Category Archives: Stories from the Field

Goodbye My Friend – Fred Topalian

Posted on September 2, 2018 by

Only a couple of you reading this knew Fred Topalian.  Fred opened a camera store in St. George, Utah two years before I moved down there from Provo, UT – in 1985.  When I would travel to SG to work … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Words – The Coming of the Fall Elk Rut

Posted on August 7, 2018 by

There are few things I look forward to as much as the autumn elk rut in Yellowstone National Park.  While my home in California is still hot (though cooling, especially in the morning) the long drive north brings higher elevations … Continue reading →

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A Personal Note

Posted on May 8, 2018 by

Today, I’m sitting in the Denver Sheraton Hotel, my wife attending meetings about the software her ambulance company uses, and I’m staring out the room window to the west, towards the not-to-distant Rockies. The mountain ridges are capped in snow, … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Words – Wild Horses

Posted on April 16, 2018 by

There are times when being a wildlife photographer has its rewards. In September 2005 I was hired by a natural resources company to travel to the Ute-Ouray Indian Reservation in the northeast corner of Utah to photograph wildlife. There were … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Words – The Wolves of Yellowstone

Posted on March 4, 2018 by

Over the years since the gray wolf reintroduction in Yellowstone – the winter of 1995, thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of encounters have occurred with photographers. I have seen many amazing images and always get a tad jealous of … Continue reading →

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My 2017 Favorite Photos of The Year

Posted on December 17, 2017 by

While this is always a fun blog post to create, scoring my own shots is difficult to do – not because I’m easy on myself, but because I’m extremely critical of my own shots. After judging so many contests my … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Words – The Crystal Mill (CO)

Posted on November 30, 2017 by

If you haven’t photographed the iconic Colorado location, known as The Crystal Mill, then you have missed out on one of western America’s most classic shots. To be honest, I photographed it for the first time last year (2016) as … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Words – A Gray Fox to Remember

Posted on November 5, 2017 by

Surprise is a common occurrence for wildlife photographers, maybe the most common occurrence. While you can make educated guesses based on past experiences, about timing, or locations, or weather – still, the shock of a great encounter always amazes me, … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Words – Hiking the Subway (Zion NP)

Posted on October 2, 2017 by

It’s been a decade or more since I last hiked into the Subway, a curving slot canyon a bit more than 4 miles from the North Creek Trailhead parking lot. Prior to that last hike I had done the journey … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Words – Last Rays on a Bighorn Ram

Posted on September 18, 2017 by

For several years shooting in Yellowstone I had trouble finding the Rocky Mountain Bighorn Rams that others seemed to photograph often. I would find sheep on Mt Washburn, sometimes down the mountain at Dunraven Pass, around the Golden Gate, and … Continue reading →

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