Don't Go Chasing Waterfalls width-30 I started with a preconception

I started with a preconception of what I wanted to achieve - an intimate portrait of an aggressive cougar and worked backwards from there

20 x 15 x 15

size 3 3/4

turquoise and lapis

but I do want to celebrate some of the tribal elders I have had the fortune to encounter in the last month

Don't Go Chasing Waterfalls width-30 I started with a preconceptionAlaska, 2022 LARGE 37 x 103 Unframed 52 x 118 Framed Edition of 12 STANDARD 25 x 69 Unframed 40 x 84 Framed Edition of 12 I find photographing bears in Alaska both challenging and humbling. There are many reasons for this: unpredictable salmon run; nasty backdrops and the difficulty of being authentic. Alaska may seem a final frontier, but it is a well trodden path for photographers and there is little merit in taking another down ward picture of a