Mesa Arch
Spirit Falls
Fairy Falls
Wind River
Enchantments
Delicate Arch
Navajo Badlands
Morning Magic
Gates Of Fall
Swept
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Vortex
Movement set in stone. The incredible textures, patterns and colors emerge when the right light is in play.
Badlands
Waves of Time
There's no place like slot canyons.
Journey
I am thankful to be able to make it out to these remote locations. It’s almost always worth the journey when you get to have moments like this to yourself to reflect. Here at Toroweap, when you're standing on a 3000' ledge overlooking the Colorado River, you can't help but feel the power of nature. At this time of year, the sun aligns with the river at sunrise. An incredible place.
Sand Fire
Canyonlands
O'Hara
Incoming
Sandstorm
Some landscapes just leave you speechless standing there. Here I was speechless from the amount of sand I was choking on. Nonetheless, when that sun crept closer to the horizon, that sandstorm glow was a shooting experience I’ll never forget. When I saw that weather report with 30+mph winds there was no question where I needed to be. Goggles, facemask, earplugs...check! Some of my favorite times out on the dunes.
Enchantments
Cradle
Some places just blow your mind with scale and beauty. This is one of them. A 3000’ sheer drop down to the Colorado river at the Toroweap overlook - a remote area of the North Rim. Over 60 miles of off roading brought us to this special place. Had a great evening of passing storms, rainbows and lightning. Just us and the rattlesnakes.
The-Wave
Swoosh
There's nothing quite like how the light plays on the dunes, from the little wind blown lines to the large swooping dune curves. A nice black and white treatment can really bring out these lines and textures. With my camera on a timer, I climbed around the backside of the dune and into position.
Unity
The incredible Sunwapta Falls in Jasper National Park right after sunset with moonrise.
Italia
A colorful sunrise in Venice, Italy looking over the gondolas to San Giorgio Maggiore Church. Loved watching the sun come up at this iconic spot.
Spotlight
Beautiful light at Lake O'Hara in Canada.
Misty Morning
Our first morning out at Peyto Lake we were greeted with fresh snow and some nice atmosphere. I could stare at this lake forever with that unreal glacial blue water!
Lightbender
Razorback
Milky Wave
Out in the Canadian wilderness, with a new moon, the dark skies lit up with a million stars. With the aurora forecasted at a Kp 6 we were hopeful for a nice display. On the horizon we saw huge vertical green bands and then noticed this faint wave bowing over our heads and for about a half hour the green band moved in below creating a unique and colorful display across the Milky Way. It was astro-overload and I loved every minute of it! It's truly mind-blowing to see the universe in action.
Lava Coast
The powerful ocean waves crash against the amazing lava rock shoreline of Queen's Bath in Northern Kauai, Hawaii
Turks & Caicos
Earth Angel
Do you see her? Her golden profile, center frame with her head tilted down. The walls on both sides lit like her wings? I saw this almost immediately when I walked through this section of the lesser known Canyon X in Page, Arizona. It was all about the timing too with how the lighting fell on this scene. As my first slot canyon experience I immediately fell in love with the colors, light and textures here. Such a unique and surreal place. Got a chance to play around with some light beams and abstract shots here too—and the best part—had the place all to ourselves.
Sunbomb
The best sunset I've ever seen.
The Rising
Silver Lining
A few hours after sunset on the peaceful Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes of Death Valley. A perfect night under the stars as color of the dunes cool down.
Bandon Bells
A nice patch of calla lilies overlooking the unique seastacks of Bandon Beach. 4-stitch panoramic.
Elowah
One of the more elegant and impressive looking waterfalls in Oregon's Columbia River Gorge—Elowah Falls. The flow was just right to catch some nice water movement in the foreground with a slightly longer exposure.
Big Texas
6 stitch panoramic during a jaw-dropping sunset at the top of Lost Mines Trail.
Zabriskie Dawn
Manly Beacon at Zabriskie Point before sunrise with the moon setting over the mountains.
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Hanalei
Nice sunset silhouettes the pier and people in Hanalei Bay, Kauai.
Vestrahorn
Ice Heart
The most beautiful, short-lived, natural ice sculptures found in the southern tip of South America.
Synapse
Fishing For A Dream
North Shore Kauai: Perched on this rock ledge over the ocean was an one of my favorite experiences shooting in Hawaii. It was a show. The waves were crushing the rocks and dousing everything in their path—including me. The water flowing off of the rocks was a long-exposure dream scenario—not to mention the nuclear bomb of a sky. Now I know there is a lot going on here—sun-bomb atmosphere, Bali Hai in the distance, crashing waves, warm and cool tones, water movement overload in the rocks and why not a fisherman. Hey, hopefully it keeps the eye involved in the scene. But I think the overall composition does work, although weighted on the left, the wave to the right helps hold it all together. In post I carefully blended my sky exposure and focus on the distance with my favorite foreground shot of the rocks and water. This was a 1.3 second exposure at f/14, ISO 100.
Origins
A 20 second exposure and a different angle of the popular Seljalandsfoss in southern Iceland. Used a 10-stop ND filter. Some color cast in this one but along with the long exposure I chose to keep it looking dreamy and different.
Flourish
Summer solstice when the sun touches the horizon, changes it's mind and heads back up. This was taken at that time right outside of Husavik in north Iceland in June when the lupine flowers are in full bloom.
