Checkerboard Star Trails
CLICK TO ENLARGE Last month I had the pleasure of shooting in Zion National Park. My favorite fall color location for the past several years. In addition to the color of the Cottonwoods and Maples that burn brilliantly in early November, the park is also home to some of the most dramatic scenery in the [...]
Working the Light
Other photographers assume that great light somehow follows me around. I hear it all the time. I run into other shooters in the field that follow my work and one of the comments that comes up quite often is how great light seems to follow me around. I am here to tell you that it [...]
The Towers of Silence
These amazing geologic anomalies are located in the heart of the Grand Staircase/Escalante National monument of Southern Utah. Reaching them requires a 8 mile round trip hike up Wahweap Wash from the town of Big Water. The hike is flat but very tiresome due to the fact that you are slogging through deep sand for [...]
Not All Who Wander Are Lost
While leading my Grand Teton Autumn Tour, we found ourselves down near Shcwabacher Landing on the last morning of the trip. The clouds and light seemed very promising and I wanted to get my clients some amazing images to end the tour. Shwabacher Landing is an iconic location and a beautiful one at that. As [...]
Sunrise Tarn, Glacier National Park
With temperatures spiking above 100 degrees and humidity levels above 90%, I am sitting here thinking of cooler climates. Last summer I spent an amazing week in the beginning of August shooting in Glacier National Park. The temps never got above 75 the entire time and most nights dipped in the low to mid 40′s. [...]
Douglas Falls, Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia
I spent the last 10 days on the road, first leading a private workshop for the Charlottesville Camera Club, and then spending a week road-tripping and camping with my son in New England. This is an image I made over the workshop from Douglas Falls just outside of Thomas, WV. I climbed down onto the [...]
Beautiful Badlands
This image was photographed near the old Paria Movie Set nestled in a colorful canyon in the hear of the Grand Staircase/Escalante National Monument. The movie set was used to film countless westerns over the years including one of my all time favorites, the Outlaw Josey Whales! Although the original movie set is long gone [...]
Snow Geese Lift-off at first light, Prime Hook NWR, Delaware
After receiving several reports that the Snow Geese had arrived to the Delaware Bay in large numbers, I decided to have a run at capturing this amazing natural phenomenon this morning. I left my house at 4:30am to make the two-hour drive to Prime Hook NWR in time to hopefully catch the geese at first [...]
New eBook, West Virginia: Adventures in Light
I am excited to announce my fourth eBook, West Virginia: Adventures in Light. West Virginia holds a secret! Its mountains offer up some of the most beautiful landscapes in the United States. From the rugged and windswept plateau of Dolly Sods to the roaring waterfalls of Blackwater Falls State Park, the Appalachian and Allegheny chain [...]
Dreaming of Spring: Ricketts Glen State Park, PA
Every winter I get this feeling about halfway through the month of January, I am ready for spring! This year winter feels especially long, and in fact it has rather felt like spring most of the winter. It’s been mild, way too mild. No ice, no snow, no frozen waterfalls. Without the wintry white stuff [...]
Behind the Falls, Blackwater Falls State Park, West Virginia
Last spring I had the chance to visit a little known waterfall in West Virginia. I have been down to this location twice before, but the conditions were never right and thus I was unsuccessful in capturing a compelling shot. This waterfall and a series of several others are in Blackwater Falls State Park in [...]
Elegant Elakala, Blackwater Falls State Park, West Virginia
If you want to create an image like this you have to be willing to get wet and put your gear at risk. If you’re not putting your gear at risk of being destroyed, then you’re not going to be able to capture an angle such as this. Just purchase some equipment insurance and dive [...]
Fiery Maple, Canaan Valley State Park, West Virginia
This image is by far my favorite from my recent trip to photograph the fall colors in West Virginia. It was shot on the very first morning of my photo workshop that took place from October 7 -10th. I awakened early that morning at 4:30am plagued by bad dreams that I can’t seem to recall. [...]
