Tetons, at Last Big Bend The image was created using

The image was created using a short focus stack to maintain clarity in the mid-ground while allowing the near foreground to fall softly out of focus

with warm tones lingering in the sky while shadows settled into the canyon walls

Buildings stack into one another

Elevation shifts rapidly from the Chihuahuan Desert floor to the peaks of the Chisos Mountains

It stands apart from how I approach photography today

Tetons, at Last Big Bend The image was created usingGrand Teton National Park, Wyoming This photograph was made at the very end of my first photography expedition. From the beginning, the Grand Tetons were meant to be the final stop. Months earlier, when I first pointed my vehicle west, this was the place I had circled as the end of the road. Getting here nearly didnt happen. By the time I reached Wyoming, I was completely out of money. I had borrowed what I could just to keep moving. Before that, I