Influences

While I have earned my living as a straight documentary photographer, I was influenced as a young boy by fiction writers. Even on documentary shoots for National Geographic I would read fiction to get a real feel for a culture. Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Isabelle Allende and Carlos Fuentes shaped my psyche for Central and …

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Small waves

Small summer waves are still fun summer waves in the outer banks…The hard core big wave riders are waiting for the fall swells.. In the meantime warm water and no wetsuits appeal.,#obx #northcarolina

Reflections

Day 10: Final reflections on the week. Near Omak, Washington. @itomhyde for @burndiary #photodiary #wildfire #okanogancomplex #climatechange

Wire

Day 9: Bird on a Wire. @itomhyde for @burndiary #photodiary #ontheroad #roadtrip #cropduster #street #streetphotography

Salmon

Day 9: Salmon in the Window. @itomhyde for @burndiary #photodiary #ontheroad #roadtrip #salmon #fishladder #columbiariver #hydropower #dam

Home

Day 9: Made it home last night to Western Washington after 9 hours on the road. Recharging batteries today and reviewing what’s on the phone from yesterday’s road trip. @itomhyde for @burndiary #photodiary #ontheroad #roadtrip #pets #rattlesnakes

The wind power

Day 8: Just now climbed out of the Columbia River Gorge and pulled into the rest stop to check out the wind power. @itomhyde for @burndiary #photodiary #ontheroad #columbiariver #roadtrip #instagood #street #streetphotography #iphone6

Columbia Basin Project

Day 8: On the road rolling through Quincy, WA. Agriculture is big here, part of the Columbia Basin Project. Water from the Columbia River at the Grand Coulée Dam is diverted into irrigation canals and spread across more than 600,000 acres of farmland. It’s the largest water reclamation project in the U.S. Cheap power from …

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Fish ladder

Day 8: Fish ladder at Rocky Reach Hydroelectric Dam on the Columbia River. @itomhyde for @burndiary #photodiary #ontheroad #rockyreach #hydropower #columbiariver #roadtrip #instagood #fishladder #salmon

Impeller

Day 8: Impeller for electric turbine at Rocky Reach Hydroelectric Dam on the Columbia River. @itomhyde for @burndiary #photodiary #ontheroad #rockyreach #hydropower #columbiariver #roadtrip #instagood