My grandparents used to live in Estes Park, Colorado with amazing views like this from their back porch. Estes will always be one of the most beautiful places on earth. This was taken one calm and quiet

Here is another shot of Magdy, our Bedouin guide who took us around the Sahara desert. This oasis is called magic spring or something like that, and is an awesome little oasis in the middle of the desert.

While walking around the farmlands of my ancestors in Norway, I stopped by the lake where there was a field of Lupine flowers. Even though it was overcast and rainy, these gorgeous flowers stood out in

During one of the cold winter months, I took a trip down to Cancun, Mexico to get a little sunshine. This was my first ever trip to any place tropical, so I was completely amazed about everything. Going

This is one of the first tries with a lightbox I built, and first try shooting infinity/product type shots. I had some fresh strawberries in the fridge, and figured, why not throw them in the lightbox.

For today's photo contest, I enter this photo I took one summer evening. It was completely calm, a beautiful temperature... perfect opportunity to paddle around the lake watching the sun set. I don't think

I was credentialed for a few years to shoot the RedBull Crashed Ice races up in Minnesota. Man what a fun time it was, the racers are all hockey players, tough as hell (you HAVE to be in this sport, people

This is Magdy, taking a break, taking in the magnificent view of the desert. He is local Bedouin who was our guide on our voyage across the Sahara desert in a 4x4. I will never forget this trip or Magdy,

One day I was playing around with a macro lens, trying to find things to shoot, when I realized you never see many egg photos. So to the fridge I went! I carefully cracked the top off, hoping to see some

@everlove challenged me to a B&W challenge, and while I never do these types of things as I can never actually finish them (the last time it took me 4 months to finally post the final image from a

On one of my journeys, we stayed in a VERY old house in the Tuscan countryside, where you are required to own and harvest olive trees as part of the agreement. After having harvested about 100 olive trees

Here is my entry to @Juliank's animalphotography photo contest. The neighbors own a couple horses and our family lets them graze in the meadow, so I get to hang out with these horses once in a while. This

One chilly april evening, I went exploring to see some of the flooding around town due to the Red River having its yearly flood. Here is a farmer's field outside of Fargo, completely flooded, with a setting

I was up on the north shore of lake superior, scouting locations to capture the Perseid meteor shower. I was on a small rocky peninsula on the lakefront, and noticed the tiny city behind me had this nice

I was credentialed for a few years to shoot the RedBull Crashed Ice races up in Minnesota. Man what a fun time it was, the racers are all hockey players, tough as hell (you HAVE to be in this sport, people

During my second voyage through Egypt, I shot this photo of a guest during our 4x4 trip through the Sahara. We loaded into a local bedouin's off-road vehicle and headed out on a 2 day journey through the

I'm going to hit up both categories in one entry :) This is a slice of a blood orange I had put in my macro setup. And no I didn't pump up the saturation or vibrancy, they are both at 0 Camera: Nikon D700

We loaded into a local bedouin's off-road vehicle and headed out on a 3 day journey through the Sahara Desert. We left the highway 4 hours from Cairo and spent the day diving over the sand, only seeing

One day during my trip to Rome, I was wandering around the streets and came upon this. I'm not sure what grabbed my attention, but I took this shot. I don't usually shoot pictures like this as its not

My entry to the #foodphotography contest sponsored by @juliank is this simple kiwi: Camera: Nikon D700 Lens: 90mm macro lens Shutter Speed: .3 secconds Aperture: f/16 ISO: 200 And to give an idea of my