Oregon Coast Workshop

Photos by Rich Stolarski

In August of 2015 Rich McPeters and I joined a landscape photography workshop organized by Andy Cook of Rocky Mountain Reflections. The workshop was a 7-day tour of the Oregon Coast. We flew into Seattle and rented a car. We drove towards Portland detouring to go through Mount Rainier National Park. We stopped to take some pictures of "the mountain" at Paradise Lodge and Reflection Lake. The next day we drove up a very uneven curvy road to visit Mt. St. Helens. We continued to Manzanita, Oregon for the beginning of the workshop that evening.

The workshop consisted of 7 morning and evening photo sessions. We went to a location before dawn to catch the sunrise. After shooting sunrise we went to a local eatery for a hearty mid-morning breakfast. During the afternoon we downloaded pictures onto our computers and had instruction sessions on processing photos in photoshop to produce final images. After an early dinner, we went to another location to take sunset photos. We stayed successively in Manzanita, Newport, Florence, and Bandon. Our photo locations are shown on the map to the left.




Rainier and St. Helens

Narada Falls Mount Rainier
National Park

Mount Rainier from Reflection Lake

Mount Saint Helens Hillside




Workshop Photos

Indian Beach Panorama




Indian Beach Sunrise

Indian Beach Sunset

Indian Beach Sunset

Forest Scene in Ecola Park




Cannon Beach




Smuggler Cove Panorama




Creek and Rocks on Smuggler Cove Beach

Creek and Rocks on Smuggler Cove Beach




Smuggler Cove Beach with Fallen Tree

Creek Running into Smuggler Cove




Hug Point Reflection

Hug Point Waterfall




Hug Point Panorama




Sea Lion in Newport Harbor

Early Morning in Newport




Morning in Newport, Blue Light

Later Morning in Newport




Fishing Boats in Newport




Yaquina Bay Lighthouse, Newport




Bridge over Cape Cove with Reflection

Thor's Well




Heceta Head Lighthouse

Heceta Head Lighthouse from Cape Cove




Bridge over Siuslaw River, Florence Oregon

Bridge over Siuslaw River, Florence Oregon




Under Siuslaw River Bridge

Florence Street, Early Morning




Cape Blanco Lighthouse

Stairwell, Cape Blanco Lighthouse




Black Oystercatchers
on Bandon Beach

Bandon Beach Sunset

Bandon Beach Sunset

Lining Up to Photograph