Yaquina Head Lighthouse — Storm Series 3 Size - print:20x30 and the light held long

and the light held long enough

early enough that the light was still low

each movement whispering through the currents like a gentle sigh

arrived at the Japanese Garden at 8:30 — and walked into every photographer in the Pacific Northwest

With a background in publishing and years spent documenting the coastline in all conditions

Yaquina Head Lighthouse — Storm Series 3 Size - print:20x30 and the light held longAbove the Overlooks, Above the Standard View. Getting above Yaquina Head changes everything about how you see it. I hiked to Salal Hill specifically for this swell to be high enough to show the lighthouse in its actual relationship to the ocean rather than isolated against the sky. At 20 plus feet, waves reach the rocks at the base of the headland and send white water in all directions. The lighthouse has stood at this point since 1873. On days like