Oregon’s Painted Hills & the Drive Home Matthew GoreJuly 20, 2018I woke up in a sketchy motel in Baker City, Oregon to a mercifully cool morning after my time in Utah. An armada of clouds raced across a dark blue sky, and I g... Read More
Road Trip Continued: On to Arches National Park, UT Matthew GoreJune 19, 2018When I arrived in Moab from the Sand Dunes, it was hot and getting hotter, with temperatures in parts of Utah expected to reach as high as 115°F. I'd seen most ... Read More
A Canadian Road Trip: Jasper, Yoho, and Banff Matthew GoreApril 30, 2018Last September I grabbed my passport and headed north from Seattle towards the Canadian border for a road trip around the Canadian Rockies. I'd been to Banff an... Read More
Colors in Connecticut Matthew GoreNovember 10, 2015My trips to Connecticut don't always go as planned. Hurricanes tend to be a problem , for example. On my most recent visit, I staved-off the storms but spent m... Read More
More From Myakka River State Park Matthew GoreNovember 18, 2014For the past several months I've been assembling a book of photography from Myakka River State Park, including landscapes, details, and wildlife. At the end of October, when the park's flooding finally subsided, I made a trip to Florida to spend another couple of weeks gathering images of things that I felt I'd missed before. ... Read More
New York, Newport, and Cape Cod Matthew GoreDecember 12, 2013 Salt marsh, Cape Cod.In October I took a trip to the east coast, ostensibly to attend this year's PDN PhotoPlus Expo, but mostly to enjoy a long-overdue vi... Read More
A Brief Excursion to the Oregon Coast Matthew GoreOctober 10, 2013Towards the Oregon Coast With what was likely to be the final warm, sunny weekend of the year approaching, I decided to take a quick trip down to the Oregon co... Read More
From Florida to Washington Matthew GoreFebruary 21, 2013As many of you know, I've spent the past couple of years living in Florida. In recent months, though, I've decided to give up the sun and warm weather and r... Read More
Hilton Head, Savannah, and the Coming Weeks Matthew GoreAugust 21, 2012It's been so long since I've written anything personal here that I'd almost forgotten that L&M began as a personal blog. Since things have been quiet around... Read More
Spring In Myakka River State Park Matthew GoreMay 20, 2012After spending far too many consecutive days behind my computer, I decided visit Myakka River State Park for a few days last week. The weather has been warm and... Read More
Fire Recovery in Myakka Matthew GoreApril 9, 2012I returned to Myakka State Park last week for another attempt at photographing the flora recovery in an area of the park that burned last winter. I'm happy to ... Read More
The Trees of Myakka Matthew GoreFebruary 15, 2012On Saturday, the weather was cloudy. Many people, when faced with a cloudy day, find something to do inside... but for a photographer, a good cloudy day can be ... Read More
Grand Teton and Yellowstone: A Week for Learning Matthew GoreOctober 19, 2011On September 26th, I found myself driving north through the scrubby hills of western Wyoming on Highway 191 towards Grand Teton National Park, with six middle a... Read More
A Brief Excursion Into Oscar Scherer State Park, FL Matthew GoreMarch 19, 2011Sometimes I get lost. When I was a teenager and an exchange-student in Austria, my friend Andrew (from England) and I would wander around the city and try to ge... Read More
Photography in Myakka River State Park, Florida Matthew GoreFebruary 3, 2011On Monday, I visited Myakka River State Park, which is just a short drive to the southeast of Sarasota. I wasn't sure what to expect; the park's website is very... Read More
Bryce Canyon Photography : Part One Matthew GoreDecember 21, 2010 In early September, I visited Bryce Canyon. For those of you who followed my trip log, Bryce Canyon followed the Canyonlands and preceded my brief adv... Read More
Photography in Yellowstone National Park Matthew GoreNovember 22, 2010 This was the most that I saw of the Grand Teton range all day.After driving through the Southwest for a couple of months, I decided that it was a... Read More
Photography in the Canyonlands National Park, Utah Matthew GoreNovember 12, 2010When I reached the gate of the Canyonlands National Park, north of Moab, UT, it was mid-morning and getting hot even though it was September. I'd been to the C... Read More
