Charles O’Rear knows this hill well. He drove past it more than 100 times in the mid-’90s on his way from St. Helena to Marin to see his then-girlfriend, now-wife, Daphne Larkin.

Charles O’Rear, the photographer behind the iconic Windows XP ‘Bliss’ wallpaper, has expressed mixed feelings about the deal that made his image one of the most viewed ever. In 1996, while visiting ...

Windows wallpapers are seen every day in homes and offices around the world. The rolling green hills and blue sky of Windows XP’s Bliss, captured by photographer Charles O’Rear, became so ...