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Created from 105 individual exposures taken over many hours, "New York Transitions I" captures the dawn of a new day in New York City. I wanted to portray the magic of the skyline at both nighttime and daytime in a single image so I planned to create a VAST photo that transitioned from night to day as you move from left to right in the image. Furthermore, I wanted to create the photo at a special time when the city looked particularly radiant, so I waited for a snowstorm to gild the city in white.

Heavy clouds thick with snow blanketed the sky on an unusually cold morning. After reviewing the forecast for many inches of snow followed by a sudden clearing of the sky at night, I decided to prepare for a photoshoot of the city from the top of one of the tallest buildings between downtown Manhattan and the iconic Midtown Manhattan skyline... read more

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The Vallée de la Clarée is a beautiful alpine valley in the eastern Haute-Alpes department along the French-Italian border, close to the town of Briançon. The valley is lined with meadows and larch trees, which are the only coniferous trees in Europe whose needles change to a beautiful golden orange color before falling off for winter. The valley itself ranges in elevation from 1,400 to 2,000 meters (4,593 to 6,561 ft.) but is bordered to the west by peaks ranging from 2,800 to 2,900 meters (9,186 to 9,514 ft.) and to the east by peaks ranging from 2,300 to 2,400 meters (7,545 to 7,874 ft.).

Due to the elevation, the valley has a late spring with a short summer, which causes many of the hiking trails to be inaccessible to all but the most experienced alpinists and snowshoers until June. The dark brown and gray tones of the jagged peaks of the Massif de Cerces and the leafless larch trees contrast with the snow-draped slopes to create a magnificent if austere scene. As with all alpine environments, the weather changes rapidly and showers can move in and layer the slopes with even more snow.

It is this austere environment that I sought to capture and portray with this image. I was moved by the cold and harsh yet beautiful environment surrounding me. As I hiked up the mountain through the snow and heavily laden with my equipment, I slipped multiple times and struggled to breathe in the thinner air but was sure of my path with the solid rock beneath my feet... read more

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