Telluride, Colorado is pretty on the ugliest day imaginable, but add a bit of sunlight and aspens in gradients of green, orange, yellow and red, and you’ll wonder why you still live in the midwest. Or at least I do, because I live in the midwest.
Flying in to Telluride’s airport on a small prop plane.
For seven days in September 2012, I worked on a commercial campaign shoot for a major US brewery in Telluride, Colorado. We slept at an altitude of 9,500′ (2900 m) and spent most of our time higher than that, exploring and shooting/filming waterfalls, snow-crested basins and mountain passes. Workdays were long and exhausting, but in scenery like this alongside colleagues you know and trust, who really cares?
In the course of our work, we ascended Imogene Pass (13,114′ / 3997 m) by jeep three times, shot the same pass from a helicopter, ate well and laughed a lot.
A view of Mt. Wilson (14,246′).
Autumn Aspens in Telluride, Colorado.
Ophir Wall
Bridal Veil Falls
Sprinting down the path for a shot before the fog clears.
Gold King Basin falls into shadow.
The road to Tomboy, the mining ghost town above Telluride and just below Imogene Pass.
enjoying myself in an iPhone 5 panorama (courtesy of Foxtrot Images)
The Sneffels Range, viewed from Imogene Pass.
sunset at Imogene Pass.
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