Growing up in Wallowa County, Oregon, Tanner Stewart was surrounded by wilderness. He was inspired by the 10,000 foot Wallowa Mountains and Hells Canyon, the deepest canyon in North America.

"I realized that this world is full of beauty, in nature and in people, and it is my desire to show this through my photography," Stewart told weather.com.

After apprenticing at a local newspaper, shooting band and concert photography as well as wedding photography, Stewart realized that his real passion was shooting epic landscapes. He launched a project called , in which he aimed to share his landscape photography. In 2013, Stewart published a photography book by the same name, and donated all the proceeds to The A21 Campaign, which aims to fight human trafficking the world over.

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Stewart says that his favorite place he has visited so far is Ireland.

"The days I spent exploring the Cliffs of Moher, the Aran Islands and Slea Head are among the best of my life," Stewart said. "Banff National Park was equally amazing—I just wish it was in Washington."

The photographer said that the most challenging thing about landscape photography is time constraint. "The explorer inside of me wants to photograph the tallest mountain during the most intense thunderstorm with a herd of bison and the Milky Way. However, that obviously can't really happen, so you learn that sometimes 'wasting' time waiting for days on end in minus 10 degree weather to capture one photo is still worth it."

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