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Mountain Landscapes

Strain — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:04:41 +0000

A pair of mountain landscapes, one from the summer and one from last week.

I’ve been busy…

Strain — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 03:00:31 +0000

Not a lot of time for blog posts these days… if you’ve been following my twitter feed you may have seen these photos, but for the blog readers here’s a couple photos from a whirlwind summer in the bush… more to come once the snow flies and the dust settles. In the meantime, peep some photos shot by my friend Jussi Grznar, another snowboard photographer from Whistler who’s found his way onto my field crew for the late season madness.

Other random note – I’ve moved to Whistler (although I’ve only spent one night in my new place, and likely won’t be around much til November. See you then?).

Salal Creek

Strain — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 18:29:44 +0000

Salal Creek, just upstream of its confluence with the Lillooet River.

I’m done with bush work for the season – now its time to look to the skies and call to Ullr to send a cold and snowy winter.

Back to the Bush

Strain — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 03:35:35 +0000

I’m looking forward to a busy end to what’s been a lengthly field season in mountains of southwest BC – fingers crossed winter holds off for one more month, then hits full force and doesn’t stop ’til May.

I’m heading back to the bush tomorrow morning – here’s a quick glimpse of the area I’ll be returning to:

No internet in camp, so I’ll see you all in a week (or more).

Coastal Summer

Strain — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 02:58:30 +0000

Continuing on last weeks theme – summer in the mountains of coastal BC.

Far over the Misty Mountains cold…

Strain — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:26:23 +0000

…To dungeons deep and caverns old,
We must away, ere break of day,
To seek our pale enchanted gold.

-JRR Tolkien

Up Close and Personal

Strain — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 02:33:00 +0000

As cozy as that crevasse looks, the sound of rolling boulders and collapsing ice was unnerving enough to keep me on solid ground…

Pentax K10D / DA 18-55, PEF converted in Lightroom

Mirror Image

Strain — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 01:51:00 +0000

I paid in blood to get this photo, and have the mosquito bites to prove it…

Pentax K10D / DA 18-55, converted from PEF in Lightroom

Unuk Finger

Strain — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 02:51:00 +0000

The Unuk Finger, at over 2300 metres in elevation, is the highest point for miles around. The peak is encircled by glaciers; all but one arrete on its northwest slope is buried in ice. That doesn’t stop the intrepid mountain goats, though. A flyby of the peak last week revealed several sets of tracks in the snow, all the way up to the summit.

I’ve been leaving my DA 10-17 Fisheye in camp the last few days, in favour of my old-school Pentax-M 50mm 1.7. It can be a pain not having the ultrawide angle of the fisheye, but the old 50 is far and away the sharpest lens in my kit, a quality that makes it perfectly suited for when I have black-and-white in mind…

Pentax K10D / M 50 1.7, B&W conversion from PEF in Lightroom

High Alpine Black and White

Strain — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 21:44:00 +0000

A black and white treatment from a vantage point similar to the one in the post “Another Day in the Office”

Pentax K10D / DA 10-17 Fisheye