Leighton Photography & Imaging

A few hours ago, we just got our power restored after 58 hours of non-preparedness and freezing in our home. Being relatively still new to Washington from Florida, we were absolutely not prepared for an extended power outage, which was cause by a massive Ice storm that left over 400,000 people without power in the  [ Read More ]

So often as is the case, I am en route to my photography location du jour which my inner nerd has neatly located, diagrammed, planned, and studied when movement out of the corner of my eye puts a snag in my orderly system. I was climbing into the Cascades Mountains when this big and beautiful  [ Read More ]

First images of 2012! New Year’s Resolutions: things that are usually unrealistic goals that rarely last past January 7th. I generally do not make these type of resolutions because my life seems to be governed by the unexpected and the weather. I’ve decided to continue what I’ve been doing for the most part of the past decade  [ Read More ]

I rarely (if ever) do these kinds of posts here, but this time this is for something special, and there’s a first time for everything… I’ll skip the cheesy sales pitch (I don’t like them either and they make me feel dirty, irritated and bitter inside) and tell you what I have to say: With my new gallery system  [ Read More ]

As I was driving alone cross-country this past June I had some incredible experiences. I accidentally drove a fully loaded moving truck with car and trailer in tow through an agricultural field at 4am in the middle of Arkansas – at full speed. I had a full-grown buffalo run at me full-tilt while keeping a  [ Read More ]

I may need my readers’ help with this one….. I am stuck between two images that are very similar and shot at very nearly the exact same spot. One is in color, the other on black and white. Last week there was a break in the constant rain and I went on a “not-well-thought-out nature  [ Read More ]

Last August as I was just learning my way in a totally alien environment in the Cascades Mountains,  this newcomer from Florida was searching for exotic wild orchids in Stevens Pass east of Seattle. Constantly looking over my shoulder for that great white shark of the land – the grizzly bear, I plunged into my  [ Read More ]

I think I’ll let the image do the talking for me on this one…. Mountain Stream with a Touch of Snow ~ Mount Rainier, Washington Visit my Lakes, Rivers and Waterfalls gallery to see more images like this, or see this image on Fine Art America. Rich Leighton November 21, 2011

“If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family Anatidae on our hands.” ~ Douglas Adams There is a park in Medina, Washington that has become my private outdoor office over the past few months  [ Read More ]

Composition is a key component of making photographs. We all know about the rule of thirds, placement of subject matter, etc. but how many of us really think about what we will be doing with the shot after the shutter is pressed? There are different types of composition practices for different uses of the image.  [ Read More ]