The Bigger Picture – Panoramic Landscapes

The Bigger Picture – Panoramic Landscapes

While definitely not a new technology, panoramic photography has been with us since the mid-nineteenth century. What is new however, is the ability to digitally stitch multiple images together to create a much larger, super-wide image that exceeds the abilities of a...
Pacific Northwest Lighthouse at Cape Disappointment

Pacific Northwest Lighthouse at Cape Disappointment

One of my favorite things when traveling along the coasts of North America is stopping at the widely scattered lighthouses. Not only are they almost always placed in areas of great beauty with a long nautical history, there is just something nostalgic about them that...
Tillamook Rock Lighthouse

Tillamook Rock Lighthouse

For this post I’ve done a little something different from the norm. I took artistic liberties that I normally don’t do. A few nights ago I was on the Oregon Coast enjoying a ridiculously beautiful sunset at Ecola State Park and got into a position...
The Lake, the Sailboat and the Mountain

The Lake, the Sailboat and the Mountain

Sometimes we get a keeper shot by accident while working on another job. In this case I was doing some modeling photography with a lovely young lady with this as a backdrop, and I decided to knock out a  couple of shots of this incredibly serene view of Mount Rainier...
Downtown Seattle at Night

Downtown Seattle at Night

Downtown Seattle at night! Just a quick post with a photograph taken tonight of the city of Seattle. What a beautiful, beautiful city! So happy to call it my adopted home…. Seattle, Washington (click to enlarge) Rich LeightonMarch 8, 2013                       ...

Blows My Mind….

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...