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12 Favorite Photos from 2012
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January
Hoar frost clings to trees along the Snake River on a chilly January morning in Grand Teton National Park.
Despite a lack of wildlife to be found around the area, I was still able to make great opportunities as they arose. The winter had turned into an unusually warm one for Jackson Hole and while normally it’s too cold to even snow, rain was becoming common throughout January. Yet winter still persisted off and on. On one such morning, I woke up to -17F and made an opportunity to make the most of it. One of my favorite series of shots came from a bridge crossing the Snake River in Grand Teton National Park. Small pieces of ice were carried down the water from farther upstream as an earlier fog coated the trees that lined … Continue reading
Posted in Article, Landscape, Panorama, Wildlife
Tagged Article, Bears, Birds, Black and White, Bridger-Teton National Forest, Canada, Elk, Fog, Fox, Glacial Lake, Grand Teton National Park, Grizzly Bear #399 and Family, Milky Way Galaxy, Mountains, Night, Northern Lights, Owls, Panorama, polar-bears, Snow, Snowy Owls, Water, Wildlife, Wyoming
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How I Shot It – Northern Lights and the Moulton Barn
The northern lights shine behind and above the Moulton Barn on Mormon Row in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.
I was recently asked on my Facebook photography page to do a blog post on how I shot this photo. It seemed like a good idea to me, so here’s the first installment of a series of posts that probably won’t have any kind of regularity, but I hope some people will find useful.
This photo had very little post-processing work done to it; just the usual contrast, exposure, and color settings. One thing I believe heavily in is in getting the shot right from the start in the camera. This includes everything from effects, when possible, to even the cropping. As a result, this is the full crop of this image and the light-painting on the barn was just about the exact exposure I wanted. It only required a slight … Continue reading
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Tagged Grand Teton National Park, moult, Mountains, Night, Northern Lights, Wyoming
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Art Association of Jackson Hole’s First Annual Photography Competition Series
Last night concluded the Art Association of Jackson Hole’s first annual photography competition series. It was a four-part, juried competition with a different theme each week. Though I never placed first, I did receive 3rd place in the first week and 2nd place in the second week. I was very surprised and honored, however, when I was awarded Best in Show last night at the final opening. The reasoning I was told was because in addition to getting an entry into each competition, I still maintained my personal style and consistency of work despite the wide range of categories.
Below are my entries, along with each theme.
Energy and Adrenaline – 3rd Place
A dramatic sunset casts a pink glow over the North Fork of Cascade Canyon in Grand Teton National Park.
For Energy and Adrenaline, I knew a thunderstorm would best convey that premise through my work. It’s hard … Continue reading
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Tagged Article, Bears, Grand Teton National Park, Grizzly Bear #399 and Family, Mountains, Night, Northern Lights, Snow, Storms, Water, Wildflowers, Wildlife, Wolves, Wyoming
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Night Photography Basics Part 2 – Full Moon, Star Trails, and Auroras
Moonlight illuminates Glen Canyon and the Colorado River near Page, Arizona.
In Part 1, I discussed the ideal settings for shooting a dark night sky under a new moon, as well as what all those settings mean. If you’re not comfortable working in Manual Mode (M) on your camera, you should go back and read it to make sure you’re up to speed. This section will assume that you’ve got the basic understanding of M Mode and how it works.
This time around, I’ll be discussing how to alter those settings to account for a full moon, how to capture star trails, and also how to photograph the northern or southern lights, aka the Aurora Borealis or Australis, respectively.
Understanding The Histogram
Before moving further, it’s important to understand the histogram as displayed within the camera. Put simply, the histogram shows you the light that was captured in a given … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona, Article, Bridger-Teton National Forest, Canyon, Desert Southwest, Grand Teton National Park, Mountains, Night, Northern Lights, Wyoming
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Warm Spell of Winter Video Compilation
A video compilation featuring winter footage from Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks and beyond.
Winter appears to winding down here in Jackson Hole, Wyoming significantly early. I suppose Mother Nature felt bad for giving us such a short summer last year, so if weather stays consistent, we’ll have an extra month this year!
For the most part, winter wasn’t incredibly eventful. The title comes from winter being unusually warm much of the time. There were certainly plenty of cold days as well as a pretty respectable amount of snow, but it never really "felt" like a Jackson Hole winter. As a result, much of the wildlife didn’t follow their usual rounds and so sightings weren’t quite as frequent or predictable. Luckily though, there’s still always wildlife to be found and sometimes even gives you a little surprise.
One such occasion was when a black wolf and a mule deer … Continue reading
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Tagged Aspen Trees, Bighorn Sheep, Birds, Bison, Cottonwood Trees, Coyotes, Deer, Eclipse, Elk, Fox, Grand Teton National Park, Grouse, Montana, Moose, Mountain Goats, Mountains, National Elk Refuge, Night, Northern Lights, Otters, Oxbow Bend, Porcupines, Snow, Storms, Time Lapse, Trumpeter Swans, Video, Water, Wildlife, Willow Trees, Wolves, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park
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How to Look for the Northern Lights
‘A green band of the northern lights, aka aurora borealis, glows above Blacktail Butte in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.
UPDATE – For those looking to get more specific and accurate, be sure to look into Olivier Du Tre’s comments below.
Despite only seeing them a total of less than 10 times in my entire life, I still seem to be the one that people look to for information on the northern lights, particularly around Jackson Hole, Wyoming. There are first a couple of common myths that I’d like to debunk.
Northern lights can only be seen in Scandinavia, Alaska, or Canada. False. Northern lights can be seen anywhere. It only depends on the severity of the solar storm that impacts Earth (explained further below). A solar storm in the fall of 2011 was even seen as far south as Alabama and Arizona.
Northern lights can only be seen during … Continue reading
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Tagged Article, Grand Teton National Park, Mountains, Night, Northern Lights, Snow, Wyoming
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