Rainbow Rising Above Elk Herd

Elk Below Rainbow

Rainbow Rising Above Elk Herd

Each spring, thousands of elk migrate north from the National Elk Refuge into Grand Teton National Park, Bridger-Teton National Forest, and even beyond. Large herds occupy Antelope Flats for weeks as they follow the green grass sprouting up after the snow’s melted.

On one spring evening, I was heading home from a hike, and found a small elk herd in the flats.… Keep reading...

Rainbow Over Aspens

The Other Side of Doubt and the View 22 Project

Rainbow Over Aspens

Earlier this season, I was honored to have been included in the Jackson Hole Land Trust’s View 22 Project. In previous years, only a handful of local artists were selected to portray lands that the Land Trust has protected over the course of their existence. This year, however, they expanded it to 35 artists covering all different mediums.… Keep reading...

Returning Horses

Photographing a Rainy Morning in Jackson Hole

Returning Horses

This past summer, much of my inspiration shifted from the Jackson Hole valley floor to much higher elevations found up in the mountains. While the higher elevations had always been significant motivation for me, this past season saw that motivation become much more pronounced, weening my inspiration away from the roadsides.… Keep reading...

Sunrise On the Teton Mountains Panorama

Top 5 Images from the Summer of 2010

Sunrise On the Teton Mountains Panorama

It’s never easy to narrow down a season’s worth of images to just five, but here are the five that either I liked the best, or that you liked the best, taking Google Analytics stats into account. Most of them came from Grand Teton National Park, with the exception being the grizzly bear with four cubs up in Yellowstone National Park.… Keep reading...

Rainbow Over the Gros Ventre Mountains

Cropping Down to the Perfect Panorama

Rainbow Over the Gros Ventre Mountains

Sometimes some scenes are just too large to fit into one frame of the camera. We see an amazing spectacle of nature’s display and immediately think ‘panorama.’ Upon bringing it back into the computer however, it doesn’t always look quite as nice as we thought it would. The issue with panoramas often times is that some photographers simply don’t want to crop down to what will actually make a better composition.… Keep reading...

Balsamroot Wildflowers and Rainbow

A Nature Photographer’s Most Important Tool

Arrowhead balsamroot wildflowers blooming below a rainbow stemming from a rain shower. Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming

Yesterday I pushed myself to be up for sunrise, crawling out of bed at 5am. Since I’ve recently moved from northern Jackson to Wilson, Wyoming, the drive is a bit farther to be in most areas of Grand Teton National Park.… Keep reading...