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VIDEO BACKSTORIES ON MY PHOTOS
Recently, PBS and affiliate WOSU TV created several video
segments of me discussing my thoughts and approach in creating
four of my popular photographs. Click on any of the videos below
to watch.
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LIGHT STRUCK
Bryce
Canyon Nat. Park ~ Run Time: 105 Sec.
The
Bryce Amphitheater is one of the most visually stunning and
popular locations at Bryce Canyon National Park. Over millions
of years, softer sections in the rock have eroded away while the
harder areas remained and been sculpted by wind and water into
intriguing shapes. This photo was made just moments after the
sun emerged over the horizon and briefly illuminated the inside
of the amphitheater.
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MESMERIZED
Death Valley National Park ~
Run Time: 115 Sec.
Horizontal
lightning bolts revealing dramatic colors in the sky, distant
mountains covered in snow and the first light of day brightening
nearby sand dunes produced this spectacular scene at Mesquite
Flat Sand Dune in Death Valley National Park. As one of the most
popular dunes in the park, Mesquite Flat is normally covered
with the footprints from hundreds of daily visitors. This image
was made just as the sun crested the horizon at the end of a
night-long storm that washed away the footprints..
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MOON OVER WHITE SANDS
White Sands National Park ~
Run Time: 80 Sec.
Located
in southern New Mexico, White Sands National Park is known
worldwide for its unique landscape. Here, wave-like dunes of
rare white gypsum sand span 275 square miles of desert.
In this photo, an hours long hike several hours before sunrise
led me to a remote spot deep in the park and just in time to
photograph a rising full moon that lit the dunes like a
spotlight creating an almost unworldly scene.
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FOREVER IN TIME
Badlands National Park ~ Run
Time: 81 Seconds
Badlands
National Park was originally a reservation of the Oglala Sioux
Indians who now occupy only the southern portion of the park.
For this photo I wanted to create an image that conveyed the
historical, cultural and spiritual importance of
the Ogala Sioux to this land. Illuminated only by the
moonlight, this 101-minute exposure photo highlights two
teepees and a background of circular shaped star trails caused
by the Earth's rotation. Circle shapes are one of the most
sacred symbols to nearly all Native American tribes.
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WATER EARTH SKY
Zion National Park ~ Run
Time: 90 Seconds
For 4-weeks during late fall, I lived alone inside Zion
National Park hiking and photographing as the
artist-in-residence for the National Park Service. Although
daily temperatures had averaged 60°F (15°C) a surprise
overnight storm covered the nearby mountains in snow. During
the next 24-hours that melting snow flowed into the Virgin
River that changed the water into a brilliant aquamarine color
which almost perfectly mirrored the colors of the sky.
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AND THE SKY OPENED
Rocky Mountains Nat. Park ~ Run
Time: 120 Sec.
A
day-long wind and rain storm hid the valley and mountain views
in Moraine Park at Rocky Mountain National Park. Late in the
afternoon while watching changes begin to appear in the sky, I
setup the camera and waited nearly four hours in the rain with
hopes for a let up and opening in the sky. Only 15 minutes
before sunset sunlight streamed like a spotlight onto the land.
I had time to capture this single image before it disappeared
again behind the clouds.
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