Literature is a tremendous source of inspiration for my photography.  Writers like Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, Sigurd Olson, and John Burroughs have tremendously eloquent and poetic observations of the natural world.  Sometimes I’ll read a passage and become inspired to seek out a photograph; other times it will remind me of one of my older photographs.

To me, photography is much more than creating images – it’s about opening up all of my senses and becoming receptive to the beauty of the natural world.

This is a quote from Sig Olson.  I was on a trip through the Tracy Arm in southeast Alaska.  One of the stops was South Sawyer Glacier.  When we got somewhat close to the glacier (you have to keep your distance in case of a calving), the captain shut down the engine so we could observe and listen to the glacier.