Coastline Temper Size:40x60 Years later

Years later

Not a grand scene

holding it steady while aligning the rising sun through the foreground cactus

and holding position

Frustration set in

Coastline Temper Size:40x60 Years laterOregon Coast, Oregon This photograph was made at an iconic stretch of the Oregon coast after weeks of dense fog and overcast skies. I had come looking for color, for sunrise and sunset light that turns the land vivid and brief. Instead, day after day, the coast stayed closed in. No breaks. No warmth. Just heavy air and a restless sea. Eventually, frustration turned into acceptance, and then into curiosity. I stopped waiting for the conditions I wanted