Category Archives: Trip Reports
A magical day in Colorado.
Today started very early with a dawn shoot at the iconic Maroon Bells near Aspen, Colorado. This place is so heavily photographed that when I arrived lakeside 45 minutes before dawn in the pitch black there was already around 30 photographers set up. I really had trouble motivating myself to bother with this massive cliche [...]
A long day & a very very hot day
I’m in a little place called Gualala on the coast of California after a very long 8 hour drive from the town of Lee Vining near Mono Lake on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Before the drive I dragged myself out of bed pre dawn to shoot the Tufa formations on Mono [...]
Deja Vu
“Ladies and gentleman we have a minor engine problem”. ”Someone thought they saw smoke coming from one of the engines”. Thanks Qantas for another confidence inspiring long haul 747 flight. 2.5 hours late but hey I really enjoy the drama and inconvenience of vintage 747 air travel! Oh well, a missed connection @LAX to [...]
Hiking ‘The Wave’ @ Coyote Buttes North
Today I completed a goal I’d been wanting to achieve for quite some time……..Photographing the world renowned geological phenomenon known as ”The Wave’ on the Utah, Arizona border. A permit is required 4 months in advance to gain access to this incredible place, deep in the harsh desert of the Paria Canyon – Vermillion Cliffs [...]
‘ The Narrows ‘ of Zion
Yesterday was my best day of the year for photography, no question!. Hiking into ‘The Narrows’ slot canyon in Zion was an out of this world experience with the canyon in full bloom and looking at it’s absolute brilliant best. Everywhere I looked and from every angle this place is a purely inspirational photographic and [...]