New Work: Grand Canyon National Park Backpacking Adventure
In addition to showing new adventure images, I address degree of difficulty and creativity as well as sacrifice and compromise with respect to photography. Lauri and I completed our second weeklong trip on the Royal Arch Loop with longtime friend and backpacking companion John Hoffer. The Royal Arch is a special and beautiful place seen [...]
A Successful Shoot: 70% planning, 20% camera operation, 10% spontaneous creative thinking.
All season long I’ve visualized a series of action images of a small child having fun, skiing down the mountain under the watchful eye of a parent. It took me two attempts to get something I’m satisfied with. I think success is directly connected to action and planning. The more you learn about your location, [...]
Simplifying Life and Photography While Backpacking
For a photographer who’s invested in an entire system whether you are a hobbyist, part time or full time pro it becomes difficult not to have your system with you whenever you shooting. Every so often, maybe even on a regular basis, it is good to simplify and go with the mentality that “less is [...]
Adventure Hike and Shoot in “The Subway”, Zion National Park, Utah.
I love this hike and love shooting in this kind of environment. We spent 12 hours, hiking, swimming, downclimbing, and rappelling with lots of gear (wetsuits, helmets, climbing harnesses and hardware, food, water, dry bags, rope, and camera and lighting gear.) At least 5 of those hours were devoted to just photography. With swimming and [...]
