My photographic mind has not been thinking about landscape images lately…It has been focused on film making and bird photography…and mainly up in the Sax-Zim Bog.

But an email tip from Paul Sundberg about the ice-covered trees up the North Shore at Tettegouche State Park got me thinking about landscapes again. It was the “best ice in 10 years,” Paul said. But, alas, Continue Reading

A quinzhee is an old Ojibwa Indian hunting shelter. When men were out hunting big game in the winter, they necessarily traveled light and brought no shelter with them. The quinzhee could be built in a few hours. First you mound up a huge pile of snow (We did it with a grain scoop; the Ojibwa did it with their snowshoes). Then a few hours later you hollow it out. Continue Reading

Yes, I’m Mr. February 2011…No, not THAT kind of Mr. February! But it was actually quite an honor since I’m in the company of world-famous Nat’l Geographic photographer Jim Brandenburg (Mr. November), Canadian adventurer/photographer Gary McGuffin (Mr. December) and my good friends Paul Sundberg (Mr. January) and Chris Gibbs (Mr. March).

This beautiful wall calendar is Continue Reading