Iceland is a land of far flung peninsulas and, at least in the summer, almost 24 hours of light. Large waterfalls dot the landscape and there seems to be more sheep than people. But the most moving experience was traversing across Iceland's glaciers and seeing firsthand the effects of global warming as giants slabs of ice break off those glaciers every day into a nearby lagoon, to float to the sea where they get destroyed by wave, sun and salt, finally getting deposited on so-called Diamond Beach for their final death...
Shenandoah National Park can be one of the most difficult parks to photograph in winter because it is generally inaccessible except by foot when there is ice and snow. For this past winter, I made a determined effort to make the long hikes in through the snow and ice to experience the Park as very few can see it...
The lowcountry and islands around South Carolina are home to thousands of wildfowl and ospreys throughout much of the year, but especially in the winter. In the quiet hours before dawn egrets, herons, ducks, skimmers and cormorants can be seen feeding in the shallow waters of the marshes and lagoons...
Weeks often pass in the winter where the Tetons never reveal themselves. But to begin this year, the weather patterns that reduced the amount of snow created an exceptional opportunity for winter photography of the beautiful sunrises and sunsets for which the Tetons are so famous...
On Thanksgiving Day, a deep snow fell across Shenandoah National Park. That evening my daughter said she wanted to see sunrise in the snow. So we headed out at 430 and arrived for a sunrise to remember and found, surprisingly, Skyline Drive was open to allow patrons to reach Skyland Resort...
Few visits to Grand Teton National Park have proven as productive as this visit in late June 2014. The weather was varied - from significant snowfall to dramatic sunrises. Wildflowers were everywhere, as was Grizzly 399 and her two yearling cubs, and Grizzly 760...
I finally made it to the Tetons for its peak fall colors. But a few days of early snow and strong winds made the shooting a real challenge. Fall foliage was battered in many places of the park but there were a few exceptions, including especially Oxbow Bend...
Photographs of Grand Teton National Park from June 2013, the final weeks when the 2 natural cubs of grizzly bear 610, and one of 399's cubs adopted two years earlier, were together, including 760.
I spent this past Saturday exploring the last colors of fall along the Blue Ridge Parkway north of Buena Vista. The first waves of clouds, fog and winds from Hurricane Sandy were just reaching the Blue Ridge mountains...
In summer heavy banks of fog shroud most sunrises and many sunsets near La Jolla, California. When the sun breaks through, especially at sunset, though, the scene can be dazzling or, sometimes, subtle such as when the sun glimmers through walls of fog just above the vast ocean...
June brought cool temperatures and rain to Shenandoah, which provided just the opportunity I have been looking for to explore South River Falls. These waterfalls have a very limited observation tower across from the falls so I have wanted for some time to hike a couple more miles down and back up to the foot of the falls...
My plans for Earth Day consisted mostly of a short hike in Shenandoah. I expected light rain and hoped to hike a couple of miles to some waterfalls. What I got was a rain that quickly turned into a steady blowing wet snow that painted spring's emerging leaves and woods in several inches of snow...
Christmas 2011 was a special time in the Tetons. While the snow was nowhere near what it usually is, the frequent clear skies afforded more opportunities to watch that amazing spectacle of the first rays of sunlight turning the Teton peaks into a fiery glow of orange and red...
The majestic fall season in Shenandoah National Park can give way quickly to winter. Here are some photos that reflect that transformation, from the early colors of the berry bushes in Big Meadows, to the fall splendor in White Oak Canyon, to an early snow even as fall's last leaves flash their splendor...
Torrey Pines is a magical place where cliffs meet ocean, torrey pines dot the landscape and the most famous municipal golf course in the world seems at times to disappear into that line between sky and ocean.
Below are a few images from an afternoon in Joshua Tree National Park. Joshua Tree is located less than an hour from Palm Springs and is the intersection of the Sonoran and Mojave Deserts. It is a seemingly barren place with strange and mysterious rock piles and its namesake, the Joshua Tree...
In March I spent a few days along the coast of South Carolina. Here are a few images of a magical sunset along the shore. Several of these have been made with extremely long shutter speeds to capture the waning light...
A week of skiing in Jackson Hole allowed a few opportunities to sneak away to photograph in my favorite mountain range. The snow was deep and there was not a lot of great light but there were still a few good opportunities, including the lunar eclipse...
I spent a week hiking, rafting and horseback riding through the Tetons the third week of August 2010. The weather was generally clear. But on two dawns there was some early fog over the Snake River and brilliant, but brief, color in the moments before sunrise that alone made the trip worthwhile...
Thanks to a tip from Michael Frye, Yosemite's resident photographer extraordinaire, I decided to head to Yosemite in early June to witness the historically large waterfalls and the melting snow in the high country...
I made a spontaneous trip to the San Juan mountains after reading from some photography friends that a big snowstorm looked to dump a lot of snow in the higher elevations even as the aspen just reached their prime...
A long walk in -26 degrees through modest snow brought me to the Moulton Barns where I was able to witness a glorious sunrise strike the mountains peaks of the Grand Tetons and then descend down into the valley...
Some of my most treasured times in Yellowstone were in the summers of 2006 and 2007 when I had some extended camping trips with my family. We had some great times, learned a few things and had amazing experiences along the way...
