Photographer Helped Save Opal Creek

Opal Creek Wilderness , Willamette National Forest , OR

The Statesman Journal today published an article on how my 1989 photograph of Opal Creek was instrumental in designating the area as the Opal Creek Wilderness and Opal Creek Scenic Recreation Area (over 34,000 acres combined). Zack Urness writes…”Olson bushwhacked up Opal Creek for five days, making pictures as he went…. the picture he captured […]

Light After the Storm

Sunset illuminates the Tatoosh Range during a clearing storm.

Celine, my wife, wrote the story below for one of my clients, whose son is recovering from cancer. The clearing storm with its splashes of sunlight resonated with her and she thought it would be an appropriate gift for him in his recovery… In Mt. Rainier National Park on September 2013, this image was taken at sunset as the […]