The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

It's easy to forget that we live in an incredibly beautiful area. Mountains, meadows, farmland, trees, and – easily underlooked because we forget to look up – clouds: these elements of our landscape invite us to think big and expand our world.

Nancy Richter thrives in this big, expansive, and beautiful world. The Kennewick photographer, who grew up in Montana's Big Sky Country, especially loves clouds.

"I love them all – pink and salmon, fluffy, lenticular and cirrus, stormy and wild," Richter says.

Lost in the passion to chase clouds, find the perfect patch of wildflowers, or capture the pati...