Doug Beezley Photography | Oregon Coast

Photographing on the Oregon coast was the most challenging I've yet experienced. The environment was completely new to me and beach photography is filled with equipment perils I hadn't imagined. I was not used to salt spray on my equipment or fine sand in the tripod legs, or dirt, grit, salt and sand in my ballhead. I didn't know about salt spray accumlating on the lens and filters. And, I didn't know about seven straight days of shooting every sunrise and sunset. Days usually began at 4 am and shooting sometimes didn't end until 10 pm - and, I have the pictures to prove it. Also, I didn't know about the different skills necessary to make those early mornings and late nights worth it. But, that's why I went there - to learn how to capture the light, to see patterns and formations, to meet new friends and re-connect with old ones. It was a grand experience and I plan to return - this is probably my favorite photo experience yet. And, there was more than just the beaches. Lighthouses drew us in, wild flowers abounded, forests towered and the best fresh sea food was there, too. Mark Rasmussen of LightChase Photography was masterful in teaching us about the light, filters and being the herder of a group of photo cats.
The Beaches and The Sea

The Beaches and The Sea

The Oregon coast represented the greatest photographic challenge I've yet encountered. The challenges were both skill-based - I went to learn how to use graduated neutral density filters - and environmental. Shooting on the beach took it's toll on my equipment (salt water, sand) and on me - seven straight days of sunrises and sunsets with many shoots ending after 10:00 pm only to get up at 3:30 am to get ready for a sunrise shoot. In the end, it was well worth it with images I could not have captured without instruction from Mark Rasmussen of LightChase Photography.

The Lighthouses

The Lighthouses

There are twelve lighthouses on the Oregon coast and all were built between 1870 and 1936. During our trip we visited six of the twelve plus one in northern California.

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