Waterfalls

Hello everyone. I’m back to dangle the proverbial carrot… My June 18-24, 2011, “Wild Lands & Wild Life: Cordova” Alaska Photo Tour is filling up! I have only 1 spot left, but it likely won’t last long. Never heard of Cordova? You’re not the only one! I first visited Cordova 4 years ago, and have since gone back every year to make up for lost time. It is quite literally my favorite place in ALL of Alaska – quite probably the entire world. Yeah, it’s that extraordinary. But what sets it apart?   Cordova could easily be called “Hidden, Alaska”. It is tucked back in Orca Inlet, on the eastern edge of Prince William Sound. It is remote, yet logistically fairly simple to get to. It’s just far...

We have been blessed with incredible weather recently. Unseasonable, some might say. Alternating days of brilliant sunshine and deep 24 hour+ fog. The blue skies somewhat limit my options for the dramatic light I search for in my photographs. The dense fog condenses dramatic landscapes into 1 dimensional graphical constructions. Thick spruce trees become  gray & green silhouettes. Mountains become ghosts rising overhead. We’ve also had several perfectly clear night skies, interrupted only by the sublime flickering of the aurora borealis. I haven’t attempted to get out to photograph them yet, but we are very early in the northern lights season. Jena and I have seen them 4 separate nights now, all within the past week and a half. A sure sign that we...

Things might look kind of different around here. I’ve been threatening (myself mainly) to switch the theme and design of my site for some time now. I liked the old one, but it was kind of busy and had gotten a little stale over the past few months. So… I’ll try this one out for a while and see what everyone thinks of it. It is definitely a work in progress. This template, like the last, was created by Graph Paper Press (and then abused by Yours Truly). I like the simplicity of the design and emphasis on the images. Hey, I’m a guy. I like things simple. And I’m a photographer – so I like images. Time will tell. The downside to this whole switchover? Well… I must assume the blame here. When I created my first website, I...