B Roll in the Tetons

I was up Jackson yesterday exploring the new Teton Ice Park on assignment for the Roundup. Run by an Exum lead guide, the Ice Park is set back in a quiet corner of Snow King. I was lucky enough to spend an awesome afternoon at the park with staff and kids from the local middle school. The light was very challenging – we were in the shadow of the mountain, and the ice combined with the shadow to create very dark, blue photography conditions. It was a good challenge.

I’m pretty happy with the photo series; look for the images to be posted here in the next few days.

I was due in Jackson mid-morning for a meeting, so left Pinedale early enough to catch sunrise on the Tetons. While the sunrise itself left something to be desired (cold, hard light with no clouds to filter), I bummed around childhood haunts near Moose for a while shooting, and then stopped by the elk refuge as the light came over the hills.

Photography in the winter is tough – a lack of color and contrast can make for blown out, dreary pictures. This is a great time of year to get creative and push your artistic limits. Some of these images I played with focus; on the river image opting for manual focus, keeping it slightly out of ‘sharp.’ I think, in this instance, it worked.