Photo trip reports from recent outings and adventures. If you would like an email notification when a report has been added, sign up for my periodic newsletter.
Trips
Tetons Winter 2023 Wildlife and Elk Migration
A dry early winter led many elk to delay their annual migration, allowing special moments witnessing great herds of thousands of elk grazing and storming to higher ground when predators drew near.
Grand Teton Winter Landscapes 2023
Winter 2023 was unusually dry, with much lower snow, and more clear skies. The benefit is that sunrises and a full moon were in grand display.
Denali 2023
In a matter of days Denali National Park witnessed the arrival of autumn, an early blast of winter, and the frenetic feeding of Denali's great wildlife, including bears, moose, carribou and even porcupines...
Yellowstone Spring 2023
Springtime in Yellowstone is a stunning experience, as the valleys come alive and new families of wildlife take their fist steps. As much as anything, this trip was an opportunity to experience again the great sweep and movement of the Hayden and Lamar Valleys that inspired the creation of America's first national park, and launched the beginning of what Ken Burns called America's greatest idea...
Grand Teton Spring Landscapes 2023
Spring brings a freshness to the air, the colors, and the young life that is making its way into the world. Here are a few of my favorite landscape photographs from this spring. There is a separate page devoted to the wildlife...
Smokies Spring 2023
Springtime in the Smokies may be my favorite season in this eastern jewel of the Park system. Free of the crowds and the tired wear of autumn, Spring offers hope, its own medley of subtle hues and bold colors, clean fresh aromas, hungry wildlife intent on feeding their young and nourishing their families, with the streams and falls rushing along in swelled pride, providing symphonic support to the sensory overload.
Tetons Winter 2022
Winter in Grand Teton National Park is always a place of incredible beauty, especially on those infrequent days where the sun can peer through the never-ending storms and clouds. Due to the especially deep snows, wildlife was scarce but the scenery was special...
Smokies Fall 2022 - Travels with Mom
A quick fall trip to the Smokies was extra special this year. I took my mom who with my Dad introduced me to this mountains some 50 years ago.
Teton Fall 2022
This autumn was unusually warm, even hot, sunny and cloudless, delaying autumn's wardrobe change and keeping the wildlife distant. Only occasionally did the weather provide some elements, affording a few opportunities to capture the magic that is autumn in the Tetons...
Denali Autumn 2022
For one week this autumn I hiked and biked more than 100 miles through and across the largely deserted western half of Denali National Park. Early snow, vibrant tundra colors, a couple of clear days and lots of wildlife made for an incredible experience to see Denali as few can...
Canadian Rockies August 2022
Below are a few of my favorite photos from a 35 mile hike with my daughter on the spectacular Skyline Trail that crosses Jasper National Park. And, having made it that far, I finally also was able to spend some time in Banff National Park and experience the Icefields Parkway...
Return to Glacier National Park 2022
Late, heavy snows delayed the opening of the Going to Sun Road until the second week of July this year. One great benefit though was that for days before then the road was open to hikers and cyclists only, which allowed a tranquil and leisurely experience exploring the magnificence of Glacier, as well a series of great sunrises at Many Glacier...
Grand Teton Spring - June 2022
Spring is always a special time in Grand Teton National Park as wildlife emerge with their cubs, the snow begins to retreat from the mountain range and slowly, surely green shoots begin to show life...
Fall in the Tetons 2021
Fall is always a glorious time in Grand Teton National Park, as the aspen turn their brilliant golden, for just a few days, and the warmth of summer gives way to the growing chill of approaching winter...
Denali Autumn 2021
Early September brings ravishing autumn colors to the tundra and yellow birch, aspen and larch trees, along with the arrival of early snows.
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park 2021
In early September I spent almost a week hiking in, flying above, around and throughout this Wrangell St. Elias National Park, by far the largest national park with miles and miles of glaciers and endless snow, many of the continent's highest peaks and hardly a soul around...
Grand Teton Spring Landscapes- May 2021
In May Grand Teton National Park springs to life - wildlife emerges and there is a softening in the weather, that brings new colors to the skies and emerging green shoots to the fauna, even as the mountains often hold onto their white winter coats...
Springtime Among the Grizzlies of Grand Teton NP 2021
In the Spring of 2021, Grand Teton National Park provided an amazing spectacle as multiple families of grizzlies appeared from their winter slumber and grazed the Park's many meadows, with Grizzly 399 and her quad cubs, now more than a year old, the stars of the show...
Return to Great Smoky Mountains NP, 2021
A second year of covid again limited travel but it afforded more time in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park where I first learned to hear the music and poetry of our national parks and to photograph her secrets...
Tetons Winter 2020
Winter in the Tetons is a magical time. In December 2019 and again in February 2020 I was able to witness winter's brilliant displays of hoar frost, a super moon setting over the Tetons just before sunrise and an unusual number of red foxes...
Smoky Mountain Snow, December 2020
An early December snow swept across the ridges of the Great Smoky Mountains and into the Cades Cove valley. For a couple of days, the snow and following hoar frost created a magical winter wonderland, a great respite from the Covid pandemic...
Grand Teton Fall 2020
A collection of photographs from Grand Teton National Park and Grizzly 399 and her quad cubs.
Grand Teton Fall Abstracts 2020
Below is a series of impressionistic images of fall in Grand Teton National Park. Rather than the traditional sweeping vistas and landscapes, I explored the autumn landscape in a more intimate and abstract style that, for me, conveys the sweep of color and light, shape and form, a sensory overload of motion and beauty...
Grand Teton NP June 2020 with Grizzly 399 and her Quad Cubs
The summer of 2020 in Grand Teton National Park will be forever remembered for the appearance of Grizzly 399 and her four cubs amidst a world paralyzed by the coronavirus.
Escape to the Great Smoky Mountains 2020
After months of chafing under the restrictions imposed by the spreading coronavirus, I escaped to where I often escape, to my original home park, the Great Smoky Mountains. I took advantage that crowds were still limited and spent time exploring and experiencing the calming effects of the Smokies and some quiet times in Cades Cove, a place that has been way overcrowded for many years...
Tetons Fall 2019
Fall is always spectacular in the Tetons as falls colors race to beat the early snows that often fall in late September and early October. On cloudless nights, new perspective is gained as the milky way stretches as far as the eye can see...
Denali Fall 2019
I returned this fall to Denali National Park where I spent a week hiking, cycling and flying across the Denali landscape. The colors were vibrant and there is nothing like an aerial perspective of The Great One, Mount Denali...
Shenandoah Summer Wildflowers 2019
For a few weeks most summers Shenandoah National Park is a painter's palette of yellow, purple, white, red and orange wildflowers.
Shenandoah 2019
Shenandoah offers some great opportunities to see wildlife, especially deer and bears, but this fall I also had an opportunity to capture some quality images of one its most elusive creatures, a bobcat...
Oh Felicia! Teton Spring 2019
In the early spring of 2019 Felicia emerged from her den below the Continental Divide with two cubs. Unfortunately, she quickly lost one to a boar. Felica and her suriviving cub, Pepper, were often seen near the highway that crosses the divide...
Grand Teton NP Winter Feb 2019 December 2018
Winter in the Grand Tetons alternates between moments of absolute minimalism and brushes with nature's splendor, from blue moons to a diverse array of wildlife.