Arcanum

Artist notes:I had scouted out this shot and location the day before I shot this.  I knew it would have a lot going on, but I thought that might add to the magic of the image.  Note all that water draining into the sea.  That’s not from some waterfall behind me or to...

Lanikai

Artist notes:Sunrise at Lanikai Beach is like no other place in Hawai’i.  Even before sunrise the beach is alive with dog walkers, joggers, yogis, paddlers, and yes, photographers.  I wasn’t sure I was going to even see the sunrise this day as the rains were...

Nameless

Artist notes:The scene before you was something of a miracle to capture.  Many times when out shooting I tend to see something that strikes me as interesting.  Once that happens, the danger involved with capturing the scene eludes my consciousness.  And this was the...

Sun Moon Lake

Artist notes:The morning I shot this, I was staying in a hotel in Taiwan and the room I was in had no windows so I didn’t have any ambient lights to let me know when I should start getting up.  Good thing I set an alarm, but tiptoeing out of the hotel so as not to...

Wakakusayama

Artist notes:The mountains of Japan are iconic in the early morning.  After scouting the location for a few days, I had a feeling the view from atop Wakakusayama would be epic on the right morning.  On my final day in the village of Nara, I finally got my shot....

Waianapanapa

Artist notes:It was a cloudless night at 3am when I started the 2 hour drive from my house to this cave in Hana, Maui.  Of course I was virtually the only truck on the road as I traversed the winding highway of sharp turns and steep cliffs before arriving in Hana.  I...