IAN LIPTON

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 morning shoot here in Boulder. We had just gotten a dump of snow, yes it was snowing in mid-April, in fact it is snowing as I type this in late-April (welcome to Colorado). Since I moved to Colorado I've been trying to get a perfect shot of a small stretch of mountains in Boulder's Chautauqua Park called The Flatirons. They are definitely an icon

So I had this really unique idea a couple months ago and it went a little something like this: What if I created a blog so I can write things down about the photos I take? Well, here we are a couple months later and it still doesn't sound like a terrible idea so here goes nothing. So for my first post I wanted to give everyone a little background on who I am as a photographer. I figure why would you come back and read more of my gibberish if you don't know a bit about me righ