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The scenic beauty offered to us on our planet is a gift. Finding oneself in any one of the myriad of landscapes between the mountains and the coast where the weather effects the land and enhances the light falling on them--makes for the most amazing experiences as well as photographic opportunities. Craig has found being in motion in the wild landscapes with friends, family, and alone, the most powerful and meaningful times in his life. Attempting to capture these beautiful fleeting and serendipitous moments with his cameras is a pursuit he has found rewarding since his days in grade school; the mix of art and science that photography offers has been continually intriguing.
Sea ice from the Aialik glacier swirls in frigid waters with the peaks of Alaska's Kenai Fjords National Park in the distance.
Idaho's Sawtooth mountain range lies within one of the worlds few "Dark Sky Reserves." I captured this image one night prior to a New Moon.
An aerial image of a ridge just east of Golden, BC, Canada.
Sunrise from Cedar Creek, Olympic National Park, Washington
Pools eroded by wind and rain remain filled with crimson colored water after a summer squall.
The sun rises over the southern Idaho desert river canyons.
A detail of a granite formation reveals the resemblance of a humble head and body.
While out exploring the canyonlands surrounding Escalante, Utah, I happened upon a toad on the edge of a small pool.
Nevada is full of color in the fall.
Looking down on the Ruby Marshes from Harrison Pass.
An annular solar ecplipse viewed from the Ruby Mountains in Nevada, 2023.
Sunrise on peaks in Aialik Bay while on a winter sailing and backcountry skiing adventure in Alaska's Kenai Fjords National Park
Looking south onto Rialto beach through Hole in the Wall, the remains of an ancient headland. Olympic National Park, Washington
Backlit Water Horsetail reveals spledid colors and patterns.
A storm slams the northwest coast of Washington's Olympic National Park
Storm clouds clear from peak 5970 in Alaska's Kenai Fjords National Park
100 years ago, the Northwestern Fjord in Alaska's Kenai Fjords National Park was filled by the glacier. Today, as seen in this photograph, global warming has melted the ice back on to land.
Low clouds hang amidst the rainforest's canopy in Northern Costa Rica.
Idaho's El Capitan stands tall in the Sawtooth Mountains, Unfortunately, this beautiful piece of rock is not as solid as its Yosemite namesake.
During a monsoonal rain, pelicans rest at the end of the dock at Zama Beach Club on Isla Mujeres, Mexico.
An aerial photograph take from a small cessna reveals sea ice in various thickness forming a wave patter by ocean currents thanks to an eddy from a protruding glacier in Prince William Sound, Alaska.
Sunset over Harris Bay in Alaska's Kenai Fjords National Park
Deep inside Coyote Gulch, the remnants of a flash flood trickle their way down to the Escalante river.
Seastacks are the remains of ancient headlands that the ocean and weather have eroded. Likely, they are volcanic plugs that better withstood the constant erosion.
Particulate matter released into the atmosphere by wildfires refracts sunlight in beautiful ways at sunset.
A winter storm passes over the high peaks of the Pioneer Mountains in South Central Idaho
An Andy Goldsworth inspired rock installation I created while exploring the canyonlands of Utah.
Years after a wildfire raged through the White Cloud mountains of Idaho, weathered branches and roots remain in poetic forms.
All or nothing. Human structures left to the elements of nature without upkeep wither and are reclaimed as soon as they are neglected.
Using a slow shutter speed with my 35mm camera, I panned vertically to abstract the contrast between the burnt forest and the colors of grass and the distant mountain.
The first snow of the coming winter falls over Decker Peak in the Sawtooth Mountains of Idaho. Decker Peak is one of the Sawtooth's highest peaks.
An early morning mist adds layers to the mountains as they rise above the Salmon River, Idaho
The continual effort of water eroding rock is imperceptible to the human eye. A camera's slow shutter speed reveals the current's effect.
Sunset light reflecting off the adjascent hill and the rivers surface, slowed by a long shutter speed, highlight the subtle colors between sunlight and shade.
Fall colors reveal themselves in the foliage of deciduous trees lining the banks of the MIddle Fork of the Salmon River.
Fog holds in East Rosebud Canyon through the morning hours as we climb on skis high above the valley floor.
A late afternoon Spring storm wets a stone slab enough to reflect the blue sky once the clouds pass by.
First sunlight after a stormy night heats the A'A lava forcing the ramining rainwater to evaporate.
The faint silhouetter of a distant peak hides below the golden glow of clouds catching the last light of the day.
A slow shutter speed captures the motion blur of the MIddle Fork of the Salmon River with a cliffside wall rising above driftwood.
Clouds hang high and still as the Salmon River flows its way downcanyon.
Late evening looking upriver at the mouth of Blue Canyon on the Salmon River.
A winter storm has left the forest covered by a coat of white.
From within the mouth of a cave above an alpine lake in the Sawtooth Wilderness of Idaho, the distance craggy ridge mimicks that of the cave's opening.
Two oaks stand sihouetted as sentinals against a stormy sky.
Indigenous tribal pictographs found along the Middle Fork Salmon River.
Massive arches abound within Coyote Gulch in Utah's Escalante National Monument.
Snow up high, green down low-so it is in April in Idaho.
A stack of long exposures captures the spinning night sky as it twirls around the North Star.