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Behind the Image

Stories behind individual photographs — light, weather, timing, composition and the experience of creating the image.

Morning light over the Teton Range at Schwabacher Landing reflected in calm water.

Behind the Image: Schwabacher Landing, Grand Teton

At Schwabacher Landing in Grand Teton National Park, the mountains and their reflections create a remarkable relationship between scale and stillness. Behind the photograph is a story about patience, changing light and the quiet balance that allows an immense landscape to feel unexpectedly intimate.
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Sunset afterglow over Lake Tahoe with the Sierra Nevada reflected across calm water.

Behind the Image: Tahoe Afterglow

The last light of sunset spreads across Lake Tahoe, reflecting warm color over the water as the Sierra Nevada settles into evening. Behind the photograph is a quieter story about timing, restraint and waiting for the landscape to become still.
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