Mt. Moran, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming © Jay Goodrich

The Teton Range rises abruptly over Jackson Hole. Dominated by the Grand Teton, they are the most dramatic escarpment in the lower 48.

There is much more than stunning scenery in the Jackson Hole area. The meadows and marshes are frequented by moose and elk, bears roam the woods, and deer abound. Ansel Adams captured one of his signature images above a bend in the Snake River with the backlit Tetons looming in the distance.

I will be teaching a photo workshop with premier nature photographer and television host Art Wolfe and associate instructors John Greengo, Gavriel Jecan in an intensive four day workshop in one of the world’s most beautiful locations. This workshop is designed for the serious amateur and semiprofessional photographer. Expect days of long, but enjoyable hours, photographing from early morning until sunset.

The workshop is limited to only 12 people so don’t delay. For more info visit my workshop page on the trip or visit the Art Wolfe Workshop Website. To sign up visit Art Wolfe’s online store.

Art Wolfe Portrait © Jay Goodrich

Today you can read part one of a three part post over at Art Wolfe’s Blog from an interview he and I had recently. We discussed everything from new projects he is working on to his take on the current status of the stock industry.

We Are Never Alone, Moab, UT © Jay Goodrich

This past weekend I had some time to catch up on a little reading and discovered some really cool postings from friends and colleagues. Friend and photographer Darwin Wigget has a great post with a couple of must reads, one is the link on Photoshop CS5 and the other is a post that his better half Samantha Chrysanthou has on her blog. Next, friend Jim Goldstein interviewed Art Wolfe about his book Migrations. It is a really well spoken piece for both. On Art’s site every Monday there is a Vanishing Act post. And if you check out Rob Galbraith’s blog and you are a Canon user, you will now know where to find those special mugs from the Olympics in Vancouver. And if you can’t find them there you can always order $200 worth of Canon Gear from Canon Canada and they will include one for free. In addition, friend and Canadian photographer, Younes Bounhar has been making me jealous, so why not visit his blog and view some of his new work.

As for me, this is a week of FREEDOM! (for the record I am really sad and missing them greatly) Heather is in Colorado until Sunday with the kids, making the only thing I have to take care, besides myself, is the dog. Tomorrow I will be at Mount Baker hopefully partaking in a huge amount of new snow, Wednesday I am going to Second Beach and hopefully the Hoh, Thursday and Friday I am going to try and get some images of those tulips here in the Skagit. I will obviously keep you posted.

Art Wolfe Photography Workshops

Art Wolfe has just announced a new workshop website in which he and a few others will be leading tours and workshops around the world. Click here to have a look. I am one of the five instructors he has selected to help with the mission. Stay tuned for more updates and future plans.

We are proud to announce two new workshop/tours for the summer of 2010. For more information click the links below to see all of the details of the trips.

The Bears of Lake Clark National Park, July 21-27, 2010

The Altiplano of Chile, August 6-13, 2010

Those who know me best know that I have been friends with Art Wolfe for some time now. He was a huge inspiration before I even had a career in photography and now our relationship has turned into a great friendship. I have spent the last 10 days with him traveling around Washington, sometimes photographing, sometimes driving (12+ hours straight one day), sometimes working and more often than not, laughing. I can count on him to make me laugh to the point that my stomach muscles are sore by time our trips are over. He invokes a drive in me to work harder and push my creativity farther than ever before. Sitting and watching the world pass you by is not an option for Art nor is it even in his vocabulary.

Here are two more photos from Mount Rainier National Park. The star trails image resulted in only 3 hours of sleep in order to be at Reflection Lake for sunrise. The high pressure that has been in place in the Pacific Northwest gave way briefly one evening to produce enough clouds for an unbelievable sunset. I now get to go home for a month, shoot a bunch of architecture projects, and catch up on running my business before it all starts again in Grand Teton National Park when Art, Gavriel Jecan, and I will be leading a workshop together. The whirlwind never stops…

Two days ago Younes Bounhar and I spent the day trekking into Eunice Lake in Mount Rainier National Park to photograph the sunset. The day was a a bit of an “epic” due to the fact that the snow was still about 6 feet deep along the trail and closer to 10 feet deep once we got up to the lake itself. For most of the day we were cursing our friend Art who gave us all of the information and advice regarding how to get there, but in the end his wisdom out weighed our naivete. We thought that there was no way that we could capture Mount Rainier in the reflection of the lake at sunset because it was still frozen over. As we made our way around the lake we discovered a spot that yielded more than we could have ever thought possible.

Once the light faded at about 9:30pm, we walked out with our headlamps on, regularly yelling aloud, to wake up any sleeping black bears that we might sneak up on along the way. We began our day at about 10am and arrived back at Art’s house a 2am. A long day, but one we will surely remember for years to come.