OlyNP

Often referred to as “three parks in one,” Olympic National Park encompasses three distinct ecosystems -- rugged glacier capped mountains with their sub alpine forests and wildflower meadows, magnificent stands of old growth and temperate rain forests, and more than sixty miles of wild Pacific coastline. There are sixteen species of wildflowers and animals in the park that exist no place else on earth. An early visit will be to Hurricane Ridge, where we can view mountaintops and glaciers (an area that receives 500 inches of snow per year) and the resident Columbia black-tailed deer. Fog often hangs over the rivers in the deep valleys and the turquoise-colored water flows rapidly through the glacier-fed rivers and lakes, and over the numerous waterfalls. The shrouded canopy of the Hoh Rain Forest offers great midday shooting opportunities. Unforgettable sunsets visit the rock stacks and beaches of the peninsula’s west coast.

This workshop will start in Port Angeles for best access to Hurricane Ridge, Lake Crescent, and other nearby features. We’ll then move to Forks for rainforest and coastal landscape photography. In between we may visit a local lavender farm as well as some unusual photo opportunities within Port Angeles itself.