IAN LIPTON

Sunrise for day two was scheduled for Crystal Lake in the San Juan National Forest. Waking up early is just a part of being a landscape phot

Our plan was to head out from Boulder, stop in Carbondale, Crested Butte, Ouray, Ridgway, and Telluride before turning back and heading home

I woke up early the next morning, because if I was going to break my back carrying 20 pounds of camera equipment deep into the wilderness yo

From here we could see our destination but the fun was just starting. Once we got to the treeline we knew where we wanted to go, but navigat

I decided that I just don't quite have enough shots of the flatirons (a fairly iconic geologic feature that Boulder is famous for) so wh

The destination was Lake Dorothy. It's accessed from the Fourth of July Trailhead just outside of Nederland, Colorado and at 12,061 feet

It's been awhile since I've written about anything other than traveling through China but about 10 days ago I went out for an early...