My Image is going to be on T-shirts!
Recently I was chosen to be the in the final four images, out of thousands, for a contest called #52WEEKSOFNATURE by a company called Hippy Tree, www.hippytree.com, I was in the week #44 contest with a image I took at Grand Teton National Park. The voting took place over a four day period and you could vote via the website. I have to say it was pretty exciting and fun. I had a fun time messaging with the other three photographers all that weekend. With tremendous support from friends, co-workers, and my social media followers, my image came out of the gate with over 50% of the vote and never looked back! My winning image is now printed on t-shirts and sold worldwide! Go to www.hippytree.com and click on the 52WEEKSOFNATURE link at the top and look for the week #44 T-shirt.. and that’s me! Also on this site you can find my interview I did with Hippy Tree… Was such a fun experience.
The image is actually one of my favorite images I’ve taken. This was October in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming . It had been raining very hard for almost two days , so shooting was pretty much out the window. So and friend and I spent two days watching Netflix, or shopping in Jackson Hole. Looking at the forecast, it looked clear of rain the next day so we headed out to see if we could catch a good sunrise. Well, the rain may have been gone, but heavy cloud cover remained. We head lamped in to our spot, waited for a bit of light and tried to find a composition. After an hour or so of trying different comps, I finally settled on this one. I loved the depth, autumn colors mixed with some of the remining greens. The small angled pine tree in the foreground I just loved, add in the fallen logs from beavers as some foreground
interest.. and boom.. had my comp.
Then, I waited… The clouds were very dramatic, just what we were waiting for. But.. they completely covered the peaks. So we waited. Made coffee in the jet boil, ate some oatmeal. Had one Elk, a Moose pass through near us.. had a severe pucker moment when my friend swore a bear was stalking in on us. Turned out to be a beaver dragging a sapling. Finally , with the help of some winds.. The peaks showed them magnificent selves.. Camera already set up on the tripod hours before.. Turned her on.. 24-70 2.8 at 50mm, f7.1, 1/250sec … 2 second timer, hands off the camera.. and boom shot made. The original image is a much wider image. I cropped it to a 5x4 crop. I love the cropped version.
Was such a great hike, shoot and great time with my friends… and now its on t-shirts!!! So visit www.hippytree.com to read the interview and snag one of these shirts!!
