I recently returned home from a much-needed forest bathing extravaganza. Joining me on the trip out to Washington State was good friend and photographer Jim Fennessy. Our first day consisted of meeting up with old friends Marian and Michel Bodart and their two most adorable dogs. Marian and her husband edit some of my eBooks and I get along so well with Marian it almost doesn’t feel like work. She is generous in self and spirit and I couldn’t imagine a day in Washington without her. She invited Jim and me to a special fox photo session. I posted some of my images in my previous post and will try to share more as time allows.

Now onto the workshop report. Joining me as local guides were Roy Kropp and Jim Hagen. Roy is a biologist and considers himself more of a naturalist than a guide. BUT they were both fantastic guides as they know Olympic National Park and they both hike and photograph it on an almost daily basis. Check them out on Facebook. Did I mention how much fun they are? Putting the two together almost always spells a good time.

I had a genuinely nice group of photographers, I enjoyed working with all of them. We had great weather (not one rainy day-whoohoo!). Because we had such nice weather, I opted to do a Zoom program on Sunday for our Photoshop/image review which allowed us more time in the field.

As many of you know lots of my international workshops have been postponed so I am working on a few domestic workshops, maybe even a fall Olympic National Park workshop and will announce them once I know for certain which ones are not going to happen.

Here is a sampling of the photos I captured during my time on the Olympic Peninsula, WA. I absolutely love it there and wish I lived closer. It is an inspiring place. The shots don’t jump up and hit you -you need to work for each shot and that makes a great challenge. Lots of reviewing and sharing in the field. Fun, fun, fun!

I have a blog post coming up with a few more of my favorite photos from the workshop- ferns and more ferns…

I’m considering another trip to ONP in the fall if anyone is interested. My guides say that it is fabulous that time of year.