On our final morning on the Jago, as we waited for the weather to clear off the mountains, I took the opportunity to spend a bit of time making photos. It was a nice morning for photography, cloud shadows rolled…
Clearing storm over the Jago
Scudding clouds roll past a peak over the Jago River in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Postcard from the Jago
I’m just back from a few days in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. I was base-camped with a single client at a spectacular site along the Jago River. The Jago has now entered my short list of most beautiful places…
The Names of Mountains
An unnamed tributary to the upper Sheenjek River in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska. In the Rockies of Colorado, where I spent a lot of time during my formative years, one of the things I loved (still do actually)…
Backpacking the Sheenjek
Storm over the mountains of the upper Sheenjek Valley I just finished my first trip of the season guiding for Arctic Wild, and it was a great way to start the summer. Like many early season trips the days…
Getting High
I’ve got a thing for the Alpine. The word deserves capitalization because, for me, it is more than a habitat, or geographic zone. It is these things, certainly, but it also has personality and character. I relish the time I get…
Incoming Weather
Sun halo and the Kongakut River in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska. Canon 5D Mark III, 24-105L f4 IS, ISO 50, 24mm, f9.0, 1/500th sec. I purposely underexposed this image by several stops to blacken the mountains and increase…