I've been super busy with university this term, 17 credit hours that include physics, integral calculus, petrology, and sediment and stratigraphy; All of which have been keeping me indoors looking at rock

After hiking Soda creek falls on Sunday, Dennis and I decided to avoid more hiking in the rain and instead turned our quest to finding the snow line. We turned back west from Cascadia state park and took

Here is a quick little entry for todays contest hosted by @photocontests. It's been awhile since I've taken part in the contest as I felt like I was just spamming my feed to stay relevant and growing.

Even though the weather wasn't perfect Saturday one of my best friends and I cruised out into the cascades to do a little hiking. After consulting the map we drew up a tentative plan including a couple

A couple weeks ago I took a trip with my exchange brother to show him the cities in the northwest. He is from Kyrgyzstan and has been here in Oregon with my mom since September. At first we had planned

On Martin Luther King day two weeks ago my exchange brother, my best friend and I decided to spend our day off hiking and getting to the top of a couple mountains. Our hike was located on hwy 6 between

Here is an entry for the #architecturalphotography contest hosted by @photocontests. I took this photo while exploring Seattle a couple weeks ago. My dad lived in Seattle for a couple years of my childhood

Here is a photo of sunset as viewed from the top of Haleakala on the island of Maui. I did not get to see sun rise from the top as due to increase in interest which led to a pre registration to drive up

I took this photo last weekend on Martin Luther King day. I spent the day hiking in the coast range with my best friend and my exchange brother from Kyrgyzstan. The weather was beautiful for mid-January

Yesterday we had a massive storm along the west coast which created a storm surge of incoming water unlike I have ever seen in my 27 year life living on the Oregon coast. I retrieved these photos from

Here is my entry for todays #portraitphotography contest hosted by @photocontests. Pictured is my exchange brother who has been living with my mom and younger brothers since September. I took this photo

Here is my entry for the #streetphotography challenge this week. I took it at Pikes Place Market last Saturday. I threw a dollar in her cup and moved away for a photo. The crowd shuffled by paying mostly

Here is the first post in a series of posts of photographs I have taken of art that I have come across traveling and taking pictures. I'm really drawn to murals that are big and bright and I think this

I took this photo on Monday while hiking in the Tillamook national forest. We hiked the elk and kings mountain loop that is 9.5 miles long with a little over 5,000 feet elevation gain. It is mostly a hike

I took this photo while in Seattle along the waterfront last weekend. Pictured is a vehicle you have probably seen if you have spent time in Seattle near the Space Needle or Pikes place. This vehicle offers

Here is another entry for the architectural photography contest. Like my last entry I snapped this shot, of what I think is an aparment building, while I was in Seattle last weekend. We were walking back

Here is one of my entries to today's contest for #architecturalphotography hosted by @photocontests. I took this photo during my adventure around downtown and the waterfront of Seattle last weekend. These

A mixture of modern northwestern culture, represented by the Space Needle, and ancient indigenous culture presented by the Totem Pole. I was visiting Seattle over the past weekend and spent the day enjoying

I took these entries for todays #cityscapephotography contest hosted by @photocontests this summer. I was backpacking through the Sky Lakes Wilderness in southern Oregon with a friend and took my camera

A shot I got while I was in Seattle this past weekend. We visited downtown and Pikes Place along the waterfront. While down on the waterfront my exchange brother and I took a ride on the giant ferris wheel