LOURENĆO Photography

03/13/2026

INSIDE THE DEVILS PUNCH BOWL

02/21/2026

A Nightly View

02/12/2026

10/22/2024

08/19/2024

Night Falls

07/25/2024

The Biggest Light

When you see a lighthouse like this one during sunrise, you must go airborne to appreciate the sheer size of it. This composite is a nice reflection of the things we see and interpret in our minds. Some of these lighthouses take a battering from the ocean and still exist to this day. A testament to the engineering behind these beautiful pieces of art!

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06/17/2024

Lighting Up the Night

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05/20/2024

Battered with Time.
This 150-year-old pier has withstood decades of relentless abuse from the ocean. It has recently been spared by the new Lava Flows on the Big Island of Hawaii.

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03/29/2024

The Cape Mears Lighthouse off the coast of Oregon has casted another beautiful end of the day view.

Preparations for the building plans began in 1877, were approved and authorized, contracts were awarded, work began, was completed and inspected. The lighthouse was put into service in 1880.

In 1876, Captain Powell, of the U.S. Corps of Engineers, noted that Cape Meares was covered with good soil with spruce and hemlock timber. The southern point of the Cape extended another 200-300 feet further into the ocean and was free of timber. Also, he noted that there was a spring which would furnish the water for construction purposes.

Captain Peterson traveled by trail over Cape Meares to Netarts Bay, crossed the Bay, walked 6 miles down the beach to Cape Lookout, and then climbed the ridge, approximately 900 ft. There was not a trail at that time that led to the end of the Cape. It was covered with thick brush and fallen timbers. He then walked over 2 miles, following bear trails, with two other men. It took them a whole day to reach the point and back.

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03/20/2024

Bixby Bridge (or Bixby Creek Bridge) is one of the most popular stops along the famous Big Sur coast in Central California. And deservedly so!

The handsome bridge is an engineering marvel. But it is also a dramatic sight as it straddles the canyon carved by Bixby Creek, with the Pacific Ocean on one side and the Santa Lucia Mountains on the other.

Featured in classic movies like Play Misty for Me and in the title shot for Big Little Lies, also many large commercial ads, Bixby Creek Bridge is a much-coveted photo spot, whether you are a pro photographer looking for that dream capture, or a visitor in search of the unforgettable Big Sur selfie.

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02/26/2024

The Guiding Light
The Lime Kiln Light was established in 1914 when acetylene lights were placed on Lime Kiln Point, a name derived from the lime kilns built there in the 1860s. It was the last major light established in Washington. The light was updated five years later with a 38-foot (12 m) octagonal concrete tower rising from the fog signal building, a design that matches the Alki Point Light in Seattle. Two keeper's houses and other structures also date from around this time. A fourth-order Fresnel lens was first exhibited from the new tower on June 30, 1919. The Coast Guard automated the Lime Kiln Lighthouse in August 1962, using photoelectric cells to turn the light on at dusk and off during daylight hours. In 1998, the drum lens was replaced with a modern optic, flashing a white light once every 10 seconds. Sitting on the rocky shoreline at a height of 55 feet (17 m), the beacon is visible for 15 nautical miles; 27 kilometres.

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