Art director and photographer Amy Medina traveled across the country from Long Island to Seattle and back, and put together a cool time-lapse documenting her trip.

From Long Island to Seattle and the West Coast… and Back, in 16 days!

Well, my trip is now over and we had an AWESOME time… and I’ve finally gotten through all the photos so it’s time to share them. I’ve posted them by each day, with a little commentary, in folders that represent where we were along the way. Be sure to check out the maps too.

Trip Itinerary: Long Island to Seattle by Amtrak; Sunday evening to Wednesday Morning (July 17-20, 2011)
Visit Seattle, see Pacific Ocean and attend Photo Workshop (July 20-25, 2011)
Drive from Seattle to Chicago over six days, enjoying the sites along the way! (July 26-31, 2011)
Amtrak from Chicago to Long Island in the last 24 hours (July 31-August 1, 2011)

Also check out this other time-lapse she produced:

As someone who loves the beach – and from the East Coast – I cannot explain how amazing it felt to see the Pacific Ocean. I had an overall amazing cross-country trip, but the Pacific Ocean was a huge highlight for me.

See more from Amy’s cross-country trip on DangRabbit.

L.A-based freelancer Melissa Golden got a new point and shoot camera and photographed the state of California from the air.

I recently got a new point and shoot camera, the Canon s95.  I took it on a trip to San Jose last weekend and enjoyed myself.  There’s no effort or thought or care in the photos that I take with it.  It’s the perfect vacation/party camera.  I don’t want to have to think about photography when I’m on “me time” but a large part of me still wants to take pictures.  I need to enjoy my surroundings and companions and this camera has helped with that.  There’s nothing casual about my work cameras.  They’re large and can make people uncomfortable.  Also, I only shoot manual, which is a task that occupies a significant part of my brain power.  Having a tiny but powerful point and shoot camera set to the program function is freedom.

Continue reading and see more photos on Melissa’s blog.

Freelancer Tristan Wheelock has been traveling across country in an Airstream and recently passed the state of Wyoming, where he shot some beautiful scenery.

I’m from Florida but I currently live in a bright blue Airstream trailer that’s crisscrossing the country. I shoot documentary style photographs and make multimedia projects usually focusing on little stories about people in the US of A. The other day we blasted across Wyoming en route to Denver Colorado. I’d never been to the State before and I was surprised by the stark cold beauty of it. They have ghost towns! Like for real ghost towns!

See more photos of The Cowboy State on Tristan’s blog.

San Diego based freelance photographer Frank Rogozienski has been photographing the border fence between the U.S. and Mexico.

See more images from the series on Frank’s Blog.

Denver-based photographer Nathan W. Armes has been working on a long-term project involving America’s National Park system.

It’s hard to explain a project that you didn’t realize you’ve been working on your whole life. It’s not like these photographs were shot on autopilot. I was just shooting in an attempt to show the beauty of our National Parks.

Only in the edit did I start noticing a trend, which I’ve been feeling subconsciously since I was a kid shooting Polaroid snapshots on cross-country family trips to the Grand Canyon, Painted Desert and the Great Smoky Mountains. The trend where I used people as nearly insignificant props in the vast landscape.

Continue reading and see more photos on Nathan’s blog.

Omaha-based freelance photographer James Nedres photographed the Springtime prairie fires in Kansas’ Flint Hills.

In many areas, spring is primarily associated with budding trees and new floral blooms.In the Flint Hills of Kansas however, it’s range burning time. Driving through the prairie landscape at dusk, you can smell grass fires from miles away if the wind is right.Through the twilight, you can begin to see a glowing light behind a hillside. Then, a full blown prairie fire… and no one looking to put it out.

Why do people do this?…

Continue reading and see more photos on James’s blog.

San Diego-based commercial photographer Frank Rogozienski just started a project on the US Mexico border while exploring Historic Route 80.

Took a little road trip last week to explore old Historic Route 80 right here in San Diego County. There were a few interesting stops along the way, but what ended up developing was an interesting study around the US Mexico border fence. The fence, in it’s many forms….

Continue reading and see more photos on Frank’s blog.