On a Grand Canyon raft trip, you learn to expect the unexpected, and this day was no different. The casual hike we’d planned – to photograph the elegantly eroded limestone watercourses of a side canyon called Matkatimiba – seemed to be a bust. A recent flash flood had deposited a dam of gravely debris at […]

What does it mean to be a photographer with purpose? The challenge of making that next image to be proud of, not to mention the warm glow of accomplishment that follows, can be meaningful enough for a lifetime of photography. After a while, however, some passionate photographers start to wonder about the point of producing […]

My foot plunged through cool rushing water to find the firm purchase of a pebbled streambed. The shallow creek that emerged from beneath an arch of lush jungle foliage was both beckoning and mysterious, and upstream we went with the sound of Pacific Ocean waves pounding the wild beach behind us. “You watch the left […]