Mountain Portraits
Earlier this summer I traveled to the Canadien Rockies with a friend for some hiking and photography. It was a wonderful trip. We hiked in warm sun and cool air. We walked along emerald colored lakes and streams. We hiked into the high passes to see glaciers. And we saw wildflowers everywhere.
I still haven't released the full gallery, but I am getting close. And a funny thing happened as I worked with the images from this trip. I tend to prefer the intimate landscapes - the small scenes, that when viewed together, provide a feeling of the place we visited.
I tend to downplay the “grand landscapes” as images that anyone could make - all you need to do is travel there and push the shutter button of the camera. But I realized that isn’t the case. The grand landscapes can carry just as much unique feeling and personal expression as the smaller scenes. I searched the web and found many grand landscapes of the Canadian Rockies for sure - but they don’t look like the images I made there. I grew to like these images as my favorites from the trip. I started to see them as portraits of the mountains we visited - each with its own unique personality.
Be sure to click the link to view a small nine image gallery of Mountain Portraits on my Canadian Rockies Gallery page.