Schooner Opal in front of the Sun Glacier in Scoresby Sound I had been thinking about this trip for years. Ever since I saw a photograph of a wooden schooner sailing in the fjords of Scoresby Sound, I knew I had to go. Ever since I saw a photograph of a wooden schooner sailing in the fjords of Scoresby Sound, I knew I had to g o. At the time I didn’t even know it was Scoresby Sound — I had to search to find the location — but it felt like the next step. Not another Iceland tr

Last updated: March 2026 I’ve been to Iceland seven times.The first time I went, I thought I was going to photograph waterfalls. I didn’t realize I was going to learn how to see. Iceland is one of the few places in the world where almost every hour of driving reveals something photographable. But that also creates a problem: there is too much . When photographers ask me where they should go, they usually expect a short list. The truth is, there isn’t one — but there are loca

Before I even launched the drone, I could hear my "subject." It was punching against Kinfish's hull in what sounded like some kind of arctic morse code. The ship wasn't so much sailing as it was negotiating with the ice for safe passage. But the ice is indifferent, cold, and unmoved by the boat and its passengers presence. Nevertheless, Kinfish soldiered on steadfast against the blows against her metal hull delivered by an uncaring and unrelenting Arctic Ocean. I intended to

I'm sure you've read or had read to you books by Dr Seuss, right? Well, I went to a place that felt like it was right out of once of his books, specifically Oh The Places You'll Go. Let me begin by saying that I've never seen a place like this. No place I've been looks anything like it, and it's located right here in America . The Bentonite Hills in southern Utah look like someone took a giant paintbrush and painted big circular patterns on the hills in different colors. Then

I've wanted to visit Maelifell, also know as the big green mountain in Iceland , for years. It's striking in all the photos I've seen of it... imagine brilliant solid green pyramid/cone jutting out of a black sand plain that stretches for miles in all directions, and it's standing as a sentinel guard to the Myrdalsjokull glacier behind it. The problem is getting to the dang thing. Iceland has many beautiful and diverse landscapes all contained on a relatively small location c