The image below was taken in Viareggio, Italy.
Flotsam & Horizon.
Venice, Italy Pano
The image below is a pano taken in Venice over the holidays. It is of the Grand Canal and St. Maria of Salute Basilica. In the days to come I will be posting a few slideshows of my recent trip to Italy.
Nikon D3s & Nikon Ę1.2 50mm AIS lens
Tuscan Landscape
It was quite wet the week I was in Tuscany which made for a saturated and moody environment. Most of these landscapes were shot wide open--Ę1.2 on the 50mm lens I used.
Storm & Tuscany. Near Lucca, Italy.
Moody winter weather near Lucca, Italy.
Dirt road & trees. Tuscany.
Windy road near Gombitelli, Italy.
Breaking storm. Torre, Italy.
Rome Fishermen
I just got back from a 3 week trip to Italy and had one particular photographic goal: to get portraits of people who stood out to me. I purchased a used copy of Nikon's 50mm ais Ę1.2 lens prior to leaving. From changing the aperture to focusing, it's a fully manual lens. It slows me down and has, when wide open, a very shallow depth of field which is exactly what I am looking for. It stayed glued to my camera for about 90% of my trip.
I took the images below of the only fishermen I saw over the course of my entire trip. I saw these two men from a bridge that crosses the Tiber River in Rome not far from St. Peters. I knew I had to walk down and talk with them, I don't know Italian, and try and get a portrait of one of them if not both. Knowing some Spanish went a long way in talking with these two men.
Portrait of a Fisherman. Tiber River. Rome, Italy.
These two men were fishing for carp and the catching had apparently been slow. Recent rain had caused the Tiber to go brown. They tied off the butt of their rods to a small wooden stake to lessen the odds of a fish taking one of their rods downstream for a ride.
Tools of the trade.
Fisherman. Tiber River. Rome, Italy.
Happy Holidays
Fog & Grand Canal. Venice, Italy.
Minimal Landscapes
It was super foggy from Bellevue, Idaho all the way down to Picabo today. Below are a few images from today.
Camera: Nikon D3s
Lens: Nikon 35mm Ę2
Pheasant & English Setter
The below image was taken today near Picabo, Idaho.
Ordinary Landscape
Here's another image that is part of my series called, "Ordinary Landscapes."
Post Beaver Creek Fire & Snow
Below are a couple of images taken yesterday on Carbonate Mountain near Hailey, Idaho. This was the southern flank of the Beaver Creek Fire that burned in excess of 111,000 acres this past August.
Below, a yearling moose grazes near a sibling and mom. Gannet, Idaho.
Ordinary Landscapes
I have been working on a self project for the last couple of years I have titled, "Ordinary Landscapes." The image below never made it to this web site until now. It was taken in the middle of the summer with smoky skies. It was during a drought. I have mentioned this project here before and the aim is to capture something that is truly ordinary and perhaps even mundane and reveal it in an extraordinarily simple way. It needs to be compositionally simple as well.
Camera: Nikon D3s
Lens: Nikon 24mm pc-e
Silver Creek
Winter temps are finally here with a high today in Picabo, Idaho hovering around 10Ė. The fishing is now closed for the season in the Nature Conservancy and RR sections. It is however open downstream of the HWY 20 bridge. The image below was taken today of Silver Creek.
Camera: Nikon D3s
Lens: Nikon 35mm Ę2
A Picabo Face
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 Ę1.8 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!
