Category: Mountains

Waterproof

Behind the scenes of this photo Taken at the Upper Owens River, California, on January 14th, 2016 I’d been looking for a guaranteed way to tell if my winter boots were waterproof. And I figured a really good one out: stand in the middle of a river while shooting sunset. If your feet get wet then […]

Sick Light

Read The Story Buy A Print The Story Behind This Photograph: Taken at Campamento Elefante, Cordillera Huayhuash, Peru on September 6th, 2014 I didn’t want to take this picture. I really didn’t. I had caught a cold and that, combined with hiking 10 miles a day at 15,000 feet in the Peruvian Andes, was taking its […]

Wind Whipped Wanaka

Behind the scenes of this photo Taken at Lake Wanaka, New Zealand on May 8th, 2015 Following a storm in the Southern Alps I woke to find fresh snow dusting the tops of the mountains above Lake Wanaka. I was there with a photography tour I was leading and we brought our group to the […]

Jurassic Monkeys

[av_hr class=’invisible’ height=’0′ shadow=’no-shadow’ position=’center’ av_uid=’av-4sa56k’][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-2xuli4′][/av_heading] Taken at Monkey Creek, Fiordland National Park, on the South Island of New Zealand on April 3rd, 2015 What a lovely morning this was at Monkey Creek in New Zealand. With steam billowing […]

Roaring Tekapo

[av_hr class=’invisible’ height=’0′ shadow=’no-shadow’ position=’center’ av_uid=’av-4ne6au’][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-33padi’][/av_heading] Taken at Lake Tekapo on the South Island of New Zealand on May 9th, 2015 Being a photographer often means chasing the weather. But there are the rare occasions that the weather chases […]

X Marks the Spot

[av_hr class=’invisible’ height=’0′ shadow=’no-shadow’ position=’center’ av_uid=’av-41azr4′][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-9nt00′][/av_heading] Taken at Lake Matheson in the Fox Glacier township on the South Island of New Zealand on March 24th, 2015 Lake Matheson is an iconic New Zealand photo location, and from the main […]

Stronger of the Two

[av_hr class=’invisible’ height=’0′ shadow=’no-shadow’ position=’center’ av_uid=’av-3l3ctb’][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-347adr’][/av_heading] Taken from Medlicott Dome in Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, on June 12th, 2015 Granite is pretty tough stuff. You can walk on it, climb on it, and drive steel spikes into it […]

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 […]

Yelling at Birds

[av_hr class=’invisible’ height=’0′ shadow=’no-shadow’ position=’center’ av_uid=’av-3zowiv’][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-2dtzyf’][/av_heading] Taken at Lake Wanaka on the South Island of New Zealand on March 21st, 2015 I like birds. I really do. I could watch a New Zealand fantail play all day. And some […]

The Benefits of Hydration

[av_hr class=’invisible’ height=’0′ shadow=’no-shadow’ position=’center’ av_uid=’av-44k0ij’][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-2jvrfv’][/av_heading] Taken at Lake Matheson on the South Island of New Zealand on March 24th, 2015 Normally I’m not one for hot beverages. Sure, I love a good cup of hot cocoa while camping […]

A Ship in the Night

[av_hr class=’invisible’ height=’0′ shadow=’no-shadow’ position=’center’ av_uid=’av-4ag7e6′][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-23vez2′][/av_heading] Taken in Milford Sound, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand on May 13th, 2015 It’s always fun to grow and change as an artist. Novelty brings excitement, and that excitement helps keep the passion […]

Scratching the Surface

[av_hr class=’invisible’ height=’0′ shadow=’no-shadow’ position=’center’ av_uid=’av-3i4e14′][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-2ejhqg’][/av_heading] Taken near Black Point, Mono Lake in the Eastern Sierra Nevada, California on February 15th, 2015 Mono Lake is famous mostly for its tufa, those bizarre, inverted stalactites of calcium carbonate. Thus the […]