Though I am a fine art photographer in Charleston, South Carolina, I still love to travel. In fact, even though Charleston is beauitiful and I absolutely love living here, I find that I NEED to travel to keep my creative juices flowing. So far this year, I have spent time and photographed in Phoenix, Miami, San Diego and Boston and Maine starting next week. When I travel, I am able to focus on just seeing and shooting rather than running a business which is so time consuming when at home. Anyway, I have been enjoying scanning some old slides I created a number of years ago when photographing Grand Teton National Park. I created this image early on the first morning I was there. It was my first opportunity to see the Tetons in that magic light. I love the near/far compositions to give you a sense of how it would feel if you were standing right there. The mountain on the upper left is Mount Moran which was names for Thomas Moran - the famous landscape artist who’s work was fundamental in educating congress and Washington about the beauty of the west which impressed upon them the need to protect areas for future generations. Because of his work we have Yellowstone National Park - the first national park. The glacier on Mount Moran is called Skillet Glacier because during the summer, it looks like - you guessed it - a skillet. It is one of 5 glaciers on the mountain. Ok here is the last fact which is kind of sick but interesting - in 1950, there was a passenger airpalane that crashed into Mount Moran killing all 21 people on board. The airplane and the remains of it’s passengers are still on the mountain. How crazy is that!
More to photographs from Charleston and South Carolina will be next so check back.
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