Clouds are unquestionably an important part of landscape photography. Rarely does a perfect blue sky or a flat gray one render great landscapes. And sometimes the clouds themselves are enough to create the image. These three photos I made over…
I just got back (finally) my first two rolls of film shot with my new (antique) Zeiss Ikon Ikoflex twin-lens reflex camera. I’ve gotten so spoiled by the digital age and the instant gratification that comes with it, that I…
A group of clients and I descended a steep gravel slope of a mountain we’d just summited. There was hardly any vegetation, just a long field of fine gravel interspersed with copper-colored boulders. The Kelly River Valley below was sweeping…
It was August 30. Though that is still summer in much of the country, in northern Alaska, autumn was in full swing. I was guiding my final trip of the season, a week-long canoe trip down the Kelly River.…
Perhaps it is, perhaps it is. It’s been a slow start to the season. The sun, despite being at its peak of solar activity for the next ten or so years, hasn’t been sending much action our way. Hopefully, however,…
Image of the day for Saturday 2 November. I made this image on the slopes of Ester Dome, just west of Fairbanks. The sun was rising and tall birches were capped with frost. As winter rolls in, it’s increasing difficult…