Welcome to my website!

Born and raised in Mount Shasta, California the outdoors has always been a part of my life from an early age. Seeing great vistas, hiking the trails, camping in the forests, swimming in the rivers, and climbing the mountain all surely had an influence on me and it was only natural to try to capture and share these moments and places with friends and family. As far back as I can remember I had an interest in cameras. It wasn’t until my high school years that the digital camera market really started to take hold and in 2006 at the age of 15 I bought my first used digital SLR, a Canon D60 with a whopping 6.3 mega pixels. From the start nature and landscape photography was my main area of photographic interest. In those years I was also fortunate to live a couple houses away from a full-time professional photographer who had a passion for photographing landscapes as well. He was a great mentor and let me tag along on numerous photography trips to places like Yosemite, Death Valley, the Oregon coast, etc. He was also a print maker and it was then that I fell in love with the entire photography process, from capture to print.

In my later years of high school I attended a local community college where I continued my love for photography by taking black and white film classes where I got to experience and use one of the last operational college darkrooms in the country. I also took a trade program for metal fabrication and welding. I completed the program and obtained multiple welding certificates.

After college I left Siskiyou County and moved to the greater Portland area for 2 years where I worked at an outdoor equipment store. My apartment was right along the Tualatin River and any free time I had was spent on the water fishing and photographing the scenery and wildlife along the banks. A sliver of nature amongst the bustling urban sprawl of the city and traffic.

Realizing the big city life wasn’t for me I moved to southern Oregon which was closer to home and family as well as the outdoors where quick and easy access to nature was possible. Putting my education to use I found employment with several metal fabrication outfits in the area where I worked long hours for a number of years, all the while longing to have more time to photograph and enjoy the natural world around me.

In 2016 I left the metal fabrication industry to pursue my longtime passion for nature photography full-time and it has been an amazing and constantly evolving journey ever since.

You may have seen my work at the Lithia Artisans Market in Ashland, Oregon where I display my images at the weekend art show or hanging in various venues in Southern Oregon and Northern California. I also exhibit my work at several large art festivals each year, primarily along the west coast.

In addition to capturing images for myself, I teach photography workshops too! I love teaching others how I plan, shoot, and process my images. You can learn more about upcoming workshops over on the “2024 workshops” page.

Please browse my galleries and enjoy the images. Don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions!

Thanks!

Tim Hallam