Tag: Mountains

The Leica Q2 visits the Pacific Northwest: Vancouver, British Columbia

Vancouver, the first stop on a tour of the Pacific Northwest, is a gleaming modern city, surrounded by areas of outstanding natural beauty. Regardless of genre, visiting photographers will find no shortage of spectacular sights to capture.

The significance of insignificance

Whatever feelings of grandeur or catastrophic worries might fly around in the mind, the sight of rugged peaks around me immediately brings perspective. Maybe this is because the landscape I grew up in is a flat as a pancake, or maybe this is something that happens to people who have lived in the mountains all their lives...

Crossing the Tibetan Plateau in 1933: The story of an enchanting journey back to India

In 1977, Chris was privileged to hear at first hand a story of the 1933 Everest expedition which came nine years after the ill-fated Mallory and Irvine attempt. Sir Hugh Bousted, the storyteller, was a remarkable man in so many different ways...

Vallouise: Summer hikes in the Ecrins national park

France: Vallouise and the mountain walks

Small Sensor = Think Differently

Big sensor, small sensor, big camera, small camera: The decision process becomes acute when you have to carry all your gear at ultra-high altitudes. Wayne made the choice in the early days of digital photography.