Gary Crabbe / Enlightened Images

Stunning Travel Destination and Landscape Photography

 
 
 
 

Welcome! My name is Gary Crabbe.
Photographer  ~ Author  ~  Photo-Editor  ~ Instructor

I am an award-winning professional travel, outdoor, and scenic landscape photographer and author with seven published books to my credit. I specialize in commercial and editorial outdoor location and destination photography assignments, book projects, and stock photography from throughout California and the western United States. Most of my images are also available as Fine Art Photographic Prints and Wall Murals for private collectors, corporate, and hospitality decor industry clients. I also offer additional services like private photo workshops, presentations, Photo-Editing, and consulting.

Check out my Seven U.S. Postal Service Forever Stamps

Seven of my images are now U.S. Postal Service Forever Stamps – immortalized as part of a 20-image collection called, O Beautiful, an homage to the song, “America the Beautiful.” Click here or on the image to find out more about the stamps and the stories behind the images that were selected.

First visit? Check out my Portfolios:

New Work

These images showcase a selection of my best Recent Work and contain a variety of photos taken over the last two years.

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Scenic Landscapes & Nature

These images showcase the best of my Scenic Landscapes & Nature photography from throughout my career.

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Commercial & Editorial

These images showcase the best of my Commercial and Editorial photography from throughout my career.

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New Image Gallery: Cancun & the Maya Riviera; Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

Click on an image to see my newest online gallery of images from Cancun and the Maya Riviera.

Akumal, Quintana Roo, MexicoPhoto picture of Stormy sunset over Playa Delfinas, Hotel Zone of Cancun, Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsula, MexicoPhoto picture of Mayan Ruins at Tulum Archaeological Zone, Tulum, Maya Riviera, Yucatan Peninsula, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Check out my Premier Image Collections

Visit these select Subject or Location-specific photo galleries.

Click the image to see my Premier Image Galleries.

These portfolio-quality collections contain images from places like Yosemite, the California Coast, and Hawaii, along with subjects like Trees & Forests among others.

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Gary Crabbe is a multiple award-winning photographer & author with seven hardbound published books to his credit. Titles include:

  • The California Coast
  • Yosemite & the Eastern Sierra
  • Backroads of the California Wine Country
  • Greetings from California

Photographing California- Volume 1; North

  • Winner of the prestigious
  • IBPA Benjamin Franklin
  • Gold Medal Award
  • for Best Regional Title.

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Photo pictures of Jet airplane with contrail flying through high cirrus clouds and a circumzenithal arc

Up, Up, and Away in my Beautiful Air-Flying-Thingy

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Picture #01: Jet airplane with contrail flying through high cirrus clouds and a Circumzenithal arc Purchase Prints or License Usage: ID# AVI-2173. Up, Up, and Away in my Beautiful Air-Flying-Thingy New Aerial and Aviation photos and pictures added to my Image Archive. I've had a life-long love of Aerial and…
Photo picture of Seattle city skyline with Mount Rainier in distance, Washington

Lost on the Hard Drive; Episode 87b: Scenes from Seattle

| ART, boats, City Scenes, Seattle, Travel | One Comment
Picture #01: Seattle city skyline with Mount Rainier in distance, Washington Purchase Prints or License Usage: ID# SEAT-2030. Photos and pictures of Seattle scenes; More images from the back of the virtual closet. In my last post, I shared some images from a family spring break vacation featuring photos of…
Photo picture of Black and White Storm clouds over Cannon Beach coast from Ecola Point Viewpoint, Oregon

Lost on the Hard Drive; Episode 87: The Oregon Coast

| Coast, Oregon, Photos | No Comments
Picture #01: Storm clouds over Cannon Beach coast from Ecola Point Viewpoint, Oregon Purchase Prints or License Usage: ID# OCN-2006. Photos and pictures of the Oregon coast; Pulled from the back of the virtual closet. Once upon a family spring break trip to Seattle and down the Oregon coast, I…
Photo picture of East Bay hills at sunset looking across the San Francisco Bay toward Marin County, California

My Favorite Photos of 2022

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A Selection of My Favorite Pictures Taken in 2022. Picture #01: (Above) East Bay hills at sunset looking across the San Francisco Bay toward Marin County, California - (Click here to Purchase Prints or License Usage.) I hope you'll enjoy this year-end collection featuring some of my favorite photographs made during…

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