sojourner photography

Yakima River

sylviacole — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:19:03 +0000

Yakima River

Rattlesnake Mountain

The Yakima River and Horse Heaven Hills in the distance.

The Yakima River, near Benton City.

the Columbia River

sylviacole — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:17:27 +0000

The Columbia River, Richland, Washington

I just really like this shot. Not sure why. But it just pleases me for some reason. I took it on a walk this fall with friends. A good day. Earlier in the day, I took the shot below, of Wade rock climbing. It is pleasing to me too, but for entirely different reasons. Newlyweds. What can I say.

Wade Rock Climbing

more columbia river gorge

sylviacole — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:41:14 +0000

A few more shots from the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge.

Columbia River

See those fluffy white clouds in the middle? If they weren’t there….you’d be looking at Mt. Hood. Right there is where it is supposed to be. Yeah. I definitely have to go back on a clear day.

Rainbow on Washington side, Columbia River.

But seeing quite a few of these was almost worth missing Hood.

Beacon Rock

In the upper left hand corner is Beacon Rock and some power towers from Bonneville Dam. The 848 feet tall Beacon Rock was named by Lewis and Clark in 1805. They noted that the rock marked the eastern extent of the tidal influence in the Columbia.

stonehenge?

sylviacole — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:23:02 +0000

Continuing down the Columbia Gorge on the Washington side, we came across this…stonehenge? In Washington?

Stonehenge War Memorial, Maryhill, Washington

“Stonehenge War Memorial can be seen from a great vantage point on the Washington hillsides above the Columbia River Gorge. This full size replica of Stonehenge was built by a pacifist Quaker from 1912 - 1930 at the site of the original Maryhill community, which since burned to the ground. He was mistakenly informed that the original Stonehenge was a place for human sacrifices, so his goal with this concrete replica was to remind people that “humanity is still being sacrificed to the god of war” and a memorial to soldiers who died in World War I was also included. Since then, memorials have been added to the site for the wars of World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.”

Inside the Stonehenge War Memorial

Have to include a shot of the guy that finds all these cool places…

Wade

And the view of the river from the memorial.

The Columbia River & Bridge

columbia river gorge

sylviacole — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:40:47 +0000

Windmill farm, Columbia River Gorge, from the Washington side.

Barge on the Columbia River, Eastern Washington.

One of the many cool Bridges, Columbia River Gorge, Eastern Washington.

We drove down the Washington State side of the Columbia River Gorge, from Plymouth to Vancouver. Then crossed over to the Oregon side at Portland and drove back. What a great day trip for a photographer. It was so beautiful, but a bit hard to photograph. The scale is just so huge, although I’m not sure I really managed to capture that. But it was at the height of the fall color, and just such a gorgeous, wonderful day. These are just a couple of shots from the beginning of the day, the eastern Washington side.

Rattlesnake Mountain

sylviacole — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:03:50 +0000

Rattlesnake Mountain viewed from Badger Mountain

Wade suggested we climb Badger Mountain…”it’s an easy hike, not steep at all”, he says. Uh…just like it’s not that cold out right? I’m learning the definition of things like “steep” and “cold” vary greatly between New Mexicans and Idahoans. Although where I come from, they’d laugh if you called these little 3,500 foot hills mountains, they can be a pretty steep grade on foot. And the wind…wow…bracing. The desert can be so cold! Standing on top of Badger Mountain, he points to Rattlesnake and says, “we can climb it next.” Yeah…maybe not. I think this is about as close as I want to get to a place named Rattlesnake.

Rattlesnake Mountain, Washington

Horse Heaven Hills

sylviacole — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:44:24 +0000

Horse Heaven Hills near Kiona, Washington

This guy keeps me so busy out hiking, driving, sightseeing and actually taking photos, that I’m backlogged beyond belief in sorting and processing, let alone blogging them. I’m a bit overwhelmed with it all truthfully. But I’m determined to tackle it and conquer the masses. And never get so behind again.

But I’d love some tips and ideas….how do you keep track of all the images, place names, etc. when traveling? Do you have a cool system or habits to manage lots of photos? How do you tackle the giant job of processing and uploading them all? I really could use some good advice.

snow

sylviacole — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:29:51 +0000

Bumping River just below the dam at Bumping Lake, Naches, Washington.

We had a long weekend with friends at a cabin up in the mountains near Chinook Pass. It snowed! Lovely.

drive by shooting….

sylviacole — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:10:37 +0000

I took this shot out the car window while going 70 m.p.h. Of course I would have loved to have stopped to take it…certainly would have composed differently. But reality when traveling…I can’t stop every time I see something interesting. Sometimes I get shots I really love, like the ones below. But mostly what I get is useless, and it’s a real pain having to delete them all. I want to know what you think. Are drive by shots worth it?

the red tree, the blue bridge and rattlesnake mountain

sylviacole — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:11:43 +0000

The Columbia River, Kennewick, Washington…a couple blocks from my house.