Category: Travel

Pu’uhonua o Honaunau

Posted on January 23, 2010December 8, 2011 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_292" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Ki'i and Hale Keawe Heiau, Pu'uhonua o Honaunau"][/caption] Living in Hawaii for many years, I was fortunate to travel and photograph extensively around the islands. One of my absolute favorite places is Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National...Read More

Holiday Greetings

Posted on December 24, 2009 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_287" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Trees and tracks in the snow at Mount Rainier's Paradise Valley"][/caption] My best wishes to all for a wonderful holiday season, and may 2010 bring you health, happiness, love and prosperity.

Crater Lake in Winter

Posted on December 7, 2009 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_281" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Crater Lake in winter."][/caption] PhotoShelter.com has selected me as a Featured Photographer for the month of December, and is displaying the above photo as part of their home page slide show. Check it out at www.PhotoShelter.com...Read More

San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_274" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Street scene in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico."][/caption] After a few days break, I'm back to processing photos from my recent visit to Mexico. Part of that trip was a couple of days spent in San...Read More

Happy Hallowe'en!

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_267" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Pumpkins at Daum's Produce Stand, Willamette Valley, Oregon."][/caption] Halloween means Jack-O-Lanterns, and the pumpkin patches at farms all over the Pacific Northwest have been harvested for pumpkin sales and displays in stores and at produce stands....Read More

Guanajuato, Mexico

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_258" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Guanajuato, Mexico historic district at sunset."][/caption] Home again after ten wonderful days in Mexico, and now I have hundreds of photos to edit, process, caption, keyword and upload. Visiting the city of Guanajuato in central Mexico...Read More

Mariachi

Posted on October 17, 2009 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_253" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Mariachi serenading a couple in a restaurant."][/caption] Mariachi music is one of the great traditions of Mexico, and Marachi bands are one of the instantly recognizable images of this wonderful country. The musicians play a variety...Read More

Guadalajara, Mexico

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_249" align="aligncenter" width="333" caption="A charro or cowboy in Guadalajara, Mexico."][/caption] On a visit to Guadalajara, Mexico, our SATW group took in a charreada, which is sort of a Mexican rodeo. The charros and charras (cowboys and cowgirls) perform in...Read More

Autumn is upon us.

Posted on October 4, 2009 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_243" align="aligncenter" width="333" caption="Mount Baker from Yellow Aster Butte Trail."][/caption] Only a few weeks ago photographers in the Pacific Northwest were still shooting wildflowers in the alpine areas of the Cascade Mountains. With the Autumn Equinox just behind us,...Read More

National Park Rangers

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_238" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Ranger Chuck Smith at Rainbow Bridge National Monument"][/caption] When I was a kid, the Rangers at National Parks we visited on family vacations were among my favorite heroes. Always friendly, they knew everything about the outdoors...Read More