[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-2mvwau’][/av_heading] Taken 6,000 feet above the Godley River delta at Lake Tekapo, South Island, New Zealand on April 24th, 2012 This photo was taken during a scenic flight around Mt. Cook and the surrounding mountains. I was sitting up […]
Taken at Motukiekie Beach on the West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island on April 23rd, 2012 With its shrub-capped seastacks, endless tidal pools, and unusual animals, Motukiekie Beach in New Zealand is an otherworldly landscape. In April 2012 I visited the beach at sunrise to find hundreds of 12-legged seastars clustered together in “starfish […]
Taken at Motukiekie Beach on the West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island on April 22nd, 2012 I’ve never seen a beach quite as shootable as Motukiekie. It has every element I could possibly want to photograph in a seascape: exotic seastacks, glassily reflective sand, tidal pools, and an abundance of cool critters such as […]
Read The Story Buy A Print The Story Behind This Photograph: Taken at Wharariki Beach, South Island, New Zealand on April 20th, 2012 Wharariki Beach is surely one of the most beautiful beaches I’ve ever seen. One of the challenges in photography is capturing such a spectacular place with spectacular light, a feat which is […]
Taken inside the Fox Glacier, South Island, New Zealand on April 16th, 2012 Glacierology 101: A moulin is a hole carved through a glacier by meltwater. Sometimes a moulin will grow until it becomes a cave in the ice, much like a blue slot canyon. And then, abruptly, the feeder stream will change course, allowing […]
Read The Story Buy A Print The Story Behind This Photograph: Taken at Lake Wanaka, South Island, New Zealand on April 8th, 2012 How far would you go for a tree? I flew halfway around the world for one. If this seems crazy to you please realize that this is no ordinary tree. Nay, it’s […]
Taken on Tenaya Lake in Yosemite on December 27th, 2011 It all started before Christmas when I saw a video of people ice skating on a frozen Tenaya Lake in Yosemite’s high country. Wow, that’s cool, that doesn’t happen very often, I thought. Then, about halfway through the video, the filmer unwittingly showed something that […]
Read The Story Buy A Print The Story Behind This Photograph: Taken in Coyote Gulch, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument on May 28th, 2011 Call me impulsive, but sometimes I plan trips based only on a single photo of a place. The first time I did this I visited L’ile de la Reunion in the middle […]
Taken in the Carrizo Plain National Monument on April 9th, 2011 I love Spring for a number of reasons, not least of which is the annual wildflower hunt. As blooms spread throughout California photographers share tips, locations, and gas as they race around the state trying to find the best displays. The Carrizo Plain is […]
Read The Story Buy A Print The Story Behind This Photograph: Taken at Sand Harbor State Park, Lake Tahoe, Nevada on January 15th, 2011 Lake Tahoe has many beautiful places along its shores, but for me Sand Harbor is at the top of the list. The way the white granite boulders merge with the crystal […]
Taken at Two Mile Beach near Santa Cruz, California, on October 21st, 2010 In the Fall of 2010, I was making a great effort to simplify my photographic compositions. On this evening, while searching for something simple to compose on, I came across this single rock and decided to shoot a photo which emphasized the […]
Read The Story Buy A Print The Story Behind This Photograph: Taken at Natural Bridges State Beach in Santa Cruz, California on October 1st, 2010 Anyone who lives along the central California coast will tell you that summer brings a marine layer a mile thick and five months long. Which is a shame, because the […]
Joshua Cripps is a renowned landscape photographer who has garnered worldwide acclaim for his breathtaking images of our planet’s wild places. His photos have been published by the likes of National Geographic, NASA, CNN, BBC, and Nikon Global.
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