Category: Photography

Go With The Flow

Posted on December 3, 2025December 3, 2025 by Greg Vaughn

Looking out my office window at dawn this morning, I saw dense fog. Excited, I grabbed my photo backpack, jumped into Rusty, and drove over to Mount Pisgah Arboretum. Forest and fog is one of my favorite photo subjects. I...Read More

Podcast Interview

Posted on May 8, 2025October 26, 2025 by Greg Vaughn

My friend and fellow Muench Workshops pro Matt Payne has interviewed a great many photographers who I consider to be among the very best in the nature and landscape genre. So it was a great honor when Matt asked me...Read More

Mount Rainier and reflection in Upper Tipsoo Lake at sunrise;

Mount Rainier Timed-Entry Permits

Posted on May 11, 2024July 10, 2025 by Greg Vaughn

Summer 2025 Update: This year the timed entry permits are only required for the Sunrise Corridor on the northeast side of the park. Permits are no longer required at the west side Nisqually Entrance or the southeast entrance at Ohanacopesh....Read More

a raccoon standing and looking at the photographer

Using AI for Photography

Posted on April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 by Greg Vaughn

Racoon in Asilomar State Park, California, USA. This photo was made with AI. No, I didn't go online and prompt some wizard to produce an image of a raccoon in a forest, but I took advantage of some amazing technology...Read More

Cat and Kittens

Posted on March 29, 2024March 29, 2024 by Greg Vaughn

The Cat and Kittens sea stacks at Bandon Beach on the southern Oregon Coast. Penelope and I spent a few days at Bandon on the southern Oregon Coast this week. Bandon Beach has been one of our favorite places in...Read More

The Calanais Standing Stones silhouetted against a clear sky at sunrise, with a sunstar on the horizon between the stones

Isle of Lewis and Harris

Posted on March 25, 2024March 25, 2024 by Greg Vaughn

When Muench Workshops asked me if I would lead a photo workshop on the Isle of Lewis and Harris in Scotland, I said "Sure!" without having the vaguest idea about where it was or what was there. I soon found...Read More

Towers of the main cathedral in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.

Hermosillo, Mexico

Posted on January 9, 2024 by Greg Vaughn

Three long days of driving brought me from Oregon to the city of Hermosillo, the capital of the state of Sonora, Mexico. When traveling, I usually prefer camping in Rusty, my Volkswagon Westfalia, but I opted for a hotel for...Read More

Frost and snow-covered pine trees; West Thumb Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.

Happy Holidays!

Posted on December 25, 2023January 4, 2024 by Greg Vaughn

Frost and snow-covered pine trees; West Thumb Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park My best to you and yours at this special time, and hoping that 2024 brings you health, happiness, peace, love, and many excellent adventures.

10 Tips for Photographing Fall Color

Posted on October 12, 2023April 17, 2024 by Greg Vaughn

If you are like most nature and landscape photographers I know, long about late summer you're really looking forward to the changing of the seasons and hitting the trail for some fall color photography. Here are some tips for creating...Read More

An Oregon oak tree in winter with sunlit lichen hanging from bare branches.

Oak trees and lichen

Posted on February 10, 2023February 15, 2023 by Greg Vaughn

Oregon oak trees with lichen; Mount Pisgah Arboretum, Willamette Valley, Oregon. The day started out, once again, cold and with a solid overcast sky. But I hadn't been out photographing for days, needed some exercise, and very much wanted a...Read More