5 Days of Fall: Photo Essay

Some weeks are a bit more full then others...  It is still a blur so thought I would try to make sense of it...

On Thursday of last week I climbed a Flatiron at sunrise in Colorado (after sleeping in the front seat of my rental car) and then managed a route on Devils Tower in Wyoming climbing with camera and managed the rappel in darkness...

By Saturday (after sleeping in the economy rental car at the border) I was in Boulder Canyon getting worked on Castle Rock (but got to spend a bit of quality time w my best friend in Colorado)...

Nauhual ready to send at Castle Rock

Sunday I was documenting with stills the Concert Across America To End Gun Violence in Santa Barbara. From 11am until 2 am I managed a couple thousand images. The concert sold out!

Ulises Bella of Ozomatli backstage waiting for an encore...

The real rockstar of the night for me was Bill Allen who was also documenting the event. Bill spent 10 years as editor in chief at National Geographic

I got to re-register to vote (I have moved so many times and was most recently a resident of Denmark so it made sense to)

Monday morning at 7 am I was running three miles of steep trails for a an apparel company shooting two uber fit runners...

I Have Come Here To Bleed

Recent publication for the winter issue of Ojai Quarterly Magazine... It has been great that for over four years now I have been able to write and shoot a feature for every issue on wilderness explorations, trails, enviro groups, local luminaries etc... Grab a copy if you see one. Barnes and Nobles etc...

Expansive Views and Finer Details

Expansive views and finer details... 

Exploring many new and long since visited spots in the Los Padres these last few weeks... The Sespe Wilderness, Nordhoff Ridge and Pratt Trail... 

Subtle detail, filigree and backlit spaces.

Much magic in the finer details.

Sweat dripping off the nose, the smell of sage and sumac cut at trailside.

Sunrise mist seen from a ridge top... 

The eve of departure and I already look forward to the return...