Liquid, Arizona © Jay Goodrich

I have an obsession with modern artists. Van Gogh, Dali, Picasso, and Pollock are a few of my favorites. I love the way they abstract their visions and leave the viewer to interpret the meaning for themselves. I know how I composed, created, and now presented this image to you, so it has an entirely different meaning to me. I wonder though, what it might mean to you? What do you see?

I have a new image that was just posted on Canadian Photographer Darwin Wiggett’s blog. To view it and read about it click here.

Mount Shuksan, North Cascades National Park, Washington ©Jay Goodrich

This month’s image was taken in early September from the end of the Mount Baker Highway near Mount Baker Ski Area in Washington State. My wife Heather, daughter Jade, and son Micah and I were shooting some hiking images for an upcoming calendar along the trails above Artist Point, when we stumbled upon this tarn that was perfectly still at sunset. After I captured a couple of photos with the family in the reflection, I just couldn’t pass up shooting the image as a landscape as well. The more I explore in Washington, the more astonished I am at the unobstructed beauty here. It was one of those evenings where everything came together perfectly-the clouds, the stillness in the water, and the alpenglow on the peak. I couldn’t have created it better with a written request to mother nature. This image was shot with a Canon 1D Mark III, 16-35mm f2.8 II lens, Gitzo carbon fiber tripod, Kirk ballhead, and a three stop graduated neutral density filter.