Category: Washington
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The Chiwaukum Creek Fire
This fire has been burning for a few days now and I have been able to watch the show just by stepping out my back door. The wind has kept the smoke and fire moving south, away from my home, but smoke is choking Leavenworth and evacuations are happening as close as a half mile […]
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GREAT LANDSCAPES ARE CLOSE TO HOME
Photographs of your own back yard might be more interesting than you ever imagined.
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Cascade Quest dog sled race at Lake Wenatchee
Cascade Quest Dog Sled Race 2013 With just a couple of hours to spare in what has become a really busy schedule I headed up the road a few miles to take in a bit of the 2013 Cascade Quest dog sled races. While I have no experience with dog sled racing, I really love […]
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Bavarian Bike and Brew 2012
There is an entire day of festivities surrounding the Bavarian Bike and Brew XC Mt. Bike race. 2012 was the 15th annual day of racing at the challenging single track course just north of Leavenworth and it was my first opportunity to visit the event. I arrived late and had to leave early, so I […]
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HDR vs Non HDR
HDR vs Non-HDR… a brief story of one image. HDR vs non HDR photography and post processing is a hot topic these days. Frustration led me to work up the same image twice and post them both here as a side by side. The image on the top was completed using HDR techniques with the […]
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Train photos… The BNSF railroad in the Columbia Gorge.
Love train photos? Here’s the shot for you. by Photographer Dominic Urbano Train photos in the great Columbia Gorge. One of the most scenic places on Earth the Columbia Gorge makes for an incredible location to capture a photo of a train. The Gorge is also one of the busiest transportation routes in the Pacific […]
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Mission Ridge Dummy Downhill 2012
Creative destruction at the Mission Ridge Dummy Downhill. By Photographer, Dominic Urbano. Strap a homemade dummy to some skis and let it loose down the snow covered slope towards a tall jump… and see what happens. It is a pretty short list of rules for this event and the results are predictable. That’s what makes the […]
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Nature photos – Pacific Northwest Wetland
Pacific Northwest Wetland Photos By Photographer, Dominic Urbano These wetland nature photos are from late March 2010–early spring in this part of the Pacific Northwest and a time of great contrast. New, rich green growth sprouts up through the decaying brown remains of plants from the previous year. The colors are so vivid it is […]
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Photography on the Wenatchee River
An impromptu behind the scenes video of a landscape photo shoot along the Wenatchee river at Plain WA By Photographer Dominic Urbano Sometimes landscape photography means getting your feet wet. So while a large chunk of the U.S. population was watching the Superbowl… I was out wading around up to my knees in the icy […]
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Now I’m a Leavenworth WA photographer!
By photographer, Dominic Urbano. The relocation of my photography studio and custom laser engraving and cutting business to Leavenworth WA (actually in Plain WA… but it is a Leavenworth address) over the past month has been an exciting time. My new Central Washington location will open up great opportunities. I am looking forward to introducing […]