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Palouse Barn — Red Barn, Palouse. Fujifilm GFX 50s, 32-64mm f11 1/30 ISO100

Just finished up another fantastic workshop in Washington’s Palouse. Thanks to everyone for making this year such a great trip! As always the Palouse is amazing and the diversity year to year in crops always delivers a new experience exploring the landscapes. This year was looking great around the region, wonderful hues of greens and yellows with the occasional red barn thrown in. I’m really looking forward to getting back and if my schedule allows may head over for harvest this year. I now have the 2019 Palouse workshop listed with limited space available.

Classic International — International Rust. Fujifilm X-H1 100-400mm f8 1/200 ISO1600

Palouse Washington — Palouse Green. Fujifilm X-H1, 100-400mm f8 1/20 ISO200

Palouse Falls. Fujifilm X-H1 10-24mm f16 1/6 ISO100

American Barn — Patriotic Barn. Fujifilm GFX 50s, 32-64mm f16 1/60 ISO1600

Classic Chevrolet — Blue Chevy. Fujifilm X-H1, 100-400mm f5.6 1/2000 ISO3200

Palouse Sunset. Fujifilm X-H1 100-400mm f8 1/8 ISO200

Wheat and Barn — Red Barn & Wheat. Fujfilm X-H1 50-140mm f11 1/15 ISO200

Finally getting caught up on some editing here and thought I would share a few images from our Palouse Workshop this spring. We had a fantastic trip in eastern Washington’s amazing landscape and old Americana towns. Despite a couple days of rain we managed to work some great scenes and explore some new locations this year.

Whenever inclement weather rolls in, it’s easy to get discouraged, especially when you have your sights set on certain scenes and images you’ve envisioned. I’ve learned a while back that great images can be made in any conditions and instead of fighting the weather, use it to your advantage. Making lemonade out of lemons. Adversity in nature photography or any photography for that matter is a great teacher and forces you to really reach in and dig deeper for your inner creativity. It also is a great way in training the eye to work for compositions and studying elements.

On this trip we had a couple days where we shifted gears from big landscapes to things that would work in our couple days of rain. Classic cars, fading paint, abstracts, old Americana. Focusing more of our attention on one of the Palouse’s endearing qualities, it’s history. After a day or two of wandering some of the small towns, I was really impressed with what our group came away with. Especially seeing everyone’s unique perspectives.

Despite the initial rain, the Palouse did not disappoint as usual. For our night at Palouse Falls, the skies began to clear, giving us an epic sunset, intense colors, and great atmosphere that night. We came away with some of the best shots I’ve seen there. In the morning we were treated to the classic Palouse shots from Steptoe Butte and had some brilliant light turning the hills into a pastel painting.

All in all our trip to the Palouse had some great variety, which is why I love shooting here. Barns, classic Americana, and stunning hills reminisant of Tuscany can keep landscape photographers busy to no end, especially if you visit from season to season. As the crops are harvested the landscape is ever changing making it a different scene year after year.

Thanks to all my travelers this year for making this trip so much fun! I didn’t want to leave:)