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How the Art Happens "Out of the Shadows"
October 07, 2024 - "Out of the Shadows" Wins a Bronze!
I am humbled, surprised, and very pleased to announce that one of my newest photo...
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How the Art Happens - Fisheye Double Rainbow
August 28, 2024 - Fisheye Double Rainbow
We have reached that awkward time between summer and fall in the high country. It's cooler in...
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How the Art Happens - There's a Hole in the Sky
August 06, 2024 - There's a Hole in the Sky
About nine years ago I was driving back to Crested Butte from Gunnison, Colorado. The sky...
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How the Art happens - New Ideas
July 10, 2024 - Trying New Ideas
For years it's been a challenge for many of my clients to visualize how artwork can look in their ho...
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How the Art Happens - Autumn Gold
January 24, 2024 - Autumn Gold
After watching the aspen leaves change color for more than 30 autumns here around Crested Butte I can say...
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How the Art Happens - Full Blue Supermoon
December 27, 2023 - Full Blue Supermoon 2023
Last August we were blessed with two full moons in the same month. The second one is called...
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How the Art Happens - Fall is Looking Up
October 27, 2023 - Fall is Looking Up
In a tall, golden, aspen forest looking straight up toward the sky is a popular concept. I have ma...
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How the Art Happens - Castle Magic
October 18, 2023 - Castle Magic
The Castles are a commanding visual presence rising out of the West Elk Wilderness Area. They seem even...
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How the Art Happens - A Grove of Light
October 12, 2023 - A Grove of Light
Last week I was asked to photograph a family retreat above a ghost town. The property is a gated pri...
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How the Art Happens - The Calico Forest
September 27, 2023 - The Calico Forest
The Kebler Pass Road leading west from Crested Butte is highly regarded as one of the premiere fall...
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How the Art Happens - Crested Butte Fall Panorama
September 20, 2023 - Crested Butte Fall Panorama
Almost nine years ago, to the day, I photographed the peak of fall colors over Crested Bu...
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How the Art Happens - Ruby Owen and the Dyke
August 29, 2023 - Ruby, Owen, and the Dyke
This is one of Colorado's most iconic fall color photographs. That's probably why it's never...
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How the Art Happens - Shiprock Summer Sunrise
August 18, 2023 - Shiprock Summer Sunrise
I have wanted to photograph this vantage point for a few years. A few weeks ago I got the cha...
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How the Art Happens - Spring at Whiterock Mountain
June 01, 2023 - Spring at Whiterock Mountain
Springtime high in the Colorado Rocky Mountains brings a season filled with contrasts. O...
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How the Art Happens - Sunset Cumulus Panorama
May 24, 2023 - Sunset Cumulus Panorama
Every spring and every fall I head back to Oklahoma to visit family and friends. The trips ar...
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How the Art Happens - The Three Amigas
April 13, 2023 - The Three Amigas
The Pasque Flower or Prairie Crocus is usually the first flower to bloom in spring around here. In o...
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How the Art Happens - The Survivor
April 05, 2023 - The Survivor
I'm always surprised every spring when I see that this cabin has survived. I have to tip my hat to the p...
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How the Art Happens - Crested Butte Mountain Summer
March 23, 2023 - Crested Butte Mountain Summer
Crested Butte just broke 300" of snowfall for the season. We're not done yet either. Th...
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How the Art Happens - Lazy F Bar Ranch Under Snow
March 09, 2023 - Lazy F Bar Ranch Under Snow
With over a foot of snow in the forecast for the weekend, I thought I would share a winte...
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How the Art Happens - Denali From the Train
March 01, 2023 - Denali From the Train
It's hard to believe that it was nearly 19 years ago that I got to join my family on a trip to...
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How the Art Happens - Belleview Mountain Panorama
February 23, 2023 - Belleview Mountain Panorama
Ansel Adams is quoted as saying "A good photograph is largely about where you stand". Thi...
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How the Art Happens - Fire in the Grove
February 15, 2023 - Fire in the Grove
It seems every autumn brings unique compositions for fall-color photos. All I have to do is keep my...
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How the Art Happens - Springlight
February 07, 2023 - Springlight
Every spring when the aspen trees transition from their bare winter branches to lush green foliage we get...
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How The Art Happens - The Last of the Winter Bones
May 28, 2022 - The Last of the Winter Bones
It's finally starting to feel like spring again. Afternoon winds are melting the snow an...
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How the Art Happens - Kaleidoscope Gulch
October 26, 2021 - Kaleidoscope Gulch
Some mornings I look out the window and wonder if it's going to be worth getting out of bed. It wa...
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How the Art Happens - Autumn Glory
October 21, 2021 - Autumn Glory
Fall is my very favorite time of year. It's usually colorful, warm, and not as busy as the summer season...
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How the Art Happens - Autumn Reds
September 26, 2021 - How the Art Happens - Autumn Reds
Every year about this time there are a few patches of aspen leaves that turn anywhe...
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How the Art Happens - Sunset at the Dike
May 19, 2021 - Sunset at the Dike
The West Elk Loop scenic drive offers lots of opportunities for great landscape photos. This overloo...
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How the Art Happens - Making Mistakes
April 28, 2021 - Making Mistakes
It seems like every spring we get a couple of days that remind us of what's to come temperature-wise.
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How the Art Happens - Cathedral
April 07, 2021 - Cathedral
Springtime brings green grass and leaves along with flowers to most parts of our country. Life at 9,000 feet...
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How the Art Happens - What is it About Black and White
November 14, 2020 - What is it About Black and White?
For many of the early decades of photography creating images in color was not an op...
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How the Art Happens - Crystal Mill Colors
October 14, 2020 - Crystal Mill Colors
A few years ago after most of the leaves had fallen from the trees near my home I decided to make...
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How the Art Happens - Autumn Impressions
October 07, 2020 - Autumn Impressions
I have always enjoyed the art created by the impressionist painters. I recently learned that many...
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How the Art Happens - Aspenshine
September 09, 2020 - Aspenshine
I am fortunate to live in an area favored by many of the world's best artists for capturing fall foliage....
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How the Art Happens - Colorful Castles
September 02, 2020 - Colorful Castles
As summertime starts to wane in the higher elevations of Colorado, we all are beginning to wonder wh...
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How the Art Happens - Snow Tango 2
August 27, 2020 - Snow Tango Part 2
This morning at breakfast one of the other "regulars" at Paradise Cafe mentioned that part of this...
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How the Art Happens - East River Magic
August 17, 2020 - East River Magic
by Dusty Demerson
Some scenes just capture your soul. The meanders of the East River near my home i...
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How the Art Happens - Making Memories
August 01, 2020 - Ruby Range Reflections
by Dusty Demerson
I got a new client this week. A friend recommended that he check out my web...
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How the Art Happens - Crested Butte Cottonwood Colors
June 24, 2020 - Crested Butte Cottonwood Colors
Most of my best photographs for the past 10 years or so have been somewhat planned. S...
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How the Art Happens - Spring Whispers
June 03, 2020 - Spring Whispers
As the cold, bare, signs of winter give way to spring, the landscape slowly changes flavors to margar...
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How the Art Happens - Clearing Storm, Artist Point, Monument Valley, Arizona
May 13, 2020 - Clearing Storm, Artist Point, Monument Valley, Arizona
Monument Valley is one of the most overwhelming and amazing la...
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How the Art Happens - Half Dome Sunset
April 29, 2020 - Half Dome Sunset
Many years ago, I found myself in Yosemite National Park in early November. I had spent a few days d...
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How the Art Happens - Crested Butte Mountain Alpenglow
April 23, 2020 - Crested Butte Mountain Alpenglow
Sometimes my photos are just waiting by the side of the road, right around a turn. O...
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How the Art Happens - Paradise Divide Winter Panorama
March 18, 2020 - Paradise Divide Winter Panorama
I sure wish I was better at this new "social distancing" thing we're supposed to be p...
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How the Art Happens - Mystical Canyon Light
March 11, 2020 - Mystical Canyon Light
Several years ago I decided I needed to visit the North Rim of the Grand Canyon in search of th...
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How the Art Happens - Mount Crested Butte Winter Panorama
February 19, 2020 - Mount Crested Butte Winter Panorama
Sometime back in the early 1970's someone climbed to the top of Sunlight Ridge ju...
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How the Art Happens - That's Why They Call Her The Red Lady
February 12, 2020 - That's Why They Call Her The Red Lady
Some days I just can't catch a break. A bunch of years ago, after a long day at...
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How the Art Happens - Winter Blues
February 05, 2020 - Winter Blues
It's been cold in Crested Butte this winter. I know that's exactly what we should expect, living at 9,00...
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How the Art Happens - Red Lady Glow
January 15, 2020 - Red Lady Glow
Autumn is beautiful up here in the mountains of western Colorado. The aspen groves around Crested Butte...
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How the Art Happens - Paradise by Moonlight
January 08, 2020 - Paradise by Moonlight
It's such a dramatic and peaceful scene when you witness it for the first time. Really, every tim...
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How the Art Happens - White Forest
December 11, 2019 - White Forest
" White Forest " is one of those photographs I saw in my mind a long time before I found it in nature. I...
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How the Art Happens - Big Moon Rising
December 04, 2019 - Big Moon Rising
Ten years ago I did a little work for one of the local newspapers, The Crested Butte Weekly. As winte...
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How the Art Happens - Storm in the Pines
November 20, 2019 - Storm in the Pines
I love stormy weather. I always have. I probably always will. Back in my newspaper days, living in...
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How the Art Happens - East River Red
November 13, 2019 - East River Red
This small but beautiful river meanders through a valley just a few miles from my home. I spend lots o...
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How the Art Happens - Autumn Frosting
November 06, 2019 - Autumn Frosting
The first heavy frost of autumn usually catches us off-guard. The fact that there was enough moisture...
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How the Art Happens - The Calico Forest
October 30, 2019 - The Calico Forest
Fall is my favorite season. I'm especially drawn to the warm hues and warm temperatures that usuall...
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How the Art Happens - The Gold Spot
October 16, 2019 - The Gold Spot
Our fall color is over for this season. It was late in arriving and didn't seem to last very long this...
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How the Art Happens - At the Edge of Autumn
October 09, 2019 - At the Edge of Autumn
Most of us photographers like to make our photos on the edges. Sunset and sunrise are the edges...
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How the Art Happens - Early Snow on East Beckwith Mountain
October 02, 2019 - Early Snow on East Beckwith Mountain
Did you ever have one of those days that you just had to get outside and go for...
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How the Art Happens - Aspen Bisque
September 18, 2019 - Aspen Bisque
About a year ago a friend from New York City was in town and we went out to make some pictures of our fa...
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How the Art Happens - The Base of the Butte
September 11, 2019 - The Base of the Butte
Our fall colors seem to be happening a little late this year. I'm hoping that when the leaves d...
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How the Art Happens - Fixer Upper
September 04, 2019 - Fixer Upper
I travel by this old, abandoned cabin several times each week. I have photographed it many times, in ever...
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How the Art Happens - Into the Forest
August 28, 2019 - Into the Forest
"Into the Forest" sold this week as a 20" x 48" print on canvas and gallery-wrapped around the edge...
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How the Art Happens - Fire on the Mountain
August 14, 2019 - Fire on the Mountain
I hear that our planet is warming up. From personal observation, living up in the Colorado Rocky...
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How the Art Happens - Whetstone Mists
August 03, 2019 - Whetstone Mists
Whetstone Mountain is, in my opinion, the most photogenic mountain in the Crested Butte area. I say t...
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How the Art Happens - Fearless
June 05, 2019 - Fearless
Every winter our search and rescue organization hosts the best films from the Banff Mountain Film Festival. Th...
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How the Art Happens - The Hand of God
May 22, 2019 - The Hand of God
I moved from Oklahoma to Colorado over 30 years ago. Chasing amazing skies was a frequent occupation wh...
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How the Art Happens - East River Green
May 15, 2019 - East River Green
The East River drains snowmelt from the Raggeds and Maroon Bells - Snowmass Wilderness areas northwest...
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How the Art Happens - Snow Tango
May 08, 2019 - Snow Tango
Midway between Crested Butte and Gunnison, Colorado, like towers in the middle of the pasture, there are the...
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How the Art Happens - On the Path to Solitude
May 01, 2019 - On the Path to Solitude
I love to drive and explore places I've never seen or revisit places I've been during different...
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How the Art Happens - There's a Delicate Nature to Spring
April 24, 2019 - There's a Delicate Nature to Spring
I love aspen trees. They grow straight and tall and they do it quickly. They also c...
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How the Art Happens - The Last of the Winter Bones
March 21, 2019 - The Last of the Winter Bones
For me, spring is the most difficult season to create images. I live in a small town 9,4...
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How the Art Happens - Vintage Crested Butte
March 14, 2019 - Vintage Crested Butte
This post will be the first of a series talking about how some of my best-selling images have...
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Changing Perspective - Using Drones for Landscape Photography
January 24, 2018 - About 5 years ago I purchased my first quadcopter with the idea of offering a new perspective of homes and properties fo...
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Where the Wildflowers Are
June 30, 2017 - With the Crested Butte Wildflower Festival about a week away, it's time to start talking flowers. The Colorado State Leg...
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5 Must-See Places for Crested Butte Fall Color
September 24, 2015 - Local pro photographers never miss these locations during the fabulous fall color extravaganza around Crested Butte, Col...
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Photographing Transitional Seasons
November 11, 2013 - by Dusty Demerson, photographer
I love photographing fall colors. It’s my favorite time of year. The vibrancy of yellow...
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Why Use a Tripod
November 04, 2013 - Most of my photography students hate using a tripod. I hated them too, when I was learning photography. Over time, I’ve...
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Waiting for the Light
October 21, 2013 - I have no idea how many times I’ve been really excited about photographing a fabulous landscape to only be unhappy once...
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Where Do You Find Your Most Popular Images
June 06, 2013 - by Dusty Demerson
As an artist who earns his living by producing and selling artwork, I’m always interested in where...
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There’s a Touch of Fall in the Air
June 06, 2013 - Christmas in Autumn
After last week’s dismal entry into autumn, this week promises more seasonal temperatures and sunsh...
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New Work for The Crested Butte Festival of the Arts
June 06, 2013 - Fall Fantasy Panorama
I must apologize for being absent for the past month. July and August are the only times of the y...
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Tips on Photographing Rainbows
June 06, 2013 - Rainbow over Crested Butte Mountain
Now that it’s finally summer in western Colorado the “monsoonal flow” of moisture...
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Crested Butte Photo Workshops Announce Colorado Fall Colors Workshop for 2011
June 06, 2013 - Intense Fall Colors Near Kebler Pass, Colorado
J. C. Leacock and I are once again pleased to offer our popular Colorado...
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Whetstone Mists, or How Less is More
June 06, 2013 - Spring Snow on Whetstone Mountain and Cold Spring Ranch.
Most of us up here in the Colorado high country are about read...
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Help! I need a title again
June 06, 2013 - Tire Swing with Snow
Up here in the high country we can get snow 12 months of the year. Granted, from June to September...
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Mother Nature is a Fickle Woman
June 06, 2013 - Rainbow and Lightning
Mother nature can be a fickle woman. (I hope she’s not listening) She doesn’t always give us what...
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A Tale of Two Photographs
June 06, 2013 - Columbine 2
Columbine 1
It’s going to be a few months before we start seeing flowers up here again but with forecast...
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McClure Pass Spring Aspen Panorama
June 06, 2013 - McClure Pass Spring Aspen Grove
This past week’s weather has me thinking about spring. I know it officially begins toda...
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The Art of Patience and Paying Attention
June 06, 2013 - Intense sunrise color over Crested Butte Mountain, Colorado
The title of this post could have just as easily been “The...
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A Weather Geek tries to Photograph a Snowstorm
June 06, 2013 - Blowing snow creates ghostly trees in a snowstorm.
I love weather. It’s no secret that thunderstorms, snowstorms, lig...
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“Lone Pine” the Theory of Contrast
June 06, 2013 - A small pine tree in a forest of aspens.
Contrast seems to be a recurring theme in my photography. I think it’s a theme...
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Death Valley Dunes
June 06, 2013 - A fierce wind whips sand dunes into shape.
A few years ago California’s Death Valley National Park received lots of rar...
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“Fearless”
June 06, 2013 - Small pine tree seemingly threatened by looming shadows of larger trees
Way back in the winter of 2004 I got it into my...
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Snowstorm Panorama from Taylor Canyon, Colorado
June 06, 2013 - Winter in Taylor Canyon
It’s no secret that I like storms. Snowstorms are no exception. But when it’s dumping outside w...
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The Peaks of Paradise Divide Tower over Crested Butte, Colorado
June 06, 2013 - Winter brings its challenges to those of us who live at altitude. First, there’s snow which is our only form of precipit...
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A Huge Snow Storm Makes for some Beautiful Photographs
June 06, 2013 - Peace in the Trees
If you’ve been watching the news lately or following any Crested Butte folks on Facebook you would k...
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Colorado Winter Pasture with Snow
June 06, 2013 - Bleak winter pasture with odd composition
Sorry this post is so late this week. It’s been one of those “uninspired” day...
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Winter Blues
June 06, 2013 - Fresh snow and sun create abstract shadows
Winter photography can be truly challenging with cold temperatures, difficul...
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Autumn Winds
June 06, 2013 - For years I’ve been experimenting with “shooting the breeze”. You know, capturing the effects of wind on a two dimension...
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A Winter Melody
June 06, 2013 - Winter Melody
Once again it’s snowing in the Crested Butte high country and scenes like this will be popping up in the...
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Sunset Solitude
June 06, 2013 - Muted autumn colors capture beautiful sunset light. As autumn’s colors start to fade and those of us who live in the “hi...
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Praying for Clouds
June 06, 2013 - A dry summer has let to a dry fall here in the Colorado high country. I hadn’t really thought about how much I appreciat...
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It’s Looking a Lot Like Autumn Around Here
June 06, 2013 - What a difference a week can make on the Colorado landscape. Last week we were wondering if the trees were sick or somet...
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