Deconstructing Zion
A long time ago in a galaxy far far away, I was an architect–not a marine biologist. Even further from that point, I was in school to become an architect. My parents figured architecture would be a great major for me because I loved to draft in high school. What my parents didn’t realize, and [...]
Duality – China
There is this heavy metal band that I listen to on a regular basis named Slipknot and they have a song titled “Duality”. This song alternates between the heavy metal that most would dub “noise” and a calmer, completely comprehendible singing, hence the name. I have been thinking of this song for most of the [...]
Do You Know What this Photo Has to Do With…
the new iPhone 4? The answer is not that it was taken with an iPhone 4 or any phone for that matter. You can guess, I dare you.
Getting Lost in Bisti
I have navigated through Denali National Park for 10 days and maintained my whereabouts. I have flown multiple aircraft across most of the United States and arrived at my destination without fail. This past weekend was a different for some reason, maybe some weird star was misaligned in the universe. I managed to visit a [...]
Exposures – Guy Tal
“Exposures is collection of essays and images, originally published in various online sites, blogs, and newsletters as well as some mainstream publications. As the sands of the Internet shift and pile and overtake, I decided to preserve some of these writings in print in the hope that they continue to be interesting and useful. Although [...]
A New Year’s Post – Resisting is Futile
I have taken close to a hundred black and white images in 20 years of photographing. Yep, 100. That is it. I don’t even think it’s a recognizable percent of my total images to date. My old excuse was that I didn’t want to house another film in a fridge that was already packed with [...]
Yellowstone Image Makes Honors
Jay has just received a Bronze award in the 2009 International Aperture Awards Competition for this image that highlights the foliage re-growth in Yellowstone National Park since the 1988 wildfires. Jay took the photo from above the Lewis River, near the south entrance of the park, this past summer as a thunderstorm was clearing at [...]
December 2009 Photo of the Month
Last week the rain that we have been engulfed in for over six weeks just decided to up and clear one afternoon. I was so shocked that I almost didn’t grab my camera and head out. I was “too busy working on the computer”,”in a van, down by the river” and did not want to [...]
New Image on Darwin Wiggett’s Blog
I have a new image that was just posted on Canadian Photographer Darwin Wiggett’s blog. To view it and read about it click here.
The Beach
I recently wrote a blog post about this amazing sunset that occurred during a workshop that I taught in Olympic National Park this fall. A friend of mine, Younes Bounhar, told me that he was bummed that I hadn’t posted an image of that sunset yet. Well, here is one of the images from that evening. [...]
Last Week-Rain, This Week-Rain, Next Week-Rain
We have returned home from the dry side of the Cascades, leaving the sun and beautiful colors of the Painted Hills behind. The weather in the Pacific Northwest is needless to say a little wet. In order to welcome us here, the rainfall average is 68% above normal. I wanted moisture. Always be careful what you [...]
Oregon²-This Place is Awesome!
Once we lost the sun due to the oncoming weather finally breaching the Cascade Range, I grabbed my 600mm and started to create abstracts of this amazing place. The first rule of photography-never stop shooting, even when you lose what you think is the best light of the day. The Painted Hills possess unlimited photographic [...]
Oregon
I am currently traveling around Oregon with a close friend. We wanted to escape the rain and wind that is bombarding Northern Washington in hopes of finding some sunrise or sunset light. Based on weather models and forecasts we decided that Eastern Oregon on the other side of the Cascades might give us what we [...]
Day One
This past Saturday I dusted off the skis, woke up really early, and headed off to Mount Baker for my first Northern Washington ski experience. I have been to Alaska many times before so I had an idea of what maritime snowpack is like. Mount Baker has received a huge amount of snow so far [...]
And then there were Arches…
Yesterday I was in Arches National Park photographing locations and compositions that I see less frequently than some of the most obvious. I sat at Turret Arch waiting for the sun to rise for what seemed like an eternity. The pink through red sandstone sat dull and mediocre at best until close to 30 minutes [...]
August 2009 Photo of the Month
I have been really busy working for commercial clients, which has kept me at the computer screen for what seems like years now, even though it has only been a couple of weeks. A few days ago I got to escape to shoot the sunset about 5 miles from my house in an area where [...]
Yellowstone to Seattle
Last week I was in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks working on an upcoming project. I shot this image at Mammoth Hot Springs. Faster than I knew, I arrived in Seattle, and began searching for images in Olympic and Mount Rainier National Parks. Stay tuned, for more posts, I will be here until the [...]
Jay is an internationally published and celebrated photographer and writer. His work focuses on architecture, nature, and adventure. His clients have included fortune five hundred companies, trade publications, national and international magazines and books, graphic designers, architects, builders, commercial printers, and many others.