Aurora borealis over Mount Hood

Aurora borealis over Mount Hood

The aurora borealis over Mount Hood at Trillium Lake August 2015. This was an incredible night. The skies were great and the lodge only had one invasive light that I was able to brush out of the photo easily. I’ve been asked a lot about seeing the aurora here in Oregon after seeing one of … Read more

Photographing Lightning

Lightning at Simnasho Oregon

Photographing Lightning – With Spring and early Summer comes transitional weather that will cause some amazing photography opportunities. Everything from blue skies with majestic thunderheads, rainbows and lightning. It is photographing lightning that I’m asked about how to capture the most.  A lightning bolt typically lasts about 10 to 50 microseconds (0.000050 sec). That’s a lot … Read more

Oregon Wildflower Photography Season

Rhododendrons in Oregon

Oregon Wildflower Photography Season is here. It’s time to go act like a bumble bee and flit from flower to flower, cameras in hand. Here in the Mount Hood and Columbia River Gorge area especially as we have so many options as well as a very long season to photograph them. Oregon Wildflower Photography Season … Read more

Just another day in Photography Paradise

Just another day in Paradise

I’m considering this my first YouTube Vlog. Please go check out my channel and please subscribe for announcement of new videos. Please give me a thumbs up if you like it or a thumbs down if you don’t and I always appreciate a comment. Thank you for your support. Gary Just another day in Photography … Read more

A Cabin in The Woods

Gary Randall Real Estate Photography

Could you feel comfortable in a cabin in the woods like this? This is just one of the rustic early 20th Century cabins that are situated in the forest around Mount Hood. This particular cabin is in the little town of Rhododendron. Located in the Mt Hood National Forest you are guaranteed that you won’t have … Read more