Went up the canyon to Alta on Saturday for a small test shoot with my Subaru ‘prop’ (just one of its many talents when it comes to the IRS). It was going to be the first of a series, but I think the concept is headed back to the drawing board for now since I’m [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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?’ [...]
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 [...]
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:
On the roof of Oslo’s new billion-dollar opera house.
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).
Pikes Peak International Raceway, Colorado
Images from an ongoing series…