Once I get back from a trip and do an initial edit through my images I usually think my images are awful… It’s generally my third or fourth time through a folder when I can pick out with greater objectivity the images I personally really like. Here a couple from this March…
Argentina
New Zealand
Riser & negative space. Silver Creek, Idaho
Below is a shot of Pablo Vinaras (the head guide at Limay River Lodge in Argentina) on the Limay this April. Split shot just means part of an image is taken below and the other part above the water's surface. I use a large AquaTech dome (PD-85) on my housing with a 14-24 lens to get the wide, split shot look.
Pablo Vinaras. Limay River, Argentina.
Cody Catherall. Picabo Angler guide. Late October, 2017
Early Fall Brown. Silver Creek, Idaho.
Below, Sun Valley area guide, Zac Mayhew, ties on something special during an evening on Silver Creek. It's one thing to guide all day and go home and clean up the best way a guide can and it's another thing to guide all day and then turn around and guide the evening as well. It's another thing too, to guide 50 more consecutive days. It takes a passion for teaching and being on the river to dedicate a life to this. Zac is a guide in the Sun Valley, Idaho area who has the crazy amalgamation of ingredients it takes to make a really good guide.
Great clouds around Picabo the last couple of days. We're still in the rain cycle and it's looking like it could be pretty wet over the weekend.
It's officially May and the cherry trees are blooming here and the Big Wood River has started to rise. I brought a seine net over to the Wood this evening to see how many bugs, nymphs really, I would find within a few feet from the bank. In short, I found many green drake nymphs...
Green Drake Nymph. Big Wood River, Idaho
Cherry Blossom. Hailey, Idaho
Below is an image taken yesterday on Silver Creek. The Callibaetis have been pretty strong but this fish was honing in on midges and really, really small midges.
A Silver Creek Rainbow. Late April, 2015
A personal project I have been working on and will continue to work on is portraits of Fly Fishing Guides. I strive to have the guard down in these portraits.
Taite Pearson. Silver Creek, Idaho.
Brent Matthews. Picabo, Idaho.
John Huber. Silver Creek, Idaho.
I will be hosting a trip along with John Huber whom I work with to Jardines de la Reina, Cuba next February aboard the Avalon II. The Avalon II is a live aboard yacht that acts as a base camp in the middle of Jardines de la Reina, a marine archipelago of over 600 cays and in excess of 160 kilometers long located 60 miles off the south central coast. Other than Avalon guests, there are no other fisherman allowed to fish, including Cubans, in the entire marine protected area other than a couple of lobster fishermen. This is a special place for sure. Email: ndprice@cox.net for inquiries
Jardines de la Reina, Cuba. Bonefish Flat. Nick Anderson puts on the brakes as a bone takes his backing to the mangroves.
We have had a lot of rain over the last week, it's sunny now, and that has caused the flows on both the Big Wood River and Silver Creek to go up. When it comes to fishing Silver Creek in February, the last winter month to fish the Creek, that's a good thing. We want the water high and off color for streamer fishing...
Silver Creek. February
Release
John Huber holds a winter Silver Creek Brown Trout
Phoebe Bean & a Silver Creek Rainbow
John Huber
I took the images below aboard the Avalon II in Jardines De La Reina, Cuba. While I was only guided by two of the 6 guides pictured, I was able to spend some time talking with all of them. As the trip progressed we all warmed up to each other a bit more and by the last day I was able to, using my aging Spanish, get to know them more.
Each and every one of them was a genuine and friendly person. Three of them are brothers and were all raised in Júcaro, the closest town to Jardines. Their father was a fisherman and taught them the ropes including the Jardines De La Reina Marine Archipelago.
Of the six pictured guides two of them had never been to Havana before and all but one had only been to the capital a few times. Travel, including domestic trips, is considered very expensive. Not one of the guides owns his own fly rod. All of their personalities make up for their lack of possessions.
Bemba, Keko & Titi. Brothers with 18, 19 and 14 years respectively of guiding this area under their belts.
Keko. The oldest of the three brothers at 42 was one of my two guides. I would fish with Keko anytime as he's a great person and guide. He knocked on my door one morning at 4:30 saying, "Tarpon?" None of us could say no and we began a fishing day under starlight.
Keko may have been surprised after I caught a bonefish when I asked him if he could hold the fish for a pic.
Titi. The youngest of the three brothers and another one of my two guides.
Bemba. Calm and what appeared to be the most respected guide on this trip by the other guides including his two brothers.
Bemba
Lázaro.
Leonardo
Juan Carlo. The Cuban casting National Champion. He also holds the current Cuban record for casting distance which is 36 meters using an 8 weight and floating line.
With temps forecast to be well above freezing yesterday a few of us decided to make a quick run over to The South Fork of The Boise. I had not been there since prior to the fire in the summer of 2013. While there are certainly some major changes to the river, the South Fork still has the same mojo it's always had with me; the potential for large rainbows and even rising fish in the heart of winter.
Winter. South Fork Of The Boise River
Zac Mayhew reaches out for a South Fork rainbow.
Recent cold temps coupled with a wicked inversion have made it downright chilly on Silver Creek near Picabo, Idaho. Silver Creek, pictured below, was completely frozen over near Picabo.
East Oxbow
It was a moody winter day today with storm totals in the 10" - 12" range in the Ketchum area. I shot down to Silver Creek this am to throw streamers for a bit. High temps above 32 degrees made for a bit of rain near Picabo. Silver Creek is flowing low and clear and cloudy days are generally the best streamer days...
Silver Creek, Idaho. Winter
Winter Range. Elk near Gannett, Idaho.
Fly Tying Table.
Upper Big Wood River. Early Winter.
Upper Big Wood River. Early Winter. Idaho.
Earlier this fall I was hired to shoot for a great new clothing company located in Boulder, Colorado called Mountain Standard. The shoot was a sunrise to campfire and well beyond dark day. We had everything from scattered clouds in the morning to sun to a passing thunderstorm in the evening. Below are some images from the day. The fishermen are all local Sun Valley fly fishing guides (they guide for Picabo Angler), John Huber, Nick Anderson and Taite Pearson.
Passing Storm & Campfire. Silver Creek, Idaho
Taite Pearson a little pumped to see fish eating Mahogany Duns. Double-R Ranch. Silver Creek.
Fly change. Taite Pearson.
John Huber throwing an early-fall hopper to the far bank moments after sunrise.
John Huber loading it up.
Tall grass and first light.
Big, ugly and foam. First fly of the day.
Pulled Back. Picabo, Silver Creek & Angler
Nick Anderson
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I just framed my first digital silver print. I'm very happy with the results and will try and use this process with most and eventually all of my black and white printing. I have been teetering on the edge (when considering shooting to make a print. I will likely always have a digital camera with me) of ditching the digital cameras and replacing them with film as I have not been really satisfied with the black and white giclee prints I am getting with my digital files. The digital silver printing method however has reversed my course to shoot film.
For those not familiar with the digital silver process here are a few of the specs. Again, this process is done with digital files:
The photo paper in my case is, "true silver gelatin baryta based paper." It's also:
The printer I am using is Digital Silver Imaging in Belmont, MA.
A Bend In The River
The print is 16" X 24" and signed, titled and dated en verso. The dimensions of the frame are approx. 32" X 24 1/4". There is also approx 2 3/4" white matting.
Framed: $900 plus shipping & tax
Print (unframed): $650 plus shipping and tax
To contact me to make a purchase or for inquiries use the form on the top, right hand side of this page OR email: nickpricephotography@gmail.com
Late October. Silver Creek, Idaho.
Fall. Silver Creek, Idaho.
