Portable Power For The Road: Camping + Droning With AlphaESS BlackBee 1000

If you want to keep alllll the things powered up on a road trip, the AlphaESS BlackBee 1000 is a sweet choice that can do 80% of what you need. Continue Reading →

I Like My Aerial Panoramas Vertical And I Can Not Lie

Description: My drones have a mode I don’t use enough, but always love the results. It’s the vertical panorama mode that takes three vertical pictures automatically and then stitches them together Continue Reading →

1/4 Of A Second Waterfall Photo From A Drone? Heck Yeah!

Description: You may recognize this photo from a previous post about my video Above, Around, Oregon’s Forest. It is Sahalie Falls in Oregon’s Cascade Mountains and it is beautiful in its Continue Reading →

Koosah Falls Rainbow

Description: If the angle isn’t right for a nice waterfall rainbow, get a little higher. Koosah Falls and the waterfall trail are worth the effort when you’re in Oregon’s Cascade Mountains. Continue Reading →

Above, Around, Oregon’s Forest

Forest Waterfalls Mountains Rivers Trees Green Dams named Green Peter If you like any of the above, you’ll love my latest video in the Above, Around series on YouTube. This Continue Reading →

Broadway Bridge, Union Station And Downtown Portland

Description: A slightly different view of Portland from the North. So many bridges in this city! Location: Portland, Oregon, USA, North America Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. Image Available For Commercial Continue Reading →

Painted Hills, Up Close – Photo Of The Day

Description: The Painted Hills of Oregon’s John Day Fossil Beds National Monument was on my list for a ages and then a couple years ago it resurfaced when friend and Continue Reading →

Photo Of The Day – Defender In The Desert

Title: Defender In The Desert Location: Alvord Desert, Central Oregon, USA, North America Description: Hands down the best off-road/overland truck I have ever owned, a North American Specifications Land Rover Defender Continue Reading →

Photo Of The Day – Rare Four Volcanos In One Shot

Title: Rare 4 Volcanos In One Shot Location: Oregon, USA, North America Description: It’s not often you can capture four volcanos in one shot when flying commercially. Yesterday I was lucky to Continue Reading →

Videos Of The Day – Half Dome and Mt. Hood

If you can’t see the above videos in your email, click on this link to view them on the web. Title: Half Dome and Mt. Hood Location: Central Oregon, United States, Continue Reading →

Photo Of The Day – Four Volcanoes And A Wildfire

Title: Four Volcanoes And A Wildfire Location: Central Oregon, United States, North America Description: While Mt. St. Helens did not make the cut in this shot, I was happy to line up Continue Reading →

Video Of The Day – Flying Over Mt. Bachelor and Three Sisters, Oregon

Short and simple today. If you can’t see the video, click here to go to Vimeo. Just a serene flight over Central Oregon.

Photo Of The Day – Classic Crater Lake Panorama

Title: Classic Crater Lake Panorama Location: Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, USA, North America (42°54’39” N 122°8’31” W) Description: Can you spot the studious girl in the photo? ——————- Camera Continue Reading →

Photo Of The Day – Wind Through The Trees

Title: Wind Through The Trees Location: Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, USA, North America, Earth (42°54’44” N 122°8’48” W) Description: A different take on Crater Lake National Park. ——————- Camera Continue Reading →

2015 Calendars Are Ready!

I’m happy to announce this year I am releasing not one, not two, but seven different 2015 wall calendars! And because of price drops, all calendars are just $15 (+S&H). Continue Reading →

Photo Of The Day – Mount Hood Reflected In Trillium Lake

Title: Mount Hood Reflected In Trillium Lake Location: Clackamas County, Oregon, USA, North America (45°16’3″ N  121°44’26” W) Description: When the sun is shining in the Pacific Northwest, it is Continue Reading →

Photo Of The Day – Morning on the Columbia River

Title: Morning on the Columbia River Location: Columbia River between Washington & Oregon, USA, North America Description: A beautiful morning on the lower section of the Columbia River, just before it Continue Reading →

Photo Of The Day – Standing In the Light

Title: Standing In the Light Location: Lake County, Oregon, USA, North America (43°31’23” N 120°52’21” W) Description: At the beginning of Derek Cave, an evacuated lava tube in central Oregon, Continue Reading →

My Favorite And Odd Photos From 2013

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I am presenting these images from 2013 in the hopes that you find something you like. That being said, there are some images here only I might like, and I’m good with that. I started taking more “odd” photos in 2013, experimenting with blue and playing with colored tonic water poured over fruit and vegetables. While I love the mountains and travel, there are a lot of subject matter that interest me that will never get the “oooohhh” and “ahhhhh”s that those picture garner. But that’s what photography is for me, endless exploration and experimentation to present a view of what is in front of me.

Some of these images made the cut because they are stand-alone pretty. Some made the cut because they hold memories for me and my family (and I know my wife will be reading this post so I want to help jog her memory of the happy times we have shared). And then some….well, I’ll group these images by style to make it easier. Let’s start with the pretty stuff and then move into family memories (there were too many to show them all) and then the odd stuff you might not know me for.

This post will be gathered in a compilation my friend Jim Goldstein puts together of various photographers’ “Best of 2013” lists. If you would like to join in, check out this link. I’m wondering if this list will be included as Jim suggests (rightly so) narrowing your list to five or ten images. I have 32 in this list. I don’t follow direction well.

How To Use This Slideshow For Best Effect

If you are reading this in a RSS viewer or on email, I suggest you click on over to a web browser (Here’s a link to make it easier for you). It works on your phone (probably), tablet or computer and the bigger the screen the better the images.

Now do you see that in the upper right corner above this text? Once you click that, you’ll have a full browser view of the images. You can then use the control arrows at the bottom of the image or your mouse’s scroll wheel. Or just flick them aside on your tablet like you would other pictures.

Image Descriptions

1. Cho Oyu and Photographers, Nepal

2. Sunset from 39,000′, somewhere over California, USA

3. Machermo Range And Dudh Pokhari, Gokyo, Nepal

4. Himalayas and stars through a windows, Machermo, Nepal

5. Yak and Kangtega, Nepal

6. Mt. Rainier and Reflection Lakes, Washington, USA

7. Mt. Baker at sunset, Washington, USA

8. Mt. Hood and Trillium Lake, Oregon, USA

9. Photographer and the Moon, near Mt. Baker, Washington, USA

10. Sun through the trees, Mt. Baker, Washington, USA

11. Moonrise over the Cascade Mountains from Whidbey Island, Washington, USA

12. Sunset on the Washington Coast, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA

13. Temple Of The Mad Man, Bhutan

14. Monks at ceremony, Jakar, Bhutan

15. Blossoms and field, Jakar, Bhutan

16. My daughter and her friend exploring trees, North Cascades National Park, Washington, USA

17. SMORES!!!! Sequoia National Park, California, USA

18. Looking up, Sequoia National Park, California, USA

19. My wife and daughter at a Papohaku Beach, Molokai, Hawaii, USA

20. My daughter flying a kite, Molokai, Hawaii, USA

21. Sunrise over Maui aboard the UnCruise Adventures Safari Explorer, Hawaii, USA

22. Jessie breaks open coconuts, Molokai, Hawaii, USA

23. A mega-pod of dolphins off the coast of California, USA

24. Military gravestones, Medical Lake, Washington, USA

25. Playing with LEDs, Mt. Baker, Washington, USA

26. Rust and waves, Metchosin, British Columbia, Canada

27. Moths to a flame (look closely and you’ll see the repeating pattern as the light hit them), Clinton, Washington, USA

28. Spinning dancer, Paro, Bhutan

29. Nature’s ladder, Washington, USA

30. Keeping pace with the falls, Oregon, USA

31. How to make an okay sunset even better (panning blur), Whidbey Island, Washington, USA

32. Sunset on our second to last night on our honeymoon 🙂