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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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MOON OVER WHITE SANDS
White Sands National Park ~ Run Time: 80 Seconds
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 National Park ~ Run Time: 120 Seconds
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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