Lighthouses of the Pacific Northwest

[Stacey Spears]

I just finished a project that I shot last summer/fall called Lighthouses of the Pacific Northwest.

http://www.lighthousesof.com/

You can think of it as a really long montage of lighthouses. There are 22 in total. I made a few trips up the Oregon Coast and around Washington state. The winds were 30+ MPH during some of the lighthouses. Actually had to walk 11-miles , roundtrip, across a beach to shoot one of them.

Lenses used during the project include the RED 18-50, Tokina 11-16mm (Duclos), RPP 100mm, Century S2000 150-600mm, and the Century 2x. Some of the 150-600mm stuff has some strong heat waves. I tried to get there as early in the morning as possible. That particular lighthouses was a 1.5 mile hike up a steep hill. The lighthouses itself is 1.5 miles off shore. (Tillamook Rock)

I uploaded a chapter to YouTube in 4k. YouTube really did a number on the footage. It introduced some pretty ugly blocking during the dissolves.

It was edited in FCP and finished in SCRATCH. I used my own proprietary scaling and noise shaping to produce the final 1080p for the Blu-ray and 480p for the DVD.

 

[Mark Wilkinson]

Thank you, Stacey - I really enjoyed that.

 

[Jonathan Brebner]

The PNW really is beautiful, isn't it?

 

[Stacey Spears]

The PNW really is beautiful, isn't it?

After growing up in California, as well time spent in the desert (Desert Shield/Storm), I really enjoy the green trees, water, and cool weather.

The following posts contain stills of each lighthouse, from the program.

 

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Chapter 1

Cape Blanco

Coquille River

Cape Arago

 

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Chapter 2

Umpqua River

Heceta Head

Yaquina Bay

 

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Chapter 3

Yaquina Head

Cape Meares

Tillamook Rock

 

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Chapter 4

Cape Disappointment

North Head

Grays Harbor

 

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Chapter 5

Point Robinson

Alki Point

West Point

 

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Chapter 6

Mukilteo

Admiralty Head

Point No Point

 

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Chapter 7

Point Wilson

New Dungeness

Cape Flattery

Lime Kiln

 

[Richard Foster]

Very beautiful. Did you do any dusk or night shots? I would have enjoyed seeing those too. Maybe they are on the full piece? Thanks again for sharing.

 

[Stacey Spears]

The only dusk/sunset is on the Mukilteo lighthouse.

I also managed to capture some Orca's at Lime Kiln. It was unexpected and not a lot of footage. My favorite though, is from Cape Flattery. I was shooting three birds on a rock, when one bird grabs another and throws him off the rock.

Mukulteo Timelapse Sunset