McClure Pass in Colorado with autumn aspens and evening sun

Carbondale, Colorado

Dawn Breaking

First light does the tops first. For a few minutes at McClure Pass the peaks are lit and everything under them — the whole slope, the valley, the aspens you actually came for — is still sitting in cold blue shadow, and then the line comes down and it’s over.

We left the hotel at half past six to be up there for it. End of September 2018, based in Crested Butte, and we’d hit it at absolute peak: the aspens fully turned, no green left holding out, none of it gone over yet. That window is about a week wide and it moves every year.

Just the two of us up there. Nobody else stopped.

Nikon D7200 · Sigma 18-35mm · 22mm · f/13 · 1/20 sec · ISO 100

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Available as a limited edition fine art print, produced on demand in four finishes. Full sizing and materials are on the prints page.

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Each image is released as a limited edition of 50 — that's 50 pieces total, across every size and every finish combined, not 50 of each. When an edition closes, that image is retired and never offered as a print again. A few signature images are released in smaller editions.

Outside that count, I keep one Artist's Proof of each image for myself. It's occasionally available by private request, at a premium.

Every piece is numbered and comes with a matching signed and numbered Certificate of Authenticity. Paper prints are signed by hand before they ship; the face-mounted pieces travel straight from the lab to you, so the certificate carries the signature rather than the panel.

As an edition sells down, the price steps up. The earliest pieces of an edition carry the lowest price.

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Lumachrome Face-mounted to TruLife acrylic

The deepest, most luminous finish I offer. It's especially suited to backlit scenes, where the glow comes about as close to the real light as a print can get. Arrives ready to hang.

Best for: Deep color, dramatic light, anything you want to stop people in their tracks.

Chromaluxe Dye-sublimation on aluminum

The most durable finish, with color that reaches beyond what standard prints can show, so bright scenes, water, and big skies come off the panel. Arrives ready to hang.

Best for: Bright scenes, water, snow, big skies. Also the most durable option.

Supralume High-gloss canvas on aluminum composite

Canvas texture with the fine detail and deep blacks of a gloss print. Arrives ready to hang.

Best for: Texture and detail — rock, bark, forest, anything intricate.

Fine Art Paper Canson Infinity Rag Photographique, 310 gsm cotton

100% cotton rag, hand-signed, and shipped unframed for your own framer.

Best for: Quieter work, black and white, and anyone with a framer they trust.

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Frame 17 of 24

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