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Beyond Compare
April 10, 2025 - I live in the shadow of two of the crown jewels of the national park service: Yellowstone and Grand Teton. The amount of...
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"Illusions" of Grandeur
February 06, 2025 - The Teton Range, especially when viewed from Grand Teton National Park, is breathtaking. Seeing those mountains for the...
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The Other Side
January 30, 2025 - The Tetons are considered by many to be one of the most beautiful mountain ranges in North America. Others are longer, h...
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Love Stories
December 05, 2024 - Have you ever felt as if you’ve “worn out” a location? That you can find nothing more to photograph there?
Even here in...
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Heartbreak
October 23, 2024 - I had a post ready to go but it'll wait until next week because very sad breaking news this evening makes photography fe...
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In Praise of Familiarity
August 22, 2024 - I've lived next door to the Tetons for nine years now. During that time, I have spent hundreds of hours with my camera i...
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Wasted Time?
August 01, 2024 - We awaken in the darkness and venture out into nature. Maybe it's cold. Or wet. Or buggy, with swarms of mosquitoes in t...
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Pivot
July 25, 2024 - Generally speaking, the period from mid-July through the end of August isn't the best for nature photography in Western...
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All 12 Months
June 27, 2024 - Back in the day, nearly every vacation my husband and I took seemed to include meeting with a realtor. We looked at land...
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Sprinter
April 11, 2024 - Ah, spring!
Tulips, daffodils, trees leafing out, green everywhere...
Or not.
The calendar might say it's spring, but...
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Beauty in Black and White
February 15, 2024 - When I moved to New Hampshire it was autumn: not a bad time to show up. The foliage show is a magnificent spectacle - a...
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Awesome
February 08, 2024 - awe·some
(adjective)
Arousing or inspiring awe; filling someone with reverential fear, wonder, or respect.
Colloquial...
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Page One, Chapter One
January 04, 2024 - Some years ago I read an article written by a landscape photographer who shared his family's tradition of spending New Y...
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Love the One You're With
September 21, 2023 - That's me on a beautiful early October day at the Saco River in the White Mountains.
Unfortunately, I won't be in New H...
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Scale
August 17, 2023 - The Teton Range is magnificently imposing. On the eastern side, the mountains rise sharply up from the valley floor; the...
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Mountain Medley
July 27, 2023 - My ophthalmologist isn’t just a skilled physician - he climbs mountains and loves the Tetons. Better still, he's well-ac...
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Singing in the Rain
July 13, 2023 - Summer arrived rather abruptly in Teton Country earlier this week. Even in the mountains toasty temperatures are on deck...
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Go Where You Wanna Go
June 15, 2023 - If you're familiar with pop music of the mid- to late-1960s, you might recognize that as the title of a song written and...
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Second Fiddle?
May 25, 2023 - I find it mind-boggling that Grand Teton National Park, stunningly beautiful and home to one of the most picturesque mou...
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Remarkable Heights
April 06, 2023 - "The most remarkable heights in the great backbone of America..."
That's how Alexander Ross, a 19th century fur trader,...
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The Little Things
February 02, 2023 - The devil is in the details.
This is certainly true when it comes to photography. There are many details that can impac...
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Beyond Black
December 08, 2022 - Idaho is full of lava fields. Craters of the Moon is probably the best-known volcanic area in the state. There the lands...
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Through the Fog
October 19, 2022 - In one of his poems, Carl Sandburg likened fog to a cat: silent and stealthy.
Fog in the Tetons, though, is often anyth...
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Highs From a Low
October 05, 2022 - You didn't have to be a rocket scientist to deduce that the foliage in Grand Teton National Park would be late in turnin...
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Up
August 17, 2022 - Surges of monsoonal moisture have been making their way up here to Eastern Idaho and Western Wyoming over the past few w...
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The North Face
July 27, 2022 - Everyone knows Grand Teton is - well, grand. The tallest mountain in the Teton Range, it demands attention. There's no d...
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Riders on the Storm
July 20, 2022 - Powerful. Dramatic. Imposing. Sometimes threatening. Always unique.
Storms make compelling subject matter.
Photograph...
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Smoke Gets In My Eyes
July 13, 2022 - The period between late-May and late-July is a flurry of activity for me when it comes to working in Grand Teton Nationa...
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Up, Up and Away
July 06, 2022 - Would you like to fly in my beautiful balloon....
For more than 40 years, hot air balloons have been a fixture in the e...
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Country Roads
June 08, 2022 - Eastern Idaho is heavily agrarian: not just the potato capital of the world, the region is also a big producer of wheat,...
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Lucky Enough
May 18, 2022 - This little plaque was on the wall in my West Yellowstone, Montana room earlier this month.
Lady Luck has - thus far -...
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By the Numbers
March 03, 2022 - Just like that March is here and along with it come thoughts of spring. Then again maybe you're way past that. Spring mi...
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Anticipation
February 24, 2022 - I didn't appreciate just how dark the night can be until I started logging a lot of time in the wee small hours of the m...
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Inversion
February 17, 2022 - In late December I wrote about all the snow falling in Teton Country. It began snowing just before Christmas and kept at...
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I See a Story
February 03, 2022 - "There's nothing to shoot!"
If we're being honest, all nature photographers likely struggle with this at one point or a...
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Magic Moments
January 27, 2022 - I love a good sunrise; watching one makes for a great start to the day.
Photographing one is even better.
Of course yo...
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Mining for Gold
October 06, 2021 - 15 magical miles.
That's roughly the distance between Willow Flats and the Buffalo Fork of the Snake River in Grand Tet...
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Shine on, Harvest Moon
September 29, 2021 - I generally don't spend too much time at the "trappier" photography traps in Grand Teton National Park during foliage se...
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105 Candles
August 25, 2021 - 105 years ago yesterday the National Park Service was born - though parks such as Yellowstone predated the agency's crea...
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And So It Goes
August 18, 2021 - Soon after moving to the Intermountain West I discovered an inevitability about mid- to late-summer: expect smoke.
Summ...
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Monsoonal Magic
July 28, 2021 - Some of the rain that's been falling around the Four Corners is finally making it up this way. Better late than never....
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You Never Know
July 14, 2021 - You might be aware that it's been unusually hot in much of the northwestern U.S. - even at high altitude.
Here in Easte...
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Redefining Success
July 07, 2021 - Nobody wants to come back from a photo shoot empty-handed, but it happens.
Nature photographers can't control the condi...
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In Black and White
July 01, 2021 - Imagine the mountains of New England in early October at the height of foliage season. It's a cacophony of spectacular c...
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West Side Story
June 23, 2021 - Attendance records in Grand Teton National Park this year have been falling by the wayside (every month but February whe...
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Tick Tock
June 16, 2021 - I got hooked on wildflowers while living in New Hampshire. Lupine season in the White Mountains is lovely; fields explod...
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Stay a Little Longer
June 09, 2021 - Green season is a magical time of year. It's even more special in the semi-arid wild, wild intermountain west due to its...
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Playing Favorites
May 26, 2021 - There's no such thing as a National Park I don't like. Each one is a treasure with unique charms. That said, I do have a...
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There's No Place Like Home
May 19, 2021 - As the crow flies, I live 60 miles from Grand Teton National Park. The Teton Valley is even closer.
This proximity isn'...
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Serendipity
May 12, 2021 - During the course of my career in corporate America I spent a lot of time on the road (or more accurately, in the air) a...
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Your Choice
April 21, 2021 - I'm often on my own when working in the field. While I don't mind it, it does influence some of my logistical decisions.
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Over the Rainbow
March 17, 2021 - Summer storms that roll through Jackson Hole can be impressive. Often the leading edge brings with it spectacular cloud...
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From Out of the Ashes
February 18, 2021 - Moving ranks near the top on the list of things I'd rather avoid. It's a lot of work. Disruptive. It can also be very ex...
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Best Sides
February 11, 2021 - Which is your best side?
Most people photograph "better" from one side versus the other. There are a variety of reasons...
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A Different Experience
January 06, 2021 - More than one monthly attendance record was shattered in Grand Teton National Park during 2020. September's year-over-ye...
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Rodney Dangerfield and The Sister Parks
October 21, 2020 - If you're old enough to remember comedian Rodney Dangerfield, you'll recall his signature "I get no respect" catchphrase...
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Peaking Beneath the Peaks
September 30, 2020 - The foliage was nearing peak color in the north end of Grand Teton National Park over the past weekend. There are still...
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A Thousand Words
September 09, 2020 - "One picture is worth a thousand words."
Popularized in modern times by the early 20th century American advertising ind...
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A Mere Photograph
August 19, 2020 - Sometimes intended praise falls a little bit flat.
Case in point: in a recent letter to the editor of a magazine to whi...
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Consolation Prize
July 29, 2020 - The Comet Neowise and I didn't sync up, unfortunately. It wasn't for lack of effort on my part. As is often the case, Mo...
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A Feast for the Eyes
July 15, 2020 - 2020: serving up the mother of all perfect storms. I can't say I saw this coming when the clock struck midnight last New...
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Those Pesky Forecasts
July 08, 2020 - When I'm not traveling, I tune in to the local weather early every morning without fail. This routine is somewhat laugha...
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What's So Grand About the Tetons?
June 24, 2020 - I've been trying to convince a long-time friend and classmate from high school days to visit the area, having offered to...
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Moments of Magic
June 10, 2020 - The wildflower situation so far this spring in Teton Country has been superlative. As far as Arrowleaf Balsam Root are c...
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On Repetition
May 27, 2020 - While I enjoy experiencing and photographing new locations as much as the next person, there's also much to be said for...
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From One Extreme to the Other
April 09, 2020 - Photographing the landscape is often a tale of contrasts.
On the one hand, we wait.
We sit in the darkness before dawn...
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Use Your Legs
October 10, 2019 - Visit any national park or forest and you'll find many scenic pullouts and vistas. They're situated where they are for a...
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Should I Stay or Should I Go?
October 04, 2019 - That's often the $64,000 question, right? After waiting (and waiting) for challenging conditions to improve, is it prude...
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Has Every Great Photograph Already Been Taken?
September 04, 2019 - Is it even worth trying to make photographs at any of the National Parks? Think of all those who have been there before...
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When Bad Weather is Good Weather
July 16, 2019 - Though many head indoors during inclement weather, that's often prime time for a landscape photographer.
Clear blue ski...
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Spring in the Tetons
May 31, 2018 - It arrives late and doesn't last long - but spring is a magical time of year at Grand Teton National Park.
Even in this...
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The Snow Came Early - While the Color is Arriving Late
September 30, 2017 - Autumn color in both 2015 and 2016 came early to the Tetons. I was photographing peak color around the 20th of September...
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The Western Slope
July 29, 2017 - Referred to as "the quiet side," the western slope of the Teton Range is much less frequently visited. People who don't...
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Summer Storms
July 18, 2017 - High and low pressure systems have been parked over the western United States in just the right spots to create a southw...
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Green Season
June 08, 2017 - After a long winter during which the Teton Range received record amounts of snowfall, the arrival of "green season" is e...
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Eye to Eye With the Teton Peaks
April 03, 2017 - I've been wanting to photograph the Teton Peaks up-close (via small plane) for months. In the summer, haze can be an iss...
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Making Unique Images in Often-Photographed Locations
September 27, 2016 - National parks can be challenging locations in which to shoot: stunningly beautiful, yet often-photographed. How to make...
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Rain Dance
August 09, 2016 - The last few weeks have been exceptionally dry here, with monsoonal moisture from the four corners region unable to pene...
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Autumn at Grand Teton National Park
September 27, 2015 - Having photographed northern New England's spectacular autumn "show" for 20 years, I decided this year - my first based...
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Not in Kansas Anymore...
August 05, 2015 - The move is behind me.
I've traded the spectacular New England scenery which I've come to know intimately over the past...
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