints theOregon Coast, Oregon This photograph was made on a rainy day near the Oregon coast, hiking upstream through a forest already saturated by hours of steady rain. I had spent the previous days focused on the ocean, but I kept turning inland, drawn toward the sound of moving water. Where I grew up in the Texas Panhandle, running water is rare. Creeks like this dont exist. That absence stays with you. It makes scenes like this feel less familiar and more