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Live Next Week! Colors & Colors of SE Asia Photo Exhibit

UPDATED: Buy a print before the start of next weeks opening and 50% of proceeds will go to Doctors without Borders in Haiti. As limited edition prints, only 10 copies of these photographs in these sizes will be available. Prints are $275. Contact me for info.

Starting next week, the following 12 photographs will be available for viewing at the Globe Gallery in Seattle’s Pioneer Square. I’ll be hosting a reception Feb 4th from 6 – 8 PM as part of First Thursday. Directions to the gallery are HERE

Fine art prints of these 12 photos will be available in very limited-edition sets of 10. Sizes are 12×18 and 10×20. If you are interested, please contact me ASAP.

Jan 28, 2010 | Categories: recent adventure photo | Leave A Comment »

New Ski Photo Calendar For Desktop – Mt St Helens

Here’s the newest addition to a growing desktop calendar series of backcountry skiing photos. This is a favorite skiing photo of mine, taken on Mt St Helens with Mt Adams in the background.

Making the below photo your desktop wallpaper is easy:

click image
Mac: right click and “Set as Desktop Background”
PC: click image >> right click >> save to desktop >> open image >> right click >> save as desktop background

Monitor resolution – 1440 x 900

Monitor resolution 1280 x 800

Monitor resolution 1024 x 768

Jan 07, 2010 | Categories: ski photos | Leave A Comment »

Backcountry Ski Photo Desktop Wallpaper Calendar…take one

This is the first in a new series of adventure photos I’ll be sharing for use as desktop wallpaper calendars. As it is winter, a skiing photo seems appropriate. There should be more to come soon.

Making the below photo your desktop wallpaper is easy:

click image
right click and “save image as…”
Mac: right click and “Set as Desktop Background”

Monitor resolution – 1440 x 900

Monitor resolution 1280 x 800

Monitor resolution 1280 x 1024

Monitor resolution 1024 x 768

Jan 04, 2010 | Categories: ski photos | Leave A Comment »

Harding Mountain Panoramic Ski Photo

In addition to some of the backcountry ski photos I took during our ski tour to Harding Mountain, I managed to snap of a quick panorama from the top. Handheld, I took 10 shots from left to right, which were later combined in the newest version of Photoshop Elements. The only post-processing involved (in Lightroom) was a tiny bit of exposure compensation to get the middle few pictures to match up with the outside ones.

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Jan 03, 2010 | Categories: recent adventure photo | Leave A Comment »

Harding Mountain – Recent Backcountry Skiing Photos

What a finicky winter we’re having here in the Pacific NW. Early on we had more snow then we knew what to do with. Last weekend, for this ski tour to Harding Mountain, we enjoyed spring-like corn near the summit and about 4-6 inches of hoar-frost powder in the valley and more shaded spots.

Harding Mountain tops out at 7173 feet. The summit provided a remarkable vantage point of the central Washington Cascades, including nearby peaks such as Mt Stuart. With the help of snow mobiles, we accessed the peak from the Salmon La Sac entrance (think Roslyn & I-90), but once at the top we could see all the way to Asgard Pass, which is typically accessed from the town of Leavenworth.

Below is quick look at where Harding is located.

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Jan 01, 2010 | Categories: recent adventure photo, ski photos | Tags: Adventure Photography, adventure sports photography, backcountry ski photos, backcountry skiing, backcountry skiing photography, harding mountain | Leave A Comment »

Fine Art Cards | SE Asia {Color & Culture}

For a limited time I am offering these 5 sets of original photographs from Vietnam, Laos & Thailand as fine art card sets. Each set includes 5 different images. Cards are blank inside and come with envelops. Each set is $20 (or buy a single card for $5) + shipping.

Email me to place your order or call 206.550.1260.

Asia - Color & Culture

Asia - Color & Culture includes 5 unique photos representing a random sampling of the color and cultures of SE Asia, specifically south & north Vietnam.

5 Photos

Asia - Water