The essence of a landscape is an interesting thing. In the moment that you observe it, what seems important to the scene may change as you break down its beauty at the macro and micro scale. Often the tiny details of a landscape are the most interesting. In landscape photography, it is often my goal to focus on the small things by putting them in context of their surroundings.
These images have been captured from across the United States. You may be interested to see more by browsing my Fine Art American Landscape Gallery. If you enjoyed the aurora shots here, be sure to check out the Aurora Gallery which is always being updated!
A combination of purple sun-kissed aurora and the movement of stars over 90 minutes make this shot quite unique!
The lighting synapses and explodes within this cloud at the edge of a front.
The sun just sets on the longest day of the year, summer solstice, from the top of Finger Mountain, Dalton Highway, Alaska.
A reflection transmits off the water and through the icicles of the Chena River, Alaska.
Alaska Range from Fairbanks, Alaska
A large, stranded starfish waits for the turn of the water in Homer, Alaska.
A brilliant morning at Acadia National Park, Maine
A full-resolution panorama of Mount Denali as seen from Eilson Visitor Center, Denali National Park, Alaska.
Snow Creek Falls, Idaho.
A cabin is lit up during dark, clear, and very cold night in Fort Yukon, Alaska.
Looking back from the face of Matanuska Glacier, Alaska.
A full moon illumiates the shadows of tall black spruces at Black Spruce Dog Sledding, Fairbanks, Alaska.
A beautiful sunset and ocean scene along the coast of California.
A water-color conversion of the aurora borealis in Fairbanks, Alaska.
A large panorama showing off the Galaxy and the Aurora Borealis over Black Spruce Dogsledding.
With me in the front and the mountains in the back, this baby Longspur had nowhere to go.
Thinly clouded skies and a large moon offset this winter scene.
A compilation of of movment of the Northern Lights and the stars over 90 minutes in Alaska.
Alaskan Range Panoramic
An American Golden Plover sits over its territory north of Atigun Pass, Brooks Range, Alaska.
To the left of the image, the Yukon Flats is divided by the White Mountains.
A lone birch stands out from the edge at Creamer’s Field, Fairbanks, Alaska.
A long star trails on captures a spike of a aurora activity and the world as it spins around the north star. Fairbanks, Alaska.
The slow-flow of the braids of Donnelly Creek, Alaska in the twilight of spring.
A brilliant sunrise in a winter wonderland in Fairbanks, Alaska.
A rock island stands in front of the alpen glow in Alaska.
A long-dead black spruce stands testament to the longevity of trees once they pass. I love how its skeleton is silhouetted by the light of the aurora.
Beautiful light and scenery outside of Seward, Alaska.
A Narcissus Anemone stands in front of Mount Denali at the Eilson Visitor Center, Denali National Park, Alaska.
Windfarms in the sunset. Oregon.
The tundra of Alaska is renowned for its clouds of mosquitoes. During solstice they didnt’ dissappoint!
A lone spruce stands testament to the difficulties of surviving in the winter at and elevation on the Pinnell Mountain Trail, Twelvemile Summit, Alaska.
Alpine Arnica on the summit of a large hill in Denali National Park, Alaska.
40 miles into the White Mountains, Alaska, one of our sled dogs takes a chance to see what we are doing. Or maybe he’s looking at the amazing landscape behind us, too?
The northern edge of the Brooks Range up Atigun Gorge is lite by the solstice sun.
Mountains, blue sky, and a cold, clear river along the Richardson Highway.
I want nothing more than to walk the banks of this river all the way to the Alaska Range.
Marks of recession at the Athabascan Glacier, Canadian Rockies, Canada.
A panoromic stitch capturing a winter landscape, the aurora borealis, and the moon in Fairbanks, Alaska
Earlier in the night (about 10 PM) the galaxy was very bright and intersected a red and green display of the Northern Lights.
The sun swings low from Eagle Summit during the summer solstice north of the Arctic Circle.
A supermoon rise fuses with the sunset south of Atigun Pass, Brooks Range, Alaska.
A large covering of hoar frost in Midwestern Minnesota.
Cinquefoil waves in the breeze from the Polychrome Overlook in Denali National Park, Alaska.
A snow-covered spruce leans with the Aurora Borealis in Fairbanks, Alaska
The views from the highest points along the East Cost of the US – Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park, Maine
A heavy coating of hoar frost on the prairie of Minnesota.
A humpback whale does a full breach out of the water outside of Resurrection Bay, Seward, Alaska.
A cascade of water from Snow Creek Falls, Idaho.
The orange light of the Arctic winter provided the color to to filter this black and white image of Angle Rocks, Chena Ridge, Alaska.
A beautiful moonrise through the hoar frost of Twelvemile Summit, Alaska.
A lone birch stands as the focal points of this large panorama. The city lights of Fairbanks show up on the right.
A brilliant winter sunset along the Dalton Highway, Alaska.
Traces of the aurora borealis flow through the bright band of the Milky Way in Fairbanks, Alaska.
The sun swings low on the longest day of the year on the tundra of Alaska lighting up a Lousewort like a sundial.
A sunrise and a frozen lake on a late fall morning at Moose Mountain, Appalachian Trial, Maine.
A long star trails shows off the multitude of stars on a moonless night in Fairbanks, Alaska.
A single lily floats on the water in a midwestern lake.
Pure autumn gold of Alaskan Birches at Creamers Field, Fairbanks, Alaska.
The incredible and beautiful light of the Arctic Winter from the top of Angel Rocks, Chena Road, Alaska.
A mosaic hillside of color in Denali National Park
The sun does not even touch the horizon as it moves through the sky on the solstice and far above the Arctic Circle. Galbraith Lake, Brooks Range, Alaska.
A valley of ice on the Matanuska Glacier, Alaska.
Glacier Lilies nod their heads in front of the mountains and over Bowman Lake, Glacier National Park, Montana.
The Milky Way stands tall over this barn in Midwest Minnesota.
A stark stand of trees lit by winter, Arctic light.
Crowfoot Glacier sits high in the sun at Banff National Park, Canada.
A winter world on top of Murphy Dome, Alaska.
A long star-trail captures the winter wonderland in Fairbanks, Alaska and the north star.
180 degree panorama looking to the north.
Far above the Arctic Circle in Winter, I chose a different view of the world.
The front of a thunderstorm builds of Kenney Lake, Garrison, Minnesota.
A glacial stream flows out of the mountains near Atigun Pass, Brooks Range, Alaska
Rolling fog on the way to the Chiswell Islands outside of Seward, Alaska.
A Black-legged Kittiwake eyes me up along the beaches of Homer, Alaska.
A crystal clear stream flows from the mountains north of Atigun Pass, Brooks Range, Alaska.
Traces of the aurora borealis flow through the bright band of the Milky Way in Fairbanks, Alaska.
A meadowlark sings to an incredible midwestern sunset at Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Montana.
Beautiful Jaconbs Ladder in front of the Brooks Range, Atigun Pass, North Slope, Alaska.
A gray seal is surrounded by mountains as he suns himself outside of Seward, Alaska at Lowell Point.
An incredible sunrise off the coast of Maine the morning after Hurricane Sandy ravage the coast.
A winter scene is punctuated by a clear, moonless night and lots of stars!
A panorama of the critical wetlands that Kootenai NWR preserves.
I’m not sure where Cataract Falls originates from, but it is a beautiful contribution to the Northwestern Glacier region outside of Seward, Alaska.