Photographer: Jon Cornforth, Seattle Image Title: Bishop Petroglyph at Sunrise Category: Landscape   Technical Details: Pentax 67II medium format camera, 45mm lens, f/22 for 20 seconds, Singh-Ray 3-stop hard graduated neutral density filter, Fuji Velvia film, tripod Location: Bishop, California Description: On a trip to the eastern Sierras of California, I had hoped to locate this petroglyph which I had seen some photos of prior to my trip. I asked at the local BLM office for their help in finding it, and after convincing them that I wasn't going to damage it, they pointed me in the right direction. I scouted it out and realized that it was a good sunrise shot. On the last night of my trip, I slept in my truck at the trailhead, and when I woke up to begin the hike and saw these clouds over the Sierras, I ecstatically ran up the trail and got to my location well before the clouds turned fiery red.   Jon Cornforth has been pursuing photography since 1999. With a background in outdoor adventure and travel, it seemed only natural to try to capture some of the places that he had visited on film. When he first started out, Jon took the Mountaineer's Basic Photography class (in Seattle), as well as a wonderful one-day workshop with Art Wolfe. Since 2001 he has pursued photography full time.   Jon spends a significant amount of each year traveling and photographing in Washington, Hawaii, California, and British Columbia for books that he is working on. Jon recently won the California Department of Fish and Game's Outdoor California magazine 2002 Wildlife Photo of the Year, which was also his first published image.   After shooting primarily 35mm for the first few years, Jon now uses it primarily for wildlife and underwater photography. All of his landscape images are now shot with a medium format camera. His prints have been displayed at galleries and restaurants throughout western Washington. All of Jon's images are available as fine art prints using the latest archival digital technologies. For more of Jon's images, please visit his web site.   Jon Cornforth Phone: 206-963-9022 E-mail: cornforthimages@hotmail.com Web: www.cornforthimages.com   Return to 2003 Galleries | Return to 2003 Landscape Gallery     Home | Contact Us | Copyright