Hi, I’m Taylor Courier, a photographer, robotics engineer, and avid adventurer based in the PNW.

I photograph landscapes, night skies, and the quiet details I find on trail and in the field. I live in southwest Washington near the Cascades, and my work is rooted in those places: big landscapes, changing weather, and the feeling of being small under a huge sky.

I’ve been taking pictures since I got my first 2-megapixel digital camera as a kid. Simple snapshots grew into something more intentional during backcountry seasons as a ranger in Denali and Bryce Canyon. Over time photography taught me about light, patience, and how to translate a moment into a frame.

My interests pull in two directions: the wild and the technical. I volunteer with Search and Rescue, and during the week I work in computer engineering and robotics - a day job that keeps me thinking like an engineer while the nights keep me looking up. Lately I’ve been focused on full-frame landscape work and astrophotography: long exposures, starfields, and the challenges of shooting the sky.

When I’m not behind a lens I’m usually outside: scrambling ridges, climbing single-pitch and alpine rock, kayaking rivers, or wandering the woods of my home property, the Wildwood Mountainstead, with a cup of coffee in hand.

This site collects photos, trip reports, gear experiments, and night-sky projects. Thanks for stopping by - I hope something here nudges you outside or gets you excited to look up.