i love alligators. i believe i’ve said that here before…
so back to brazos bend, the best state park in texas!
Category Archives: travel
¿necesitas una vacación?
if your answer is, “well, not really, but sure!” then you’re like us.
we feel very blessed to do what we do. traveling, meeting great folks, and photographing the world.
but every once in a while, you really do just need to go to beautiful beach somewhere and drink fruity beverages while relaxing in the sun, if at all possible.
so we took a few days off and headed back down to the mayan riviera in mexico, where we went last year before for our honeymoon…
ahhh, relaxation. if you go in the middle of the week for just a few days to one of the hundreds of all-inclusives, it’s actually a very economical choice for vacation.
our resort was just a half a mile or so down the beach from a nature preserve…
crystal clear rivers running right into the beautiful caribbean waters! great for snorkeling.
but if you’re like me, and love what you do for a living, you need to work at least a little to keep your sanity in all that relaxation…
so i shot every day, and explored the possibility of shooting for resorts. and elle and i both kind of love that idea ;)
telluride anniversary
we headed down to telluride after wyoming for about ten days.
we were working part of the trip, photographing a wedding, then we relaxed a few days to celebrate our 1st anniversary!
my first time to see a porcupine in the wild…
we were then off to aspen to see elle’s cousin, and then on to boulder to meet with backpacker magazine!
all in all, we put over 4,500 miles on my car…
wyoming | winter panoramics
as always, i shot some panoramics while in wyoming.
and i was happy to get some new mountains and landscapes that i haven’t shot previously.
please feel free to click on any of these images to view them larger… enjoy!
the tetons clouded in are still dynamic to me…
the reservoir outside of cody. completely frozen, and completely beautiful.
again, just a wider view this time…
these cliffs just west of cody, heading toward the east entrance of yellowstone, were my favorite new landscape of the whole three week trip. they were so dynamic contrasted against the flowing golden grass.
along the wind river, toward the northeast edge of the mountain range by the same name.
ah the tetons! the clouds finally broke on the second trip through on our way down to telluride.
the tetons from the jackson lake dam, with a frozen jackson lake foreground.
flaming gorge, utah in winter. not much snow, but even this time of year there are amazing colors.
wyoming | winter wanderland
our new business ranch HAND | photographic is taking off quickly.
what began as a love for wildlife, landscape, and outdoor lifestyle photography has turned into a full-scale service that caters to the high-end guest ranching community.
we’ve already been blessed to do work for the largest guest ranch in the U.S., Vermejo Park Ranch.
so this year, we joined the DRA (dude ranchers’ association) and decided to go to the convention in cody, wyoming to get to know some new folks.
well, we did… we are so thankful to have made a few new clients, and a bunch of new friends!
our newest client, the Goosewing Ranch in jackson, wyoming is a phenomenal guest ranch. they offer a true western experience from late spring through the gorgeous wyoming indian summer. they also happen to be at the doorstep of grand teton national park and yellowstone! not too bad!
we are incredibly excited to visit the Goosewing in june and september of this year!
now, back to our travels…
since we were already heading up to cody, we had to stop by pinedale to see our friends Mike and Ellen, and my favorite mountain town.
elle got to see and walk out on to a frozen fremont lake.
the cracking sounds of the ice create an intensely eerie feeling as you walk out onto the 12 mile long, half a mile wide, 600 foot deep lake (crazy, right?)!!
winter is probably my second favorite season, photographically at least.
elle had fun sledding.
then we made our way up to cody for the convention…
there is quite a bit to see just outside of cody. it’s beautiful country.
after a few days at the convention, we had to make our way down to telluride, co to shoot a wedding.
but first… we decided to spend a few more days in grand teton national park and pinedale again…
elk crossing the barren, frozen elk winter refuge.
big horn sheep high atop the cliffs.
bison trudging through the snow in the park.
the wild beast known as elle… making some weird version of a snow angel?
we walked out onto a frozen jackson lake.
our time was short. we needed to make our way to telluride. so we headed down through flaming gorge in utah.
such fantastic landscapes all the way. and the snow adds contrast and depth that i rarely get to see.
all in all, we put 4500 miles on my subaru on this trip, and very few of those miles were boring.
i’ll look forward to sharing some of the telluride photos next post!
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