Tag: Oregon

McKenzie Pass Highway

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_397" align="aligncenter" width="297" caption="Lava field at McKenzie Pass"][/caption] The Old McKenzie Pass Highway, OR 242, has opened for the summer after snow plows were finally able to clear both lanes of the road. This part of the McKenzie Pass...Read More

Photographing Oregon chosen travel book of the year

Posted on July 4, 2010 by Greg Vaughn

The Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), recently honored the best books in 50 categories at the 22nd Annual Benjamin Franklin Awards™ in New York City prior to the BookExpo America tradeshow. Photographing Oregon was named best book of the year...Read More

Rhody season

Posted on June 2, 2010 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_365" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Rhododendron blossom, Cascade Mountains, Oregon"][/caption] It's rhododendron season in the Pacific Northwest. Depending on location and elevation, these beautiful evergreen shrubs bloom from April through June in the western regions of northern California, Oregon, Washington and...Read More

Cathedral Rock and Horse Heaven Wilderness proposal

Posted on January 29, 2010 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_299" align="aligncenter" width="332" caption="The Wild & Scenic John Day River at Cathedral Rock"][/caption] For the past couple of years, the Oregon Natural Desert Association (ONDA) has been working to bring together landowners in the John Day River Basin and...Read More

Happy Hallowe'en!

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_267" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Pumpkins at Daum's Produce Stand, Willamette Valley, Oregon."][/caption] Halloween means Jack-O-Lanterns, and the pumpkin patches at farms all over the Pacific Northwest have been harvested for pumpkin sales and displays in stores and at produce stands....Read More

Blueberry time

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_222" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Yellow flower spider on blueberries; Willamette Valley, Oregon"][/caption] Summertime in Oregon's Willamette Valley and the berries are ripe! We've got a wealth of them here - blueberries, strawberries, boysenberries, raspberries and marionberries. The ones from the...Read More

Faded Glory

Posted on June 7, 2009 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_189" align="aligncenter" width="399" caption="A fading arrowleaf balsamroot flower"][/caption] Like many nature photographers, I've been chasing wildflowers this Spring. Many miles on the truck and quite a few on foot looking for splashes and carpets of color in meadows and...Read More

Photographing Oregon guidebook featured in the Eugene Register-Guard newspaper

Posted on April 29, 2009 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_167" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Painted Hills at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument"][/caption] The Register-Guard, Eugene, Oregon's daily newspaper, interviewed me for a feature on my book "Photographing Oregon" in the Sunday, April 26th, edition. Here's some links to the...Read More

Photographing Oregon book release celebration

Posted on April 21, 2009 by Greg Vaughn

If you're anywhere in Oregon's southern Willamette Valley this weekend, please join me in celebrating the release of Photographing Oregon. There will be a slide show and some prints on display, and we'll have light refreshments. The event takes place...Read More

Photographing Oregon's Amazon.com rank

Posted on April 14, 2009 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_153" align="aligncenter" width="317" caption="Southern Oregon coast"][/caption] A friend just sent me an email to let me know that on Amazon.com books, as of today Photographing Oregon ranks #1 in the category Travel>United States>States>Oregon, and #4 in Arts & Photography>Photography>Travel. ...Read More