Please enjoy a small selection of my work represented in the galleries below. If there is something specific you are looking for, please let me know as I have a very large catalog and only a small portion is represented on this site. Please note- purchased canvases or aluminum prints will display a small watermark on the bottom edge of the image.
My Most Recent Images.
Some of the more recent work of Michael Schmidt Photography.
The Heceta Head lighthouse- a rotating lamp lighthouse near the town
of Florence Oregon, on the Oregon Coast.
Long exposure.
The Astoria- Megler bridge, spanning the Columbia River between Oregon and Washington State.
Taken from the south side, in the town of Astoria, Oregon.
Long exposure.
A little downstream from Bridal Veil waterfall in Rosedale B.C. on a beautiful autumn day.
Long exposure.
Crab Rock in Tillamook Bay, on the Oregon Coast.
The daily firing of Stanley Park's 9 O'Clock Gun in Vancouver, B.C.
Long Exposure.
Elowah Falls, in John B. Yeon State Park in Oregon's beautiful Columbia Gorge.
Long Exposure.
Autumn at the Cedar Creek Grist Mill, near Woodland Washington.
Long exposure.
Sunset on Heceta Beach, near the town of Florence on the Oregon Coast.
Long exposure.
Horsetail Falls, in Oregon's Columbia River Gorge, along the Historic Columbia River Highway.
Long exposure.
One of the most photographed places on the Oregon Coast- Thor's Well near Yachats, Oregon.
Taken at sunset, about 40 minutes after high tide.
Long exposure, and a lot of running away.
The rising tide on Indian Beach, at Ecola State Park on the Oregon Coast.
Long exposure.
The Trans Am Totem sculpture near the old Expo 86 site in Vancouver, B.C.
The Trans Am Totem sculpture, at night, with the Sytrain in the background.
Vancouver, B.C.
Long exposure.
Snoqualmie Falls, near the town of Fall City in Washington State.
Long Exposure.
Via Tevere Pizza, on Victoria Drive in Vancouver, B.C..
Selective monochrome.
Via Tevere Pizza on Victoria Drive in Vancouver, B.C.
Full color.
My Home.
Photographs featuring places and things in the Vancouver area.
A particularly beautiful sunset over Lost Lagoon in Vancouver's Stanley Park.
Long exposure.
One of Granville Island's Aquabus ferries.
Vancouver, B.C.
The beach at Stanley Park's Hallelujah Point, with downtown Vancouver on the horizon.
Long exposure.
A beautiful old Volkswagen beetle, in the West End of Vancouver,
on a gorgeous autumn day.
Selective monochrome.
A beautiful old Volkswagen beetle, in the West End of Vancouver,
on a gorgeous autumn day.
Full Color.
Looking eastward at Steveston's Finn Slough village.
Richmond, B.C.
The daily firing of Stanley Park's 9 O'Clock Gun in Vancouver, B.C.
Long Exposure.
Close-up of a Bear on a Haida Gwaii totem at the University of British Columbia's
Museum of Anthropology.
Vancouver, B.C.
Time lapse shot of the Inukshuk at English Bay in Vancouver, B.C.
Long exposure.
Time stack composite image.
Star trails behind the Inukshuk at English Bay in Vancouver, B.C.
Long exposure.
Dinner Plate Island School, at Steveston's Finn Slough village.
Low tide.
Japanese totems at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C.
Long exposure.
A beautiful view looking eastward over Stanley Park's Lost Lagoon.
Vancouver, B.C.
A Girl in a Wetsuit, a freighter, and a very foggy morning at Brockton Point in Stanley Park
Vancouver, B.C.
The Lion's Gate Bridge, compliments of the Guinness family.
Stanley Park, Vancouver, B.C.
Long exposure.
The Pine Leaf. A beautiful old fishing vessel shown here during its last days-
beached on the Fraser River near Richmond, B.C.
Long exposure.
One of downtown Vancouver's more interesting fountains- located near the financial district.
Vancouver, B.C.
Long exposure.
Halloween on Westham Island, near Ladner, B.C.
Long exposure. No Linus.
The Centennial Rocket near Olympic Village in Vancouver, B.C.
Long exposure.
Science World and B.C. Place on False Creek.
Vancouver, B.C.
Long exposure.
The Trans Am Totem sculpture near the old Expo 86 site in Vancouver, B.C.
The Trans Am Totem sculpture, at night, with the Sytrain in the background.
Vancouver, B.C.
Long exposure.
Via Tevere Pizza, on Victoria Drive in Vancouver, B.C..
Selective monochrome.
Via Tevere Pizza, on Victoria Drive in Vancouver, B.C..
Full colour.
The Girl in a Wetsuit Bronze sculpture. at Brockton Point in Stanley Park.
Vancouver B.C.
Long exposure.
British Columbia, Washington and Oregon.
Photographs featuring the beauty of North America's Pacific Coast.
One of the most photographed places on the Oregon Coast- Thor's Well near Yachats, Oregon.
Taken at sunset, about 40 minutes after high tide.
Long exposure, and a lot of running away.
One of my favorite places on the Oregon Coast-the boardwalk near Ecola State Park at Cannon Beach.
Long exposure.
H.D.R.
The Astoria- Megler bridge, spanning the Columbia River between Oregon and Washington State.
Taken from the south side, in the town of Astoria.
Long exposure.
Autumn at the Cedar Creek Grist Mill, near Woodland Washington.
Long exposure.
Low tide at Larrabee Beach at Larrabee State Park.
Chuckanut Drive, Bellingham, Washington.
Fish-eye lens.
Crab Rock in Tillamook Bay, on the Oregon Coast.
Elowah Falls, in John B. Yeon State Park in Oregon's beautiful Columbia Gorge.
Long Exposure.
Sunset and Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach on the Oregon Coast.
Long exposure.
The Columbia Gorge's Latourell Falls.
Long exposure.
The view of Cannon Beach and Haystack Rock, as seen from Highway 101.
Cannon Beach, Oregon Coast.
Autumn at Whatcom Creek, in Whatcom Falls Park.
Bellingham, Washington.
Long Exposure.
The Heceta Head lighthouse- a rotating lamp lighthouse near the town
of Florence Oregon, on the Oregon Coast.
Long exposure.
Horsetail Falls, in Oregon's Columbia River Gorge, along the Historic Columbia River Highway.
Long exposure.
The rising tide on Indian Beach, at Ecola State Park on the Oregon Coast.
Long exposure.
Multnomah Falls in Oregon's Columbia River Gorge- showing both tiers and the footbridge.
Long exposure.
Beach grass and sunset at Ecola State Park.
At Cannon Beach on the Oregon Coast.
The old bones of the Peter Iredale, on Clatsop Spit near Fort Stevens.
Warrenton, Oregon.
Long exposure.
Snoqualmie Falls, near the town of Fall City in Washington State.
Long Exposure.
Sunrise at Trillium Lake, with picturesque Mount Hood in the background.
Clackamas County, Oregon.
Long exposure at sunrise.
Sunset on Heceta Beach, near the town of Florence on the Oregon Coast.
Long exposure.
Sunrise at Whatcom Falls in Whatcom Falls Park.
Bellingham, Washington.
Long exposure.
Wind turbines at Cannon Power Group's Windy Flats project in Goldendale, Washington.
Time stack composite image.
The Places I Love.
Photography featuring some of my favorite outdoor places.
Brandywine Falls, on the way to Whistler B.C. on the Sea to Sky Highway.
Long exposure.
Alexander Falls, just outside the village of Whistler, B.C.
Stones balancing in the sunset on Third Beach in Stanley Park.
Vancouver, B.C.
An old 1960's Volkswagen Beetle slowly disintegrating on Burnaby Mountain
near the Simon Fraser University campus
Burnaby, B.C.
A little downstream from Bridal Veil waterfall in Rosedale B.C. on a beautiful autumn day.
Long exposure.
Pilings from an old wharf on the shore of Britannia Beach, B.C.
Long exposure.
Cascade Creek, just downstream from Cascade Falls.
Mission, B.C.
Long exposure.
Cascade Falls and the suspension bridge that crosses the chasm.
Mission, B.C.
Long exposure.
Sunrise on Cathedral Trail in Stanley Park.
Vancouver, B.C.
Cougar Mountain, near the hamlet of Exshaw, Alberta.
Looking up through a forest of Sitka spruce in Ecola State Park near the town of Cannon Beach
on the Oregon Coast.
Forest stump carving, near Second Beach in Stanley Park.
Vancouver, B.C.
A beautiful meadow, complete with a pond.
Golden, B.C.
Sunrise at Lamb Bay, near the town of Sechelt on the Sunshine Coast of B.C.
Long exposure.
A lonely tree, on the banks of Howe Sound in the town of Britannia Beach, B.C.
Long exposure.
The forest behind Trinity Lake, in the shadow of Mount Hood.
At sunrise, in the fall,
Clackamas County, Oregon
Forest reflections at dawn, in autumn.
Trillium Lake, Clackamas County, Oregon
Water droplets accumulating on moss.
Vancouver, B.C.
Autumn at Whatcom Creek, in Whatcom Falls Park.
Bellingham, Washington.
Long Exposure.
Sunrise at Whatcom Falls in Whatcom Falls Park.
Bellingham, Washington.
Long exposure.
Sunset on the beach at Whytecliff Park.
West Vancouver, B.C.
Long exposure.
All Creatures Great and Small.
Wildlife and nature photography.
A very, very suave ground squirrel.
Kananaskis country, near the town of Canmore Alberta.
The lovely but deadly fly agaric mushroom- Amanita muscaria.
Autumn in Stanley Park.
Vancouver, B.C.
A bad hair day for this Great Blue Heron at Lost Lagoon in Stanley Park.
Vancouver, B.C.
A very shy Red Fox kit, peering out from his den.
Near the town of Roundup, Montana.
A mother Sandhill Crane and her adorable little chick.
George C, Reifel bird sanctuary.
Ladner, B.C.
A dolphin at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Close-up of a colorful banana leaf.
The Bloedel Conservatory.
Vancouver, B.C.
A very enthusiastic Canada Goose gosling frolicking through the grass near Lost Lagoon in Stanley Park.
Vancouver, B.C.
Grinder the grizzly.
Grouse Mountain
North Vancouver, B.C.
A Harlequin Ladybird ladybug clings to a single blade of grass.
Stanley Park, Vancouver B.C.
Sneaking up on a Great Blue Heron.
Lost Lagoon, Stanley Park.
Vancouver, B.C.
Close-up of decorative fountain grass.
Vancouver, B.C.
A mother Anna's Hummingbird returning to a nest
of hungry chicks.
In Vancouver's Fairview neighborhood.
The Jelly Blubber jellyfish, floating in a sea of kelp.
Melbourne, Australia.
Japanese Sea Nettle jellyfish on display at the Vancouver Aquarium.
Stanley Park, Vancouver B.C.
Close-up of autumn toadstools and moss in the forest of Stanley Park.
Vancouver, B.C.
A lone Aspen Poplar leaf floating on branches of Fir.
Autumn, Canmore Alberta.
Selective monochrome.
A very cute raccoon peeking out from a tree near Lost Lagoon in Stanley Park.
Vancouver, B.C.
Profile of a Great Horned Owl.
Aldergrove, B.C.
Two very small maple leaves emerging from a tree.
Vancouver, B.C.
A bald eagle trying to keep warm near Boundary Bay
Ladner, B.C.
The Manipulation of Light and Darkness.
Long exposure images.
Fireball in motion.
Puyallup Fair, Puyallup Washington.
Long exposure.
The Giant Wheel.
Puyallup Fair, Puyallup Washington.
Long exposure.
The resurrection of Helen's.
Hastings Street, Burnaby B.C.
Long exposure.
The Starflyer ride, in full swing.
Playland. Vancouver B.C.
Long exposure.
The Westcoast Wheel ferris wheel.
Playland. Vancouver B.C.
Long exposure.
Zero Gravity, full tilt.
Playland. Vancouver B.C.
Long exposure.
Stone, Wood, Glass and Steel.
Architectural and artworks photography.
555 Burrard Street.
Vancouver, B.C.
Monochrome.
A faded window shutter in the French village of
Charroux, Department Allier.
Electra- the old B.C. Hydro building, and Wall Center.
Nelson and Burrard Streets.
Vancouver, B.C.
Wooden carving.
Village of Gannat, France.
400 Burrard Street.
Vancouver, B.C.
Monochrome.
Night view of the underside of the Granville Street Bridge.
As seen from Granville Island.
Vancouver, B.C.
Long exposure.
The main branch of the Vancouver Public Library
Robson and Homer, Vancouver.
Close-up of a Bear on a Haida Gwaii totem at the University of British Columbia's
Museum of Anthropology.
Vancouver, B.C.
Japanese totems at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C.
Long exposure.
Close-up of the door of the Marine Building.
Burrard Street, Vancouver B.C.
Close up of the Lion's Gate Bridge at Stanley Park.
Vancouver, B.C.
Monochrome.
The Shots I Really Like.
Some of my favorite photographs.
The daily firing of Stanley Park's 9 O'Clock Gun in Vancouver, B.C.
Long Exposure.
The lovely but deadly fly agaric mushroom- Amanita muscaria.
Autumn in Stanley Park.
Vancouver, B.C.
Brandywine Falls, on the way to Whistler B.C. on the Sea to Sky Highway.
Long exposure.
A little downstream from Bridal Veil waterfall in Rosedale B.C. on a beautiful autumn day.
Long exposure.
A beautiful old Volkswagen beetle, in the West End of Vancouver,
on a gorgeous autumn day.
Selective monochrome.
A very, very suave ground squirrel.
Kananaskis country, near the town of Canmore Alberta.
Forest stump carving, near Second Beach in Stanley Park.
Vancouver, B.C.
Night view of the underside of the Granville Street Bridge.
As seen from Granville Island.
Vancouver, B.C.
Long exposure.
The resurrection of Helen's.
Hastings Street, Burnaby B.C.
Long exposure.
Sneaking up on a Great Blue Heron.
Lost Lagoon, Stanley Park.
Vancouver, B.C.
Japanese totems at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C.
Long exposure.
A beautiful meadow, complete with a pond.
Golden, B.C.
A particularly beautiful sunset over Lost Lagoon in Vancouver's Stanley Park.
Long exposure.
Close-up of the door of the Marine Building.
Burrard Street, Vancouver B.C.
Close-up of autumn toadstools and moss in the forest of Stanley Park.
Vancouver, B.C.
A very cute raccoon peeking out from a tree near Lost Lagoon in Stanley Park.
Vancouver, B.C.
One of the most photogenic places on the Oregon Coast- Thor's Well near Yachats, Oregon.
Taken at sunset, about 40 minutes after high tide.
Long exposure, and a lot of running away.
Sunrise at Trillium Lake, with picturesque Mount Hood in the background.
Clackamas County, Oregon.
Long exposure.
Autumn at Whatcom Creek, in Whatcom Falls Park.
Bellingham, Washington.
Long Exposure.
Wind turbines at Cannon Power Group's Windy Flats project in Goldendale, Washington.
Time stack composite image.
A very enthusiastic Canada Goose gosling frolicking through the grass near Lost Lagoon in Stanley Park.
Vancouver, B.C.
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