Closer to Home

Day or weekend trips, La Conner, Leavenworth, Cashmere, Portland, the Oregon Coast. These are places I love to go and I always bring my camera!!

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Haystack Rock © 2011 Adrien Meredith Hefta. All rights reserved.
Puget Sound © 2011 Adrien Meredith Hefta. All rights reserved.

Taken on Samish Island, looking out to Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands. Samish “Island” is actually a peninsula, but it used to be separate from the mainland, before they filled in some low lying areas around it. It’s quite remote, quiet … Continue reading

Leading the Way © 2011 Adrien Meredith Hefta. All rights reserved.

LaConner, a small tourist town and artists’ enclave in Skagit County, is a favorite destination of mine. I’m attracted to the town’s history, the landscape of wide open spaces, the galleries and boutiques that are housed in historic buildings on … Continue reading

Double Vision © 2011 Adrien Meredith Hefta. All rights reserved.

Often my layered work is immediately recognizable as that, with outlandish colors, juxtapositions, etc. This one is more subtle. Two suns? Double exposure? How’d she do that? I resisted the urge to take this one further, because as is, it was … Continue reading

Below the Knee © 2011 Adrien Meredith Hefta. All rights reserved.

Photo taken while on a day trip to La Conner, WA, a favorite destination of mine for shopping, lunch and great photo-ops!

Haystack Rock © 2011 Adrien Meredith Hefta. All rights reserved.

One of the most beautiful and photographed places along the Oregon coast, Haystack Rock in Cannon Beach is truly stunning.  I’ve been lucky enough to have had some perfectly gorgeous evenings there, with the setting sun lighting this magnificent rock … Continue reading

Sunset Stroll © 2011 Adrien Meredith Hefta. All rights reserved.

Photographer’s Tip: The light at sunset is amazing, if you know how to use it!  When shooting people, don’t expect details on faces, unless they are facing it directly, but then they’ll squint so bad, you and your subject will … Continue reading

Leavenworth © 2011 Adrien Meredith Hefta. All rights reserved.
Ruit © 2011 Adrien Meredith Hefta. All rights reserved.
Haystack Rock Reinvisioned © 2011 Adrien Meredith Hefta. All rights reserved.

If you’ve ever been to Haystack Rock, in Cannon Beach, OR, you might realize that this photo has been digitally altered. The sun doesn’t set behind the rock this way, since my POV is south. I made this double exposure … Continue reading