Photographic Technique
New Image – “Wildflowers, Albion Basin, Utah”
ALBION BASIN, LITTLE COTTONWOOD CANYON, UTAH Ah, yes. Spring moving into summer. With Mother’s Day just around the corner, it seems appropriate to feature a new image with more wildflowers than you can shake a stick at. Last year, I was able to work on a project for a Utah-based firm and took some images [...]
Storytelling in Photography – Oahu’s North Shore
NORTH SHORE, OAHU, HAWAII We used to make runs up to the North Shore whenever we used to have time. Sometimes we would arrive late or the swells from earlier in the day would have died down. On this occasion, nothing was happening, so we wandered down to the 30-foot Rock, so-called by the locals [...]
“Kilauea Volcano at Night” Big Island, Hawaii
VOLCANO NATIONAL PARK, BIG ISLAND, HAWAII For several nights in a row, I revisited Volcano National Park on the Big Island of Hawaii looking for the shots that I always thought I would get: spewing lava, rivers of molten gold, fantastic pictures. The reality is that Volcano National Park is mostly cool on the surface [...]
“Angel Arch, Winter Colors” Antelope Canyon, Arizona
LOWER ANTELOPE CANYON, ARIZONA Most the images you see from Antelope Canyon are dramatic, sweeping images, the subjects being beams of light penetrating deep into the canyon floor. Mine are no different, except for a few. The first time I went into Lower Antelope Canyon was with a few friends, a couple being photographers. It [...]
“Trailrunner in Storm”
TRAILRUNNING, NORTHERN UTAH Admittedly the set up for this shot was 100% pre-visualization. I knew the spot and I was hoping that it was shallow enough to look realistic. The day was actually really cold and a rain came and went. Fortunately, my athlete, Creighton Lowe, goes on auto-drive in these shoots and does what [...]
“Snake Charming” Marrakesh, Morocco
MARRAKESH, MOROCCO This was one of those situations where you know you had to make the picture happen or it just wasn’t. Gentlemen who play with snakes in the popular marketplace of Marrakesh have one thing on their minds: making a little cash. You have to decide as a photographer if that is worth it [...]
“Pediatric ICU, Port-au-Prince, Haiti”
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI One of good friends appreciated this photograph as his favorite from the few weeks I spent in Haiti after the earthquake of 2010. He didn’t fancy himself as an expert of images or photography, but he found this picture to be the most interesting because he saw a connection with his child, one [...]
“Nepali Man with Staff, Kathmandu”
KATHMANDU, NEPAL Kathmandu has become one of those few cities for me where I actually feel comfortable with dropping in and moving around. The people are more than easy going, and the bustle of the city itself has increased dramatically over the past five years, nearly doubling its previous population. While on assignment there in [...]
“Turret Arch” Arches National Park, Utah
ARCHES NATIONAL PARK, UTAH Arches National Park is somewhat of a “drive, drop, and shoot” lover’s dream. My hope was to hit up the North and South Windows (two rock formations) on this particular evening, but the clouds hung low, and I didn’t find the angle I wanted. It was on the short trail back [...]
How I Got That Shot – Amazon Region, Peru
AMAZON REGION, PERU The first time I went to Peru, I did not see Macchu Picchu. Nor did I the second. On both occasions, I was traveling with a fantastic non-profit group, The Hope Alliance, which was working mostly around the Iquitos area in the Amazon Region of the country. Instead of mountains and cool [...]
