Well, spring has officially come early to Wyoming — about a month or two earlier than last year! The flowers on the prairies are blooming already, and spring rains are turning everything green again. It always amazes me how persistent life can be out on the harsh high plains around Wyoming. No matter how long, grueling, cold, and bitterly windy…
A lot about Wyoming hasn’t changed over the years and there are still a lot of wild places where the antelope roam free. This particular image is from Dubois, Wyoming, nestled in the beautiful Wind River Valley. In particular there are a few lines below that seems to ring true for this photograph. I‘m sure a lot of…
There’s something alluring about large powerful amounts of water spilling over thousands of years of volcanic rocks made from the very volcano still currently sitting literally beneath your feet. The mist produced at the the base of the classic Lower Falls in Yellowstone was beautifully illuminated and required a telephoto lens to really be able to look…
I love driving the long desolate stretches of road in Wyoming. They allow for so much time to think and to ponder the fact that years ago Native Americans roamed this land for hundreds of years before the first Western settlers ever even tried to cross this very same road. But they didn’t have a…
I took this photo about a month ago. We have had such a warm winter, that miraculously the dirt roads leading into some of my favorite places are clear enough for my car to get through! I loved the texture of the dirt and the snow as the setting sun cast a warm glow on…
We got about 10 inches of fresh beautiful sparkling powder last night. As soon as I heard there was hoar frost in the Laramie Mountains, I immediately walked home from the office, grabbed my snow shoes and pack (which is always packed for moments like this) and headed to the mountains to catch the last few…
This image is the color version of the black and white image from the previous post (which you can see here). I flip flop between which one I like better depending on my mood, however today I am leaning towards the color vesion. Here is the black and white version:
After a morning of fishing around Brooks Lake in Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming, a summer afternoon storm started to roll in. Right on cue when you are in the mountains this time of year. I took this image right before it thundered and hailed for a bit while I comforted my cowering dog in…