Lake City Landscapes is my third book, but its release marks a departure from the design (and printing partner) of the first two. With a larger format to work with, I hand selected dozens of images without technical or artistic flaws to represent the perfect wilderness that I experience on my adventures into the largely unexplored back country that surrounds us.
 

I can remember the story behind every single shot that made the cut for Lake City Landscapes. Sometimes I hiked all day to reach a certain unnamed ridge, and other shots were the result of waiting for wildlife and lighting to co-operate, or simply watching the shadows of clouds pass over a distant mountain. Customers will find new perspectives of familiar scenes alongside equally beautiful landscapes (or night sky, macro and of course wildlife) that are far from the roads.
 

Instead of the seasonal/chronological approach of previous books, I decided to use a less linear layout. Each pair of facing images is loosely linked with either a complimentary or contrasting scene. I hope that the reader has a more immersive experience with this approach. I try to avoid photographic cliches and filters in my work, not least because it feels dishonest to misrepresent an already perfect scene. I'm never afraid of the hard work that goes into a wilderness shot, and I firmly believe that any artist should be obsessed by the search for perfection in his or her work. That all-or-nothing approach carried me across the San Juan Solstice finish line, and drove me to create a book with no compromises - something I would want to buy, and something I could be proud of years after the release.
 

The book is available at several Lake City locations. Lake City Trading Company, San Juan Delights, Sage and Timber and (new for 2017) Sportsman Outdoors (see map here). It can also be purchased directly from me online (I'll be glad to sign a copy - just ask). Read more here.

 

An accompanying calendar is also available! The 2018 edition of Scenes from the San Juans was designed at the same time as the book, and features an even better range of photographs than the previous edition.

These new items are joined by a growing range of other From The High Country products now available in Lake City and online. You can read more about those here. These are in addition to my regular print offerings, but you already know about those!