Before Donald Trump was president, I remember he got into some feud (imagine that) over wind turbines at a golf course ... or maybe it was a hotel. Anyway. He said they were ugly. I always found that to be such a weird statement. To me, they are not. Among the barren horizons in Eastern Washington, where this photo was taken, they are kind of beautiful. They stand out among the dry landscape as a sort of monument to our symbiosis with the Earth and our struggle to sustain the planet’s resources. Plus, they look cool. #turbine #windturbines #easternwashington #symmetry #sustainable #vscocam
“Matt” scales down the rock face at Minnehaha Park. There is a story behind this picture that explains exactly why I love photography. I shot this photo for a work assignment. I spent almost all day trying to find climbers in the #Spokane area that I could shoot for a story I had written about climbing for beginners. I spent two hours hiking through Riverside State Park before I left and went to #Minnehaha (time well spent, if you ask me). When I came across Matt and his girlfriend, they were nice enough to let me shadow them for a couple hours as they climbed. #Climbing is intense. It requires concentration and problem solving skills, not to mention athletic ability. I learned a lot about the sport by watching them. They could have said “no.” I could have not gotten any pictures. Instead, I met a couple great people, learned a lot about #rockclimbing and spent all day outside. #vscocam #climber #photography #onassignment
I’m in love with these Central Washington vistas. I was still up at sunrise at about 4:45 am when I snapped this photo, just outside of the Gorge Amphitheater, in the vineyards. The book I’m reading takes place in New Mexico, and I can’t help myself. From Peter Heller’s The Painter: “I would be moving in the cold of the settling evening, the few stars in the chasm overhead, the only way I could still myself at all: move.” #centralwashington #farm #thegorge #bw #vscocam
