"Radiance of the Gorge" photographed April 21 2021 at The Hook, Columbia River Gorge, Hood River, Oregon
"Radiance of the Gorge" was photographed one year ago today on April 21 2021 and I’m happy to share more of the story and behind the scenes images from this once in a lifetime moment captured on the Columbia River Gorge! We have the most wonderful memories from this day as it was such a gorgeous warm spring day so we grabbed our friends and headed out for some boat and beach fun on the river. Ahh, those first 80 degree days in early Spring- nothing quite like it! We had the best of times that day and at the end of the evening my family was hungry, tired, and ready to go home! While loading the boat up the sky just absolutely lit up with incredible cloud colors and texture. I had no choice but to rush and try to capture it and “The Hook” ended up being the perfect spot. With not a second to spare the boat and family were along for the ride- like it or not 😜 Arriving to the location I setup the tripod and camera as fast as I could and was able to capture one 30 second exposure with the color intensity before the light and color changed and faded in an instant. Perfect (quick) ending to a wonderful day spent with friends playing and creating 🤩
Here’s a collection of some other images and captions from that incredible day!
Snippets of what earlier in the day looked like- fun on the river with lots of happy kids!
A quick shot from the boat while cruising back into the marina. There was a little color in the sky but it was pretty dull and a bit eerie feeling. Still had no idea the sky would “flip a switch” and be ablaze with color in just a few moments!
Boat is out of the water and color in the sky is unbelievable! Now I’m panicked with a completely insane sunset and no plan of where to capture it!
Camera & tripod setup at The Hook, this is just moments after the image was captured and the light and color had already rapidly left the sky!
Yep- my wife Bethany and our 4 kids are in the van and I’m sure she’s pulling out every trick in her book to keep them calm and not killing each other. Snacks are long gone by now! Bless her heart 😜
Otis is happy to see me back at the van and heading home ♥️
"Radiance of the Gorge" has been a very popular print in our gallery in all sorts of sizes small to HUGE! This is the largest print I’ve ever produced. A framed 48x96” Metal Print! Finished size is roughly 5x9 feet! Turned out perfectly and customers LOVE it! 🙌
"Radiance of the Gorge" has been a very popular print in our gallery in all sorts of sizes small to HUGE! This is the largest print I’ve ever produced. A framed 48x96” Metal Print! Finished size is roughly 5x9 feet! Turned out perfectly and customers LOVE it! 🙌
"Radiance of the Gorge" framed 48x96” Metal Print at the photo lab before loading into a U-Haul trailer for delivery to my customers home. Thank you for the impeccable craftsmanship HD Aluminum Prints!
Another metal print about to head off to a very happy customer! This one is a 35x70” panoramic to fit the customers wall space just right 👍
"Radiance of the Gorge" framed 40x60” Metal Print currently on display in the gallery. $1,800 un-framed or $2,800 framed with Dark Coffee frame & black linen liner
A panorama view of our Gallery and Mylan Wines tasting room in downtown Hood River, Oregon. Love this space 😊
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Blaine Franger
http://www.blainebethanygallery.com/