1.29.2012 Big Sky
It’s been an unnaturally warm, windy, and dry winter in southwest Montana. Pre-season, the weather guys couldn’t stop talking about how this “La Nina” winter was going to bring more banner snowfall, cold temps, and winter conditions to much of the northwestern part of the country. That prediction has failed miserably. Bridger Bowl has received 88″ of [...]
1.27.2012 Bridger Bowl
Bridger was eerily similar to the East Coast today. The snow on the lower mountain was very heavy and wind-affected. Anywhere that the wind was able to scour was scraped down to hardpack and was almost unskiable. I hiked up B-Route once to Sluice Box. It was a gorgeous bluebird day and the views from the top of [...]
2011 Year in Review
Prompted by this thread over at the New School of Photography, I put together a set of pictures summarizing 2011 month-by-month. I tried to pick images that represent what that month was for me. It’s a mix of cell-phone shots and more serious, though-out shots. Not all of them have been processed and sharpened so [...]
Grand Prismatic Spring & New Camera
I finally got the shot of the Grand Prismatic Spring that I’ve been looking to get for a couple of months. Walking along the bike path from the Fairy Falls trailhead, I followed a worn path up a steep hillside into a ridge overlooking the Midway Geyser Basin. The view was tremendous and I took [...]
The Big Sky
Sometimes the scale of the mountains in Montana absolutely blows me away. This panorama was shot on the road to the Beehive Basin trailhead looking across the valley to Lone Peak and the surrounding mountains. Adobe‘s Content Aware Fill can really make panoramas a lot easier. In this case, I didn’t capture as much of [...]
“Spring” Skiing
Spring in Bozeman has brought us several back-to-back snow storms that have dumped several feet of snow in the mountains and in town. April 8 in Bozeman It snowed all day and all night and I woke up to easily a foot of snow in Bozeman. The drive up the canyon to Big Sky was [...]
Mad Wolf
5″ or so of cold smoke fell last night and it was a good day to work. I took this picture while ski cutting the Mad Wolf cornice under bluebird skies and had a total “I can’t believe this is my job” moment.
Skiing in Color
I reworked one of my images from the Mt. Blackmore trip and processed it in color instead of black & white. I’ve really been enjoying black & white processing lately, but I thought this was worth sharing too.
Montana Cyclocross in Black & White
I’ve made a small microsite for the best of my pictures from the 2010 cyclocross season. I culled 14 of my best pictures and converted them to black and white. The site is here: Cyclocross 2010.
Springhill Road
Last night I drove out to Springhill Road north of Bozeman to try and get away from the light pollution of the city. Parked on the edge of a pasture, I took several photos. It was actually kinda creepy as the pasture was full of coyotes that were yipping away quite angrily. This agitated several [...]
Short Hike to the M
What a difference in Montana this fall. About a year ago I played hooky from class and hiked up to the top of the ridge below Mt. Baldy. There was about three feet of snow on the ridge and more falling as I was hiking. This year there was absolutely no snow…and it hit about [...]
New Lens: Olympus Zuiko OM 100-200 f/5
I picked up a new lens on eBay this morning…$35 for a practically mint telephoto lens. I’m psyched. With the 2x crop inherent to the 4/3rds system sensor, this will be a 200-400mm lens. I’m really looking forward to trying this lens out at night and while skiing. I guess I’ll have to get pretty [...]
Hiking Sacagawea
So, finally, after three attempts, I summited Sacajawea. My father and I have tried, my mother and I have tried, and Alex and I have tried. All three times turned back by snow. Well, I made it this time. Here’s the GPS tracks. The full image gallery is here. Summary stats for the hike from [...]
Winter Stoke
Snow has been flying here in Bozeman and the Bridgers have been coated more than once this September. I thought it was time for some winter stoke to get psyched for the coming ski season. This picture is of Sam skiing the meadows above the fingers last October 29th. Here’s hoping that this early season [...]
Yellowstone Last November
I took the photos that I shot last November in northern Yellowstone and reworked them in Lightroom. I have some refreshes of previous photos, and some new ones that I somehow missed when I originally took the pictures. This picture is a rework of a very similar image I took in November. The trees and [...]
Bozeman Cityscape
I shot this last week from the top of the parking garage in downtown Bozeman and failed to see the interesting graffiti in the background. Oh well. B&W Film.
Big Sky Ripping
I posted briefly a while ago with a panorama taken at Big Sky on the last week of February. The post detailing our run is here and the rest of the pictures are below. Tucker at the end of the traverse scoping out our line Skiing above The Bowl and Turkey Traverse Tucker charging down [...]
Big Sky Briefly
Tucker and I skied Big Sky on Saturday and made all of one run during the three and a half hours we were there. We took lifts to the top of Lone Peak and then skied down the Otter Traverse to the top of the Dictator Chutes. We put tracks down one of these chutes [...]
Some Photos from Last Week’s Ridge Hike
Last week I managed to secure a beacon for a couple of days of skiing off of Bridger’s vaunted Ridge. Tuesday, Clare, Taylor, and I hiked up from the top of the Slushman’s lift to ski some day old powder down to The Fingers. The view from the top of the Ridge was stunning. The [...]
2nd Round of Prints – F Stop and Depth of Field
Our second week assignment for photography class was to toy around with F-stop and depth of field, two aspects of photography that I’ve always been interested in. I brought my camera to PetCo and shot some birds.
First Black & White Print
Today, I printed my first black and white print while part of the MSU Photography program. I’ve been processing and printing black and white film for the better part of three years now, but MSU’s equipment, protocol, and processes are slightly different (and apparently slightly less reliable). All of which resulted in a pretty “interesting” [...]
Slushmans
Tucker and I rented beacons, probes, and shovels today and headed up to Bridger for our first Slushman’s run of the season. Slushman’s is the new chair (formerly the Peruvian Lift at Alta) that Bridger installed last season to the south of Pierre’s Knob. It accesses some great, un-demarcated, patrolled terrain. Beacons are required to [...]
Outdoor Pursuits Photography Contest
The Outdoor Pursuits floor of Roskie Hall runs a photography contest every year, sponsored by Outside Bozeman and several shops around town. My six entries are below. Yeah! Photo: David Howland Skier: Sam Willits Alex Photo: David Howland Skier: Alex Davis Looming Photo: David Howland Strangled Photo: David Howland Circle Photo: David Howland Hiking Photo: [...]
