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Along these shores walked William Clark traveling with an exploration party from Fort Clatsop in 1806. The forest, some 200 years ago, included mostly trees less than 100 years old. Some of those trees are now nearing 300 years old.

"... I observed large canoes of the neatest kind on the ground some of which appeared nearly decayed others quit sound... the kilamax secure the dead bodies in an oblong box of plank which is placed in an open canoe resting on the ground..." William Clark's journal, January 8, 1806.

The Clatsop Loop Trail on the Oregon coast begins with a thick layer of debris from a landslide that came down Indian Creek following a major earthquake and fire about 1700.

This image was made near Chapman Point in Ecola State Park near Cannon Beach, Oregon.

Image copyright 2015 Jon Burch Photography

Photography is all about using light to capture the emotion and beauty of a fleeting moment. For me, this adventure began with a single spring image using a small Kodak film camera of a freshly watered central Kansas ditch and has come full circle using modern digital techniques. My first camera was acquired by trading an ancient Royal typewriter to a fellow college student who was desperate to finish a term paper. It was a long time ago and that camera was my passport to an art that has fascinated me ever since. I owned and operated a professional studio in central Kansas for 20 years and moved to Colorado in 1994. Part of the studio's early success came from creating outdoor portraiture using controlled lighting...