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Chasing Light: Icescapes

  These are the days of deep, dark shadows in the canyons of the Rocky Mountains. Even on sunny days, the steep mountain walls shade...

Chasing Light: Cabins

There's a certain grace in how old log cabins carry winter's weight. The way the snow settles into the grooves between the logs suggests...

Chasing Light: #Snovember

  Just a week ago I was lamenting the warm, dry weather and taking photos of wavy golden grasses. But Summit County was in the...

Chasing Light: Dawn patrol

It's always worth getting up early to catch the start of the day outside if you can, and during a short weather window from...

Chasing Light: Daybreak

As a photographer, I say good riddance to daylight savings time! I feel like my body is more in synch with the natural rhythms...

Chasing Light: Hometown views

You may have heard that Keystone delayed its opening day because of unusually warm weather, but that's not the whole story. Sure, temps have...

Chasing Light: Wondrous

I saw the frost on the cars from the kitchen window, but it wasn't until I went outside that I saw the details of...

Chasing Light: Textures

Combing through hundreds of autumnal photos today, I was struck by a few that evoked a sense of forest textures and layers. In each...

Chasing Light: Mixed media

On those mornings after the first big valley snowfall, I usually race around like crazy, trying to find a new vantage point to record...

Chasing Light: Bird’s-eye view

This past weekend I snagged a seat on an EcoFlight tour of proposed new Colorado wilderness areas. The bills that would create those new...