I had never been inside an ice cave until I went to Iceland earlier this year. It was a surreal experience being feet below the ice; one that took a while to grasp. Watching it melt and travel beneath your feet, it was hard not to think about the impacts of Global Warming.
Photo: "Ocean Side Textures"
Sunset at one of my favorite California beaches.
I sat here for hours, watching the waves, the birds and the clouds.
Photo: "Beauty"
The world could use a lot more beautiful things and a lot less violence and pain.
Photo: "Misted & Weighted"
A beautiful misty morning hike in the forests of Sitka, from my trip to Southeast Alaska last July.
I am heading out for a hike today. I'd rather #OptOutside instead of shop on Black Friday.
Photo: "Bison, Grand Tetons"
Because today feels like a good day to post a Bison photo.
Photo: "Yosemite Buck"
During a trip to Yosemite last year, I was walking back to the car from a hike and across the meadow I saw a deer. I switched lenses quickly in the meadow and to my surprise the buck, a female deer and two fawns continued to walk closer towards me, seemingly unafraid.
Photo: "Thermal Lives"
Yellowstone Lake, Wyoming
During our second day in Yellowstone, we drove from Lewis Lake up to Mammoth Hot Springs, making one large 250 mile loop through the park. We stopped at the Mud Volcano, Upper/Lower Falls, Hayden Valley, Mammoth Hot Springs and Old Faithful among a few others and even made it back to our campsite at Lewis Lake in time for dinner.
We drove past this spot and I hollered for my Dad to turn the car around and go back so I could capture the steam glowing in the early morning light. Shooting directly into the sun gave this image a natural monochromatic feel.
Photo: "One Hundred Shades of Red"
"He painted the sky
knowing red was her color
led her outside
covered her eyes
felt the beams on her skin
and when her eyes opened
she looked towards the sky
and saw it painted
in a hundred shades of red."
(Print - http://smu.gs/1hx0WYh )
Photo: "You've Got A Way"
Glacier National Park, Montana
There is something about nature that changes me completely. I've always been an observant person, but in nature that escalates to an even grander scale. I observe every vibrant flower, falling leaf, crawling inchworm, tiny singing bird, glimpse of a snowcapped mountain and still pond. I notice things most people don't see, but I rarely photograph those things because in nature, sometimes I love just being an observer.
During the hike to Avalanche Lake a few weeks ago when I visited Glacier NP, I saw this still patch of water along the river and the only way I could imagine it as a photograph, was if I shot it with the camera resting on the ground. I guess a part of me always imagines what the world would look like if I were 2" tall.
Photo: "The Wilderness Speaks Out"
The forest is a truly remarkable place; the way the light spills in through the leaves, caressing the mossy floor as the branches dance above.
Photo: "Nature Always Survives"
A plant breaks through the rubble in a patient room at the South Carolina Lunatic Asylum, leaning towards the light seeping in from the collapsed ceiling.