Seal Rock Oregon
by admin on Feb.09, 2010, under Travels
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What had originally been marked as a back up location for my photo shoots, Seal Rock turned out to be one of the highlights of the trip along the Oregon Coast. I meet up with two other local photography friends in Yachats Oregon just south of Seal Rock. It was fairly centrally located between areas we wanted to reach from Florence to Cape Kiwanda.
Our first sunset shot at Seal Rock turned out great. We had some interesting clouds to work with and ended up coming back a second night after getting kicked out of Yaquina Head Lighthouse which closes at 7pm. The will ruin a sunset planned shoot for anyone not knowing about this. We drove very quickly back to Seal Rock after this let down and made it just in time for the last bit of light.
Seal Rock State Wayside has large off-shore rock formations which are the habitat of seals, sea lions, sea birds and other marine life. The wayside includes interesting tide pools as well as excellent ocean views and a sandy beach. Seal Rock is a small seaside village encompassing a five mile stretch along Oregon’s scenic Pacific Coast Highway. It sits between Newport and Waldron Oregon. It’s not as crowded as other tourist spots, which makes it ideal for photographers to enjoy the solitude and not have to worry too much about people getting in the way of their shots.
