Brent Pennington: Photographer

Our final day at Mohonk Mountain House, after breakfast and a walk through the and greenhouse, we made the ascent to the mountain’s true peak,

I love twilight, where the color bleeds from the world and leaves it cast in blues as it deepens to night.  After a good meal

I first heard of the Mohonk Mountain House years ago, while watching an episode of Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations, where he sailed up the Hudson

This panorama came from a balcony at the Mohonk Mountain House in New Paltz, NY.  The Mountain House sits on the very eastern front of

Another visit to the Clarks Summit Trolley Trail this past autumn, where this stretch at least passes through a fantastic stretch of hardwood forest that

The places we keep returning to, in my case Kennedy Creek Trail at Lackawanna State Park.  I’ve written about it before, and walked it countless

BRENT PENNINGTON – Autumn along the Falls Trail at Ricketts Glen State Park, PA, on the morning of 21 October 2025. Wrapping up the series

A benefit of being early on the trail, you can setup your tripod anywhere you want without having to worry about blocking anyone.  I set

One of my favorite wintertime captures, which I made a somewhat startling number of years ago.  It was a silent night, save for the creak

Early autumn along the Kennedy Creek Inlet trail, trying to catch peeks of the lake through the trees.  This short trail is my favorite at

A few more from my autumn visit to Ricketts Glen State Park, including one of the smaller waterfalls and some more tranquil creek side scenes. 

The leaves are fully down now, but I’m still enjoying the glory of autumn through photos I captured, including this set that goes back to

Stacked ridges of the Endless Mountains from beyond one of the high fields at Salt Springs, all under an ominous summer sky.  It was the

Landscape photos are deceptively tricky to capture, or at last to capture well.  Even photographers with other specialties sometimes fall into the trap of thinking

I arrived at Ricketts Glen early in the morning and hiked the up the Falls Trail while the gorge was still in shadow, worried that

A bit of long-exposure work to capture the stream in this autumn scene.  Of course, there’s some motion in the leaves as well, which is

Sun, shadow, and clear blue water as the creek flows through autumn woods.  The scene was lovely, but as much as anything it was an

Autumn at its peak, with golden light streaming through the trees as the sun sinks in early evening.  There is never a bad time immerse

An autumn morning at Bullhead Bay, where the second shot is looking about 90 degrees counter-clockwise from the first, and captured about 10 minutes later. 

Is there anything better than a country road on an autumn afternoon?