Images

It was a quiet morning along La Jolla Cove in Southern California. As I looked down at the sand in the cover I notice the rock in the sand. The water would come up to and past the rock and then recede back to the ocean. After noticing this for a little bit I set up my tripod to capture this with a long exposure. Using a long exposure with water will smooth it but also as it moves in an area without water give it a little ghostly effect. The timing of the exposure was what I was concerned in when I took this image and how the water would show in the frame.

Prints: La Jolla Cove

A weekend snow brought me out to Cheesman Park one year to photograph around the park. As I walked through the park in the fresh snow it was pretty quiet with the exception of some dogs out in the park playing in the fresh powder. Making my way through the park I found a group of trees which sparked my interest. The falling snow helped hide the background in the park which let me capture just the trees as the focal element in this image with fresh snow.

Prints: Trees at Cheesman Park

You may not know it but the entrance into Glacier National Park once went over the Belton Bridge as seen in this image. The Belton Bridge was built in 1920 and for a couple of decades was the method to get visitors over the Flathead River from Highway 2 into the park. Now this is a walkway over the river and a quiet location you can watch rafters pass below or just relax. During a winter visit I found pristine snow in this location which made for a fun place to photograph along the water. I found this spot looking back towards the bridge and the snow covered mountains in the distance.

Prints: Old Entrance

It was an early June morning as I made my way to Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge just south of Missoula. As the early light made its way through the light fog in the valley I found an interesting shoreline to capture the soft light as well as the reflection on the quiet ponds.

Prints: Lee Metcalf NWR

On one evening we heading to the travel in an area via Zodiac. By this glacier in early September the sea ice was already starting to form as snow was falling around us. At times it took some patience to get through the ice, but we also did some areas with limited ice. As we went through some of these areas we were going faster I started to take some images using a slow shutter speed to capture the motion. With the sea ice around us it helped to show the motion and give the sense of speed.

Prints: On the Icy Water

As we left the calm water of the protected fjords we encountered a couple of icebergs on their own. As we approached them we had the open oceans waters which provided a backdrop of distance in this image under overcast skies on this afternoon. I found a position which gave me a forward looking view from the vessel we were traveling in order to capture the vast surroundings and let the remaining pieces of the icebergs fill the images as the central part of the image.

Prints: Icebergs in the Sea

Getting close to the ice which you encounter in the fjords of Greenland really shows you some of the details which you can find. For safety it is the smaller pieces which you can get closer, but these are also those which have been moving more in the water and over time rolling in the water. With these movements you get more of the detail from the water either melting in different directions on the piece of ice or the changes from being above or under water at various times. Looking close at this piece you start to see those lines of water in the ice and the different depth of the ice. This allows the light to reflect differently while you look at the piece.

Prints: Flow of Ice