White Crane Photography

There were still some fall colors showing along the Sauk River not far from Darrington just a couple of weeks ago.

You can find beautiful images in surprising places. It’s a good reason to have a camera with you at all times, and to always keep your eyes open… and see, rather than merely looking around.

This weekend’s Feeding Crane seminar was pretty intense, since it was around 10 hours of training in two days, most of it Gung-Li exercises. We were fortunate to be training in this beautiful dojo, the home of the Shaolin Hung Mei in Boulder, Colorado. Here, Shifu Liu Chang I, Grand Master of Feeding Crane, is demonstrating a footwork exercise.

On a backpacking trip in September, I had an opportunity to visit Image Lake. I was up with the false dawn, and up by the lake before the sun crested the horizon. The lake calmed as I looked for a vantage point that showcased Glacier Peak dramatically over the lake, and started setting up my 4×5. There wasn’t much color that morning, and due to the hazy clouds the alpenglow was subtle, but the dramatic clouds make for a beautiful shot nonetheless. The slides I sent to the lab should be back pretty soon, and I’ll see about getting the negatives to Panda Lab this week. It may be possible to add a large print to my display at Art on the Ridge, and if so I’m hoping that it will be one of the images from this trip.