Coastline Temper Size:40x60 ancestral peoples marked stone across

ancestral peoples marked stone across this landscape

holding it steady while aligning the rising sun through the foreground cactus

and coal seams

and a deep sense of scale that makes human presence feel temporary

The image was created using a modest focus stack to maintain sharpness from the foreground rim into the distant canyon formations

Coastline Temper Size:40x60 ancestral peoples marked stone acrossOregon Coast, Oregon This photograph was made at an iconic stretch of the Oregon coast after weeks of dense fog and overcast skies. I had come looking for color, for sunrise and sunset light that turns the land vivid and brief. Instead, day after day, the coast stayed closed in. No breaks. No warmth. Just heavy air and a restless sea. Eventually, frustration turned into acceptance, and then into curiosity. I stopped waiting for the conditions I wanted