(Mostly) North Cascades Aerial Photography Adventures |
PHOTOS
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Selected photos from some 1-2 hour long flights over Washington's North Cascades.... |
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PHOTOSET 17: "Cloud-capped Cascades giants"(April 4, 2012) |
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PHOTOSET 16: "The jumping jackrabbit flight"(March 8, 2012) |
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PHOTOSET 15: "A Sunday afternoon Baker flight"(February 26, 2012) |
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PHOTOSET 14: "Shrouded in clouds"(February 23, 2012) |
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PHOTOSET 13: "A pleasant evening above the southern North Cascades"(February 15, 2012) |
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PHOTOSET 12:
"A 318-mile morning mountain adventure"(February 5, 2012) |
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PHOTOSET 11:
"Winter afternoon flying loops around Mt. Rainier"(January 27, 2012) |
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PHOTOSET 10:
"Morning window of opportunity"(January 12, 2012) |
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PHOTOSET 9:
"Evening entrance"(January 11, 2012) |
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PHOTOSET 8:
"Jagged northern extremities of North Cascade National Park"(December 22, 2011) |
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PHOTOSET 7:
"Mount Baker evening light and height"(December 11, 2011) |
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PHOTOSET 6: "Two Cascades monoliths and a beautiful pink evening"(December 4, 2011) |
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PHOTOSET 5: "Winter has arrived early"(November 24, 2011) |
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PHOTOSET 4: "Mount Baker and dramatic clouds, stills and video"(July 1 and July 26, 2011) |
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PHOTOSET 3: "Spring flight over the rugged heart of the Cascades"(May 24, 2011) |
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PHOTOSET 2: "South to north over a sea of rugged Cascades summits"(February 19, 2011) |
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PHOTOSET 1: "A grand tour of wintery northern North Cascades"(December 16, 2008) |
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And a few amazing aerial adventures in some Canadian mountain ranges, these merit their own trip reports.... |
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 TRIP REPORT 3 : "Airplane Camping and Aerial Photography - a Grand Canadian Mountain Tour" (May 13-16, 2012) |
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 TRIP REPORT 2 : "Mt. Waddington & Company Aerial Photography Adventure" (March 24, 2012) |
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 TRIP REPORT 1 : "Airplane Camping and Aerial Photography Adventure in the Canadian Rockies (and nearby)" (September 19-24, 2011) |
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FLYING WITH JOHN SCURLOCK   I've been fortunate to join John Scurlock on several flights over the spectacular North Cascades of Washington as well as over some incredibly rugged and remote mountain ranges in Canada. John is well-known for his aerial mountain photography, primarily of the Cascade Range in Washington, but also of the Coast and Columbia Mountains of British Columbia, the Canadian Rockies, Oregon, and northern California. Navigating gusts and peaks in his little yellow Van's RV-6 two-seater (which he built himself over the course of several years), and perfecting the technique of shooting through thick plexiglass, he achieves an amazing perspective and stunning photos of these rugged summits. His photos can be found at this link: http://www.pbase.com/nolock. Arial photography is a challenge. Careening past massive mountains in a tiny plane at speeds approaching 200mph, banking hard to get the wing out of the photo, all the while buffeted by gusts and fighting level horizon lines and air sickness, it's hard enough just to take a photo. Then there's the 1/4"-thick plexiglass to soften the image, collect bug splats, create glare, and reflect everything inside the cabin (Canon might like the free advertising of the ghost image of the camera's logo, but it doesn't make for the best photo). And, of course, there's also a plane to be flown.
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