Calla Lilies

Calla Lilies, Robben Island, South Africa

Taken on Robben Island, South Africa, on August 14th, 2008 Robben Island is well known as the political prison which held Nelson Mandela for many years until his release in 1990. Now a tourist spot and protected area, Robben Island is home to many members of nature’s kingdom, including rabbits, deer, penguins, and the Calla […]

Banner Peak over Garnet Lake

Banner Peak over Garnet Lake, John Muir Trail, Ansel Adams Wilderness, Sierra Nevada Mountains

Read The Story Buy A Print The Story Behind This Photograph: Taken at Garnet Lake beneath Banner Peak in the Ansel Adams Wilderness on July 27th, 2008 Sometimes it’s difficult to imagine how beautiful certain places on the planet can be. Garnet Lake in the high Sierra, with its clear, clean waters, pond-studded granite peninsulas, […]

Mt. Ritter and Banner Peak on a Summer Morning

Mt. Ritter and Banner Peak, Ansel Adams Wilderness, Eastern Sierra

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Thank God It’s Friday

Lunada Bay sunset, Palos Verde Peninsula, Los Angeles seascape

Taken at Lunada Bay, Palos Verdes Peninsula, Los Angeles, California on May 23rd, 2008 On the afternoon of Friday the 23rd, I observed that the sky above Los Angeles was unusually full of layer upon layer of differently-textured clouds. Knowing the sunset could be spectacular, I drove to the Palos Verdes peninsula and hugged the […]

Mojave Poppies at Sunrise

Mojave Poppies near Cottonwood Springs, Joshua Tree National Park

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Rock and Leaf Textures

Maple leaf on a lichen-covered rock near the Clavey River

Taken in the Sierra Tuolumne River Canyon near Tuolumne, California on February 10th, 2008 Wanting to shoot some river scenes, I drove out to the scenic Tuolumne River in Northern California. After a fair bit of hiking around, I was feeling a little befuddled by the utter lack of the grand river vistas I was […]

Weathered Tree at Sunset

Valley Oak at sunset near Knight's Ferry, California

Taken in the Sierra Nevada Foothills near Knight’s Ferry, California on February 9th, 2008 On my way to visit family in Northern California, I was brought to a halt by a two-mile-long backed-up line of cars. Not knowing when traffic would clear and seeing potential for a nice sunset that evening, I decided to go […]

Lambing Season

Sheep in the Rees / Dart Valley near Glenorchy, New Zealand

Taken in the Rees river valley outside of Glenorchy, New Zealand, on October 22nd, 2007 Driving through New Zealand during their spring, my girlfriend and I saw no shortage of newborn baby lambs frolicking in the sunshine. When we stopped alongside the road so my girlfriend could snap photos of a couple of sheep, I […]

Nugget Point

Nugget Point sunset, The Catlins, New Zealand

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Aoraki over Lake Pukaki, New Zealand

Aoraki over Lake Pukaki, Mt. Cook National Park, New Zealand

Taken from a viewpoint near Aoraki National Park, New Zealand on October 12th, 2007 Every photographer searches for special light, and driving away from Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park, I turned around to see a scene that had it in spades. Here I saw something very special as the afternoon light created wondrous textures […]

Clear Waters and Golden Sands

Bark Bay, Abel Tasman National Park, New Zealand

Read The Story Buy A Print The Story Behind This Photograph: Taken in Bark Bay, Abel Tasman National Park, New Zealand on October 2nd, 2007. Beaches in Abel Tasman are, simply, what beaches should be: covered in golden sands and washed by incredibly clear turquoise waters. I wanted to represent this ideal beach in this […]

Kearsarge Pinnacles, Kings Canyon

Kearsarge Pinnacles, Kings Canyon National Park, high Sierras

Taken at the Kearsarge Pinnacles, Kings Canyon National Park, California, on September 16th, 2007 I had hoped for some Alpenglow or lovely sunrise colors when I woke up to shoot photos in the Kearsarge basin. But rather than finding either of those, I saw a placidly-still lake reflecting the Pinnacles and creating wonderful geometries of […]

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