Welcome to Lightscape Gallery!

Here you will find a collection of some of my favorite images taken over the past decade. Each is carefully screened before it is considered for placement in the gallery, ensuring that it meets my highest standards for technical quality, composition and interest. Every image brings back a wonderful and cherished memory for me - a spectacular sunrise in the Himalaya, a bald eagle in flight in Alaska, a beam of light illuminating a slot canyon in the Southwest. These are often very fleeting moments of profound natural beauty that are witnessed by few and gone in the blink of an eye. But when properly captured through the medium of photography, they can be enjoyed and shared with others for a lifetime. This is both the challenge and reward that draws me to nature photography.

Recent photographic excursions have included photographing grizzly bears in Katmai National Park, the beautiful islands of Fiji and Taihiti, the dramatic Na Pali coast of Kauai, and the grandeur of the Nepalese Himalaya. Upcoming trips are planned to photograph Orcas in the San Juans and desertscapes around Death Valley.

Upcoming photo exhibits in Seattle include the Issaquah Salmon Days Festival October 2-3 and the Best of the Northwest art show at the Seattle Center November 12-14. The 2010 Lightscape Calendar has also been completed is currently on sale. Other work is on display at multiple Swedish Medical Center campuses, Providence Everett Medical Center in Everett, the Radia Vein Center at Mill Creek, at The Everest Kitchen in Shoreline. One photo has inspired a vivid poem I'm privileged to share with you called Climbers Moon Over Nepal.

I hope you enjoy the recent photographic additions. Please continue to help improve this web site by contacting me with any suggestions or comments. I wish you all a very happy and adventurous season!

Ben Babusis
Lightscape Gallery