Olympic Coast Sunset Near Cape Alava, WA (Nikon FM2, Fuji Velvia, March 1991) There is something to be said about film and it’s hard to put it into words, so here’s a photo instead. I’ve never shot a sunset with digital – even with a full frame 5D – that feels “right” putting up on […]
Spring Hostility in Montana, Sigma DP2 (click for larger) Last weekend we took the Scout troop on their first backpacking trip of the season into the foothills of the Tobacco Root Mountains. We cooked over fires, slept under tarps, and learned the art of navigating in coulee country. It was cold, too. Twenty one […]
Big Wall Camp Escalante, UT 2004 Wilderness has a way of making you feel really small, and insignificant. It’s too bad that the natural tendencies of real people in the real world don’t tend to the same manifestations of humility. In a Wild Place, it’s pretty easy to look around and be reminded that […]
The Lone Ranger Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, 2004 I’m a sucker for final scenes of old western movies. You know, the one where the cowboy’s riding away from the camera on some dusty desert trail with a tired horse and bandaged head? Montana backcountry skiers know this feeling well. It comes after a long day of […]
The Brooks Range from the Western Arctic Photo by Ryan Jordan, June 2006. I really miss the Alaskan Arctic because it’s a Big Wild Place. I don’t know that I’ve trekked anywhere else where I’ve discovered as much about who I am. Some of that was related to the challenges the Arctic delivered […]