CONTEST WINNER – ALASKA AIRLINES MAGAZINE

May 2016
I placed first in this year’s Showcase 2016, the 24th annual photo contest. The fun news is that the first place prize is two round-trip, first class tickets to anywhere they fly…hmm, Costa Rica or Hawaii, tough decisions!  I call this photo “OMG Glacier Calve”: As the Johns Hopkins Glacier calves, a kayaker paddles away from the massive falling ice blocks. The long lens that I was using compresses one’s distance perspective and makes things seem closer together than they really are. It seems unbelievable, but to my surprise the kayaker just appeared in front of the glacier as it started its massive calve. The kayaker was not hurt or even in danger. There are two rules of photography at work here in this image: Serendipity happens (1), and, if you don’t go you will never get the photo (2), so go out there! Thanks for visiting and thank you, Alaska Airlines