The Meadow’s Golden Glow, originally uploaded by Doug van Kampen (thewoodenshoes).

It’s been such a long time since I’ve been out to actually make landscape photographs…too long. Another person who takes pictures was visiting from California this weekend so we drove up to Mt. Rainier National Park and got rained on, stalked by park rangers and ate hot pockets. Here’s the image that resulted from an afternoon of waiting for the mountain to come out and play.

Not the ideal photographic conditions for the shot, but I was more pleased just to be in good company and out in the wilderness again after a busy past few months. Enjoy! -vK

1941 Chevrolet Special DeLuxe Convertable, originally uploaded by Doug van Kampen. If there had to be a classic car I would ever want to be my own, it would be what you see above. Enjoy my friends! ** The 1941 Chevrolet Master DeLuxe and Special DeLuxe were a sensation from the day of their introduction, for a number of good reasons. First, the 1941 →

Finding My Way, originally uploaded by Doug van Kampen. This image was originally made back in the extremely HOT summer of 2008. Though not an EDR image made by careful bracketing, this image uses Off-Camera-Flash and some 15 separate images to accent certain parts of the melting vehicle as well as that tractor WAY out there int he field. From there, →

Newlyweds Under the Stars..., originally uploaded by Doug van Kampen. Funny thing about this photo, I didn't need to ask them to look up...the stars were amazing!!! The heavens were aligned properly, the subjects were both pretty and handsome, and the setting quite literally perfect! Congratulations Chris and Sam! About the Shot D300 SB-800 through a white satin shoot-through umbrella iTTL with the help of →

The Tip of the Hat, originally uploaded by Doug van Kampen. I had the pleasure of photographing my friends wedding this past weekend and I must say, I'm beginning to see themes emerging from my work. First a motor-head wedding and now, a wedding in the country complete with hay bales, cowboy hats, and dusty boots! I originally had an idea of →

Miss Blue Eyes, originally uploaded by Doug van Kampen. It hasn't been a long time since I've made an image...it's just been a long time since I've posted something. Call it a "refinement" period, call it a blue period, call it "I've been too freaking busy to spend time on flickr". The best part about the last couple on months though...images like →

Seattle Sounders, originally uploaded by Doug van Kampen. Composed of 16 images stiched in Adobe Photoshop CS4. Shot with a Nikon D300 fitted with a Sigma 10-20. Enjoy! -vK

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Deep in the heart of...faith., originally uploaded by Doug van Kampen. One of the more memorable moments of my trip out to New Mexico, besides the fact that I completely surprised my Dad, was the moment I walked into the place you above. They had just received a new batch of sun-dried chile and were cooking tamales in the back room...the →

lee.stephens, originally uploaded by (the)woodenshoes. Shot at f/16 with a 35mm f/2 Nikkor lens, this image represents the result of using the sun to your advantage and balancing the light to create an image that looks as though it could have been taken in the studio but in reality, has been taken outdoors in bright sunlight. The key here was →