Effi, pictured below is a face you may see should you frequent Picabo, Idaho. She's usually wearing a smile and more often than not is invisible. She at first didn't want me taking this image of her. I sat with her at a table in a store in Picabo, round barrel chairs and ranch employees stopping by for lunch after a 5:30 am start, and said, "no, Effi I'll let you approve anything I take and they are your images." After taking a few shots of her I showed them to her and I became aware that she was in a bit of awe. The images are flawed technically and far from perfect but she didn't notice that stuff. She didn't notice the flaws she thought before hand were there. I don't think she had ever had an image taken of her as an adult. She was happy.
Power Lines
Power Lines and Prairie. South Central Idaho.
Dollar Mountain
Snow gun & chairs. Dollar Mountain, Sun Valley, Idaho.
Picabo Hills
I took a quick drive down to Silver Creek this morning with my youngest son. He wanted to learn a bit more about photography. I let him run with it. "Shoot what inspires you," I told him. From Hailey all the way to Picabo there was a dense fog. Pretty great shooting conditions. As we were leaving, the fog started to break up.
Camera: Nikon D3s
Lens: Nikon ƒ1.8 D 50mm
Idaho Barley
The images below were taken recently in Picabo, Idaho. This particular load of barley was on its way to Hazleton, Idaho and then on to Anheuser Busch.
Queen's Crown
Queen's Crown. Near Picabo, Idaho. Late Fall.
Silver Creek
Below are two images taken a couple days ago high above Silver Creek near Picabo, Idaho.
Baetis
Our temps have dropped and the snowmaking has started on Baldy (Sun Valley, Idaho) and there are still a few baetis and midges around and if you are lucky you may even find a fish or two feeding on top. Below is an image of a baetis trying to get off the water just after drying its wings. For a sense of scale, you could easily put 4 or 5 of these mayflies on your pinkie.
Fine Art Fly Fishing & Landscape Photography Prints
I just added a new page to this site enabling the purchasing of prints. Here's the link: here I will be continually updating this page. Also, should you want a print that is not yet offered on the prints page, just contact me.
I am using a local Ketchum, Idaho printer and will inspect, sign, and title each print. Each print is made to order so allow up to 7 days to ship.
Now is the time to order prints for the holiday season!
Frozen Boots
A rookie mistake. Frozen boots and late fall frost coat a wooden bench on the Silver Creek Preserve, Idaho.
Picabo, Idaho
Picabo & negative space. Late fall.
Center Pivot. Picabo, Idaho.
Here's a shot of a field and center pivot near Picabo, Idaho.
Kilpatrick Pond Project
Here are a few images of Silver Creek looking upstream and downstream from the Kilpatrick Bridge. These shots were taken today. Yesterday, as part of phase 1 of the Kilpatrick Pond Project, Silver Creek was re-routed (the temporary new channel is near the bottom of the Kilpatrick Pond) and the bottom of the pond emptied to begin work on the dam and the pond.
Silver Creek Diptych
Here is a rising trout diptych taken near Picabo on Silver Creek recently.
Pump Park. Hailey, Idaho.
We are in the midst of some warm beautiful weather that is slated to end soon. Here are a few images of my son Charlie from last night...
Trout Unlimited 2014 Calendar
The image below is featured in the new 2014 Trout Unlimited Calendar. Here's the link to the TU web site to order your calendar: Trout Unlimited
Picabo Sunset
Sunset. Picabo, Idaho. October.
Picabo, Idaho
Queen's Crown & Moon. Picabo, Idaho. Fall.
Camera: Nikon D3s
Lens: Nikon ƒ2.8 14-24
Fall & The Big Lost River
Mackay Reservoir
Despite our recent weather it is a drought year and the Mackay reservoir is below 8% of capacity and has left a lot of exposed lake-bottom. Below is a series taken today of the Mackay Reservoir mud....