COLD
I learned that the European photographers like shooting with the sun to their backs, while we Americans like to shoot into the sun. So when the European driven van parked a couple of miles away from this spot, I did the chubby person version of a run to get to this shot just as the sun set behind the peak
It's a grueling snowshoe trip to this vantage point during the winter months at Crater Lake National Park in Oregon... at least when you are chubby and out of shape
A personally important image for me. This was my first trip back shooting with friend and mentor Ryan Dyar after months of recovery from cancer. I wasn't sure I would ever make another photograph, so I'm very grateful for the opportunity
We spent ten hours standing in -30c temperatures waiting for the aurora borealis to show up in a remote field of Norway. When it came, it was glorious
The gloom of an Icelandic storm is intense and turns the entire landscape into a various shades of grey. It feels at once lonely, and achingly beautiful
The geysers of Iceland are as important as they are beautiful. Geothermal power accounts for 25% of the country's energy
The water creeping up onto this Norwegian beach was so shallow you could walk out for what seemed like forever
As the last bit of twilight settled over the Lofoten Islands, I saw this rocky beach and yelled to be let out of the van carrying our group. A long, snowy sprint to the waters edge ensued leaving me no time to hone my composition. But I did manage to get a few frames before the last of the color faded