A Stately Procession
[av_hr class=’invisible’ height=’0′ shadow=’no-shadow’ position=’center’ av_uid=’av-3typp8′][av_heading heading=’Behind the scenes of this photo’ tag=’h3′ color=’custom-color-heading’ custom_font=’#949494′ style=’blockquote classic-quote’ size=” subheading_active=” subheading_size=’15’ padding=’0′ av_uid=’av-p0gs’][/av_heading] Taken at Tasman Lake in Aoraki Mt. Cook National Park, New Zealand, on March 28th, 2015 A big part of being a nature photographer is no, not waiting, but watching. In fact, I […]
Elemental Collision
[av_hr class=’invisible’ height=’0′ shadow=’no-shadow’ position=’center’ av_uid=’av-4p7iw2′][av_heading heading=’Behind the scenes of this photo’ tag=’h3′ color=’custom-color-heading’ custom_font=’#949494′ style=’blockquote classic-quote’ size=” subheading_active=” subheading_size=’15’ padding=’0′ av_uid=’av-2h9fs2′][/av_heading] Taken at Laguna Jahuacocha in the Cordillera Huayhuash, Peru, on September 9th, 2014 It’s hard to imagine a better finale for my final night in the Cordillera Huayhuash than the one that unfolded […]
33 Candles
[av_hr class=’invisible’ height=’0′ shadow=’no-shadow’ position=’center’ av_uid=’av-3iegde’][av_heading heading=’Behind the scenes of this photo’ tag=’h3′ color=’custom-color-heading’ custom_font=’#949494′ style=’blockquote classic-quote’ size=” subheading_active=” subheading_size=’15’ padding=’0′ av_uid=’av-2of2ci’][/av_heading] Taken on September 2nd, 2014 below Laguna Mitucocha and Jirishanca in the Cordillera Huayhuash, Peru I don’t personally put a lot of effort into celebrating my own birthday. But sometimes when the circumstances […]
Purple Mountain Majesties
Read The Story Buy A Print The Story Behind This Photograph: Taken in the Pioneer Basin, Sierra Nevada mountains, California, on July 11th, 2014 When you think about what drives you you can come to some pretty funny conclusions. Like photography, for example. Did I really just drag my weary ass 10 miles over thousands […]
Cooling Down
Read The Story Buy A Print The Story Behind This Photograph: Taken on a five-day backpacking trip to the Pioneer Basin in the high Sierra Nevada mountains, California, on July 11th, 2014 Did you know that photography is just like exercise? I found that out myself a few weeks back while on a 5-day backpacking […]
In the Moment
[av_hr class=’invisible’ height=’0′ shadow=’no-shadow’ position=’center’ av_uid=’av-4crk18′][av_heading heading=’Behind the scenes of this photo’ tag=’h3′ color=’custom-color-heading’ custom_font=’#949494′ style=’blockquote classic-quote’ size=” subheading_active=” subheading_size=’15’ padding=’0′ av_uid=’av-305q7g’][/av_heading] Taken in the oak savanna near Table Mountain in Jamestown, California, on April 26th, 2014 Photographers are often preoccupied by moments. We spend our days hunting for compositions and aligning elements so that […]
The Reason
Taken at Island Pass in the Ansel Adams Wilderness, Eastern Sierra Nevada, on July 4th, 2013 Why do photographers do the things we do? Why do we hike so much our packs chafe us raw? Why do we huff, puff, and sweat our way over 11,000 foot passes? Why do we subject ourselves to the […]
Sun Spots
Taken in the salt flats of Salt Creek, Death Valley National Park, on February 21st, 2013 It’s amazing what you find with a little wandering. And in Death Valley there is lots of space to wander. A photographer friend of mine hinted that these bizarre salt circles might be lurking out in the salt flats […]
Mythic
Taken at Tunnel View in Yosemite Valley on May 9th, 2013 Bridalveil Falls, Yosemite National Park. In early May Yosemite was hit by a thunderstorm that involved, according to a local park photographer, the most intense downpour of the last 15 years. As I waited and watched the roads and parking lots turn to rivers, […]
Zen Garden
[av_heading heading=’Behind the scenes of this photo’ tag=’h3′ color=’custom-color-heading’ custom_font=’#949494′ style=’blockquote classic-quote’ size=” subheading_active=” subheading_size=’15’ padding=’0′ av_uid=’av-33m7du’][/av_heading] Taken at the Ibex Sand Dunes in Death Valley National Park on November 13th, 2012 Sand dunes can be the most peaceful place on the planet, if you can find the right ones. All of them have the […]
Southern Splendor
Taken from the Sealy Tarns in Mt. Cook / Aoraki National Park, New Zealand on April 26th, 2012 The trail description didn’t make it sound bad at all: “Track starts out gently then ascends steeply to the Sealy Tarns.” A pretty unassuming description. Glib, even. But I learned my lesson the hard way: in New […]
Mountain Light
Read The Story Buy A Print The Story Behind This Photograph: Taken at Hooker Lake in Mt. Cook / Aoraki National Park, New Zealand on April 25th, 2012 It turns out that glacial lakes are cold, really cold. Not that I noticed right away. I was wearing hip waders so I could stand thigh-deep in […]