Nathan Holden’s Blog

I am fortunate enough to have my mother hike with me on various photo excursions. She is even stout enough to follow me on cold rainy November days like this [...]

No doubt, the Oregon coast has been explored, documented and exalted by photographers countless times over the years. Even so, I still find something new that captures my eye with [...]

Hiking through the old mining community of Opal Creek, I stumbled upon these decomposing trucks literally being overtaken by nature. The juxtaposition of the rusting metal and the lush greenery [...]

Sometimes you have to get low, get awkward and look at things in different ways. I like viewing the world from a different perspective at times. The vista while seated [...]

The Tracy Hills in Tracy, CA are generally a golden color, but due to all the rain that year, everything was a beautiful vibrant green. Driving through the country hills [...]

This was not an accidental shot or a spontaneous moment of opportunity. I was on the hunt for the perfect flower and spent an afternoon scouring a friend’s property. This [...]

There’s a reason why the Painted Hills is one of the seven wonders of Oregon – the colors are truly spectacular. They have been photographed countless times, but no [...]

As much as I wanted to capture the eclipse progression, I also wanted to capture the experience of the eclipse twilight. To do this, I used a camera that didn’t [...]

Oregon’s Alvord Dessert is a desolate place. It is open and exposed and has a heaviness to it; it grounds you. Follow the cracks in the earth and you will [...]

This is my absolute favorite place in Oregon. There are so many places in the state that I love, but there are so many reasons why this one is at [...]