Category Archives: photography

picnics on preikestolen

Norway doesn’t have a lot of flat terrain, so people have to travel for hundreds or even thousands of miles to visit the rare exception and have a picnic, even if that spot is as small and exposed as Preikestolen, located in Lysefjorden (near Stavanger).  With sheer 2,000′ drops to the fjord on three sides you [...]

Nordic New Year

Went for a ski down to the fjord on New Years Eve with my Nordic muse outside her home on the island of Jeløy.  It was a refreshing change in pace from the sort of skiing I’ve become accustomed to here in Utah, where performance, adrenaline, and technology reign supreme over wooden skis, wool sweaters, [...]

the Nikonians

These photographers called themselves the Nikonians in reference to their collective choice of camera brand.  Although my Graflex 4×5 became a brief conversation piece, their considerable brand loyalty was undeterred.  Thoroughly courteous, they always offered to step out of my shots – at least until I reassured them that they weren’t interfering.  ’Are you sure?’ [...]

Stryn

Cabins in Norway are the real deal.  They dot the landscape like tiny shrines to Thoreauvian minimalism – usually without running water, indoor plumbing, electricity, or even road access – and usually seem as relaxed and natural in the landscape as a herd of deer.  Nothing like the faux-timber monstrosities that awkwardly overpower our landscapes in the [...]

Scandinavian Solstices

By sheer coincidence I managed to experience both of 2009’s solstices in Norway.
Midday sun over Oslofjord

Midnight sun from a ferry in the Lofoten Islands:

Homage to Caspar David Friedrich:

operahuset

On the roof of Oslo’s new billion-dollar opera house.

window light

Haven’t posted anything lately as I’ve been very busy with a new project that will be launched sometime next week  (stay tuned…)
In the meantime, I thought I’d post some images from earlier this week at my girlfriend’s house (in Norway).

roadside attractions

Pikes Peak International Raceway, Colorado

radio tower

Images from an ongoing series…

random film roundup

A few shots from the past few months (or so).   Enjoy!
The other side of George, while on assignment for Discovery Channel Magazine last month (H2):

Skiing (mostly rappelling, actually) the Heart of Darkness couloir with CJ in April, taken with tri-x on the xPan:

A couple Type 55 P/N on the Linhof.  Downtown SLC construction:

Early summer [...]