[john michael white]

Yes, I have to say the photographers’ work who have influenced me most would be Tom Manglesen and Ansel Adams.  Couple that with the fact that I have been going to the Tetons to backpack, climb, snowboard, and now a little fly fishing, over the last ten years, it holds a special place in my heart for sure.  My first trip to the Tetons back in 1997 was the last straw that caused me to break down and buy my first SLR.  Yosemite is somewhere I had always wanted to visit, and I had the chance to make a two day visit last June.  Unfortunately in the past, my photography has always taken a back seat to the main activity I was occupied with (backpacking, climbing, fishing, or just sightseeing with my wife) You do bring up a good point though, which is one I have been a little concerned about, and that is that there are probably thousands of great images of lots of these places, from three of our greatest national parks.  This is one of the reasons I am interested to try expanding into flyfishing/field sporting life images.  Another slightly limiting factor is the availability of taking trips to lots of different places to shoot.  But, even if it continues to be only on a once a year vacation type basis, I hope to be able to expand my image base more in the future.  Venturing into flyfishing photography is something I can do here on my home water, and other waters I visit.

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