Nature landscape photography is pretty simple: bring a camera to some interesting place, point it at something pretty, and press the shutter button.
On the other hand, the hiking part is less trivial… To climb mountains encumbered by 5 extra pounds of equipment, to navigate obstacles with only 3 limbs while constantly protecting my invaluable and fragile camera, to be fast enough to hike and photograph while everyone else focuses on hiking… that’s what has taken a bit of training.
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wandering in impenetrable fog. Mount Washington, NH
summit of the snowshoe hike, Camel’s Hump, VT
Rainbow Falls cuts through volcanic rock near Devils Postpile National Monument, CA.
Descending the highest mountain near Lake Tahoe, CA
into the abyss we plunge. Crystal Cave, Belize
Halfway up Mount Tallac, which overlooks the enormous freshwater Lake Tahoe, CA.
walk into a cloud and it becomes fog. Mount Washington, NH
wonderland. Crystal Cave, Belize
We were trudging up the side of Xiang Shan to catch a nighttime view of Taipei 101.
we should be a band. Yosemite, CA
crossing the stream 34 times! Belize
Katie climbing up Awa’awapuhi, Kauai, HI
The Narrows, Zion, UT
Angel’s Landing, Zion, UT
“conducting a symphony of trees.” Breakneck Ridge, Upstate NY
in a clearing halfway up the mountain. Camel’s Hump, VT