A spectacular sunrise illuminates Longs Peak and Mount Meeker on a late October morning. I photographed this image of Longs Peak in 2002. 2002 was an interesting year in Colorado. Rocky Mountain National Park was immersed in one of the worst droughts in the history of the Park. Typically, even in late fall there would be snow fields still present on Longs Peak. This year, no early season snow had fallen and all the snow from the previous year had completely melted over the course of that hot, dry summer. Technicial Details: Toyo 45AX field camera, Nikkor 360mm T ED lens, Fuji Velvia 4x5 film.It’s been a busy Christmas and holiday season for me. I hate to admit it but I have not been able to get out in the field and photograph as much as I would like. Not sure what New Year’s resolutions I am going to attempt to fulfill in 2012, but every year one of them is to get out and photograph more. I’m planning on jumping on that resolution early here as I’m starting to get cabin fever. I find it’s good to wind down a bit, because otherwise I find my creativity and motivation suffers. The key is you just have to make sure you don’t slow so much that you lose your flow and rhythm when you get back out into the field.
So what have I been doing?. Besides fulfilling Christmas print orders I’ve been busy adding and editing images on my web site. I’ve been able to add and update my Rocky Mountain National Park Gallery as well as updating the Boulder Open Space and Mountain Park’s Gallery with lots of new images. Furthermore, I’ve been working on a backlog of Drum Scans from my 4×5 transparencies that I’ve been sitting on for the last year. While I love the look of film and Fuji Velvia, I don’t miss cleaning, spotting and editing the Drum Scans. It takes a good amount of effort to get the scans cleaned up and ready for the web and print orders. Here’s a 4×5 transparency of Longs Peak from the way back machine to hold everybody over.
