Photographer Creates Stunning Stitched Images of Orcas and Sunsets for Dreamy Escapism

Mary Parkhill, a professional photographer, put behind a successful advertising career to pursue her interest as a full-time vocation. She is now well-known for her fine art photography of natural landscapes. Parkhill spends her summers in Alaska photographing the breathtaking scenery, which includes magnificent images of orcas frolicking in the sea. It’s clear to see why she turned her business acumen into a creative career with her outstanding ability to capture the moment.

Parkhill pictures killer whales and sunsets, then combines them to create the ultimate composition. She directs the viewer’s eye around the shot by using the anatomy of the orcas. At times, the orca’s nose or tail is perfectly aligned with the setting sun; at other times, the sunset simply acts as a golden backdrop to highlight these amazing creatures.

“The sheer enormity of orcas, witnessing them in their natural habitat, and their capacity to still take my breath away,” Parkhill tells us. She spends her summers exploring Alaska’s inspiring terrain, and the photographs she captures fill out her portfolio. Parkhill, who is ordinarily stationed in Pennsylvania, is a whale enthusiast, and there are magnificent images of orcas and humpback whales swimming in and breaching in Alaskan seas.

But it’s the sunset photographs, which combine landscape and high art photography, that give lasting dreamlike escapism. On her website, a selection of her orca sunset pictures is for sale—everyone may have a piece of this fantasy in their house!