• Yogi Berra.

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On our first day at the amazing Olympic peninsula, we decided to hit the beaches. First, we went to Rialto beach but due to high tide we couldn’t find a good composition and decided to bail early and get to second beach. Now this required a decent hike through a rain forest and traversing a bunch of fallen logs all the while carrying a camera bag and tripod. But we prevailed and reached the beach, the views were stunning from here and the surf was much tamer. I was happy and soon set about find a good composition near the water only to have a rogue wave completely drench me in ice cold water.

To say I was not in a good mood would be the understatement of the trip. After the usual bitching and moaning, I settled back to the business at hand and started taking pictures. As we were nearing the tail end of the shoot, I looked away from the setting sun and we found the breathtaking scene. It looked something out of the Caribbean rather than the cold summer beaches of the Pacific northwest and it one of my absolute favorite shots from the trip.

• Khalil Gibran.

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One of my favorite shots from our trip to the beautiful state of Washington was taken at the second beach just as the sun was setting and lighting up the few sea stacks that were close to the shore. I waited patiently with a wet hiking shoe to get the waves just right. The best part about the second beach is that to get here there needs to be some commitment from the photographer. There is a hike and a bit of scramble over accumulated logs that the ocean deposited by the beach. So, it's not as crowded as Rialto beach which is located just off the parking lot.

The light that was falling on these sea stacks were coming in perfects once the sun was behind a cliff which had a natural arch in it. The delicate light rays falling on the sea stack illuminated the rock perfectly with the red and golden light and shadows to provide depth to this amazing rock formation. Add to that gentle waves and the pink hue in the sky, all the elements came together for a perfect landscape shot. All I had to do was do justice to the scene with my technique and timing and I hope I nailed both.

• Aesop.

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After a rainy morning at Moulton falls we drove straight into the Olympic Peninsula and to the beautiful little town of Port Angeles. Here we kind of underestimated the sheer size of the peninsula and had a tiresome couple of days. The problem of summer road trips is that days are super long and landscape photography road trips can tire you out as you get very little time to sleep in between locations.

One of the first spots I wanted to visit for sunset was Rialto beach but unfortunately, it was high tide and we couldn’t get close to the sea stacks. So we decided to get to our backup spot which was the second beach, now this location is even more spectacular than Rialto beach but there is about a mile of hike plus some sketchy hops over fallen logs to get to the beach. I had a feeling that we will not enjoy scrambling over wet logs and a hike through a dense forest after sunset and that was the only reason for this spot being plan b. But after the quick hike, we reached the beach without many issues and the logs turned out to be way easier than the ones at the beginning of Oneonta Gorge. We reached just in time for sunset and to add to the plus side the waves were much gentler than the battering surf at Rialto beach. Hope Y'all like the images from the stunningly gorgeous second beach of the Olympic Peninsula.