[LargeFormat] Washington Coast

[Walter Jourdan]

Dear Paul,

You have made a generous offer. We are interested in WA/OR/CA beaches and we
enjoy either great restaurants or food cooked over the campfire.

My wife comes from the Seattle area. We life now in Germany but coming back
to visit relatives. We have been once to Ruby Beach and Kalaloch and found
them to be spectacular -- maybe you could share with us your absolute
highlights.

Thanks for taking the time to answer our mail.

Walter Jourdan


-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- 
Von: "Paul Butzi" <photo@butzi.net>
An: <largeformat@f32.net>
Gesendet: Montag, 9. August 2004 17:52
Betreff: [LargeFormat] Washington Coast


>
> Several recent posts were asking about locations to photograph on the WA
> coast (and perhaps the OR coast).
>
> I just returned from co-leading a workshop on the WA coast.  We visited
> quite a few of the beaches - on this particular trip we visited First
Beach
> (at La Push), Second Beach (trail head is off the road just before you
reach
> La Push), Ruby Beach (south of Forks, at the north end of the Kalaloch
> stretch of beaches), and Beach 3, south of Ruby beach and north of the
> Kalaloch lodge and ranger station.
>
> David Clarridge and I also scouted Rialto Beach (north across the river
from
> First Beach), along with Beach 4 and the Hoh River, rejecting those for
the
> workshop not because they aren't interesting photographically but because
> they were less suitable for a large group with diverse interests, and
> because of the timing and such.  The Hoh river, which had both David and I
> practically falling down with excitement last year, was this summer quite
> murky, lower than we expected, and on the stretch of river we wanted to
> work, poorly aligned with the evening light.
>
> At all of the beaches David and I found relatively large changes from last
> year - a lot of sand has been moved around, and the changes in sand level
> have exposed some rocks previously hidden, covered rocks previously
exposed,
> and moved stream exits substantially.  Every time I return to the beaches,
> they're new and fresh and exciting!
>
> One primary consideration for photographing on the beaches on the WA coast
> is how the tide aligns with sunrise and sunset.  I generally try to be
there
> at a time when there's a deep minus tide (e.g. -2.0 feet or lower) in the
> morning, around sunrise.  If anyone is interested, I'll run tide charts
and
> email them to folks, it's not much trouble unless a bazillion people all
> want them.
>
> I (and probably a lot of other folks) can offer much more concrete advice
> about WA beaches if someone is looking for something in particular.
> Likewise advice on places to stay out there, places to eat (or places to
> avoid!), and so on.
>
> I'm also very fond of the OR coast, particularly between the OR/CA border
> and just a bit north of Bandon, so a discussion of favorite places down
> there might be fun, too.
>
>  - Paul Butzi
>
> www.butzi.net
>
>
>
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