J.Sod
Ocean Dreams
Camera: Canonet QL17 GIII
FIlm: Ilford Delta 400
Location: Cape Kiwanda - Pacific City, Oregon
January marks the point in the year where I start to where I start to gaze longingly at the calendar for the spring and summer months to return. Not because I hate winter (although to be honest its my least favorite season), but because I yearn for the return of camping season. I’ve already got a long list of camping goals for the upcoming season. Its getting longer by the day, and I’ll be the first to admit I won’t have enough time to check every trip off the list. But that is really beside the point; it’s all about daydreaming of what could be.
Which brings me the photo of Cape Kiwanda. I think often of the ocean in the drab overcast months of January through March (sometimes through April depending on Mother Nature’s mood). The 5 hours driving distance each way makes it difficult to reach during the winter, forcing me to restlessly wait for warmer months when coastal weather conditions is slightly more reliable for camping trips. Sunny days walking barefoot in the sand, building a fire on the beach, watching the sunset over the water, these images get me through the workday. Cape Kiwanda isn’t in the cards this year, but a trip or two out to the Olympic Peninsula is. Those trips are still a few months out, but I daydream about them every day. To be honest, sometimes the daydreams are just as rewarding as the trip itself.
Ocean Dreams
Camera: Canonet QL17 GIII
FIlm: Ilford Delta 400
Location: Cape Kiwanda - Pacific City, Oregon
January marks the point in the year where I start to where I start to gaze longingly at the calendar for the spring and summer months to return. Not because I hate winter (although to be honest its my least favorite season), but because I yearn for the return of camping season. I’ve already got a long list of camping goals for the upcoming season. Its getting longer by the day, and I’ll be the first to admit I won’t have enough time to check every trip off the list. But that is really beside the point; it’s all about daydreaming of what could be.
Which brings me the photo of Cape Kiwanda. I think often of the ocean in the drab overcast months of January through March (sometimes through April depending on Mother Nature’s mood). The 5 hours driving distance each way makes it difficult to reach during the winter, forcing me to restlessly wait for warmer months when coastal weather conditions is slightly more reliable for camping trips. Sunny days walking barefoot in the sand, building a fire on the beach, watching the sunset over the water, these images get me through the workday. Cape Kiwanda isn’t in the cards this year, but a trip or two out to the Olympic Peninsula is. Those trips are still a few months out, but I daydream about them every day. To be honest, sometimes the daydreams are just as rewarding as the trip itself.