Category: Nature Photography

Wildflowers blooming at Mount Pisgah

Posted on March 14, 2014November 12, 2014 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_1385" align="aligncenter" width="675"] Trillium (aka Wakerobin) blooming at Mount Pisgah Arboretum.[/caption] With just a few days of warmth and sunshine following weeks of cold and rain, the wildflowers have started blooming at Mount Pisgah Arboretum here in Oregon's southern...Read More

Top 10 Places on the Big Island for Nature Photography

Posted on March 10, 2014 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_1368" align="aligncenter" width="650"] Lava from the Pu'u O'o eruption flowing into the ocean.[/caption] For a number of years I had the good fortune to live on the Big Island of Hawaii. The largest in size (but not population) of...Read More

Top 10 Places on Maui for Nature and Landscape Photography

Posted on February 18, 2014February 20, 2014 by Greg Vaughn

A photographer friend who purchased my Oregon and Washington guidebooks, and who knew that I lived in Hawaii for many years, recently asked for recommendations on the best places on the islands of Maui and Hawaii for landscape photography. Like...Read More

Holiday Photo Book Sale

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Greg Vaughn

Still looking for a Christmas present for a photographer friend, or maybe a little something for yourself? My travel guidebooks Photographing Oregon and Photographing Washington make excellent gifts. For nature and landscape photographers, they are a gift that will keep...Read More

Oregon Fall Color Report Update

Posted on October 23, 2013July 9, 2025 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_1253" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Multnomah Falls, Columbia River Gorge, in Autumn.[/caption] The peak of fall color is hitting the lower elevation areas of western Oregon this last week of October, which is pretty typical for this area. I paid a...Read More

Fall Color Photography in Oregon

Posted on October 16, 2013October 23, 2013 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_1236" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Vine maple in autumn, McKenzie River National Recreation Trail.[/caption] Autumn just may be the very best time of year for landscape and nature photography in Oregon. Every region of the state boasts locations with vivid fall...Read More

Oregon Fall Color Report: Willamette National Forest

Posted on October 11, 2013October 11, 2013 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_1222" align="aligncenter" width="467"] Vine maple and Douglas-fir trees, Willamette National Forest.[/caption] Yesterday I drove Oregon Highway 58 up into the central western Cascade Mountains and found that the fall color is fantastic right now. Plenty of golden bigleaf maple...Read More

Columbia River Gorge Fall Color Report

Posted on October 7, 2013October 7, 2013 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_1215" align="aligncenter" width="467"] Triple Falls, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon.[/caption] Fall color is just starting to happen in the Columbia River Gorge. The bigleaf maple and vine maple leaves are taking on autumn hues, but right now there is as...Read More

Bald Eagles on the Skagit River

Posted on January 15, 2013January 15, 2013 by Greg Vaughn

The Skagit River in northwestern Washington state vies with Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge on the Oregon-California border for the highest concentration bald eagles in the lower 48 states. A few eagles inhabit the area year round, but each winter,...Read More

Award Winning Nature Photography

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Greg Vaughn

I am very pleased to announce that I won both Bronze and Gold awards in the Society of American Travel Writers annual Bill Muster Photo Competition. The Muster Awards honor the very best in travel photography, and I'm happy to...Read More