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A dark jagged mountain peak surrounded by drifting clouds above green and gold valley slopes.

Landscape & wildlife photography

A little furtheroutside.

Photographs of wild places and passing moments. By Namkai Fairfield.

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Based in Marin County, CaliforniaA look around

An ongoing collection
From time spent outside

Big landscapes.
Small moments.
All worth a closer look.

The mountains pull you out. The little things make you stop. A collection of photographs from the trails, coastlines, and quiet spaces in between.

Behind the camera

Selected photographs

Worth stopping for.

All photographs
Golden light on tall mountain rock faces above a shadowed valley and a cloud-covered peak.
01 / High country

Last light

Close view of a large dark brown animal with a pale curved horn against dry grass.
02 / Wild encounters

Still watching

Panoramic green hills leading toward a distant ridge beneath a softly colored sky.
03 / Coast & hills

Soft horizons

A coastline stretching into the distance, with white surf below green bluffs and gray clouds.

Coast & hills

Where the land
lets go.

Follow the coastline

Behind the camera

The long way
is the point.

From the hills close to home to trails far beyond them. Photography gives me another reason to slow down, look closer, and keep going.

Meet Namkai
Pale boulders and green trees across a mountain slope with a rugged ridge beyond.

A camera. A trail. No hurry.